The developer of Penny's Big Breakaway, Evening Star Studio, has announced that it has laid off six employees due to "volatile" conditions in the gaming industry. Penny's Big Breakaway is a 3D platformer made by the former developers of Sonic Mania. Penny's Big Breakaway was developed using Evening Star Studio's proprietary Star Engine and was published by Private Division.
Evening Star was at one point in consideration to work on a potential follow-up to Sonic Mania. However, due to Evening Star being busy and wanting to work on an original IP, plans for a Sonic Mania 2 fell through. As a result, Sega and Sonic Team collaborated with Arzest to develop Sonic Superstars, while Evening Star focused on Penny's Big Breakaway. While Penny's Big Breakaway was successful, the studio has also been affected by the gaming industry's volatile conditions, as six employees were recently let go from the indie developer.
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Evening Star Chief Technology Officer Hunter Bridges announced the layoffs on Twitter, followed by a post on LinkedIn by CEO Dave Padilla. Both executives lamented that...
