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| 1s | hi everyone today I'd like to take a |
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| 4s | moment to tell you that I will be |
| 5s | stepping away as a community manager for |
| 8s | satisfactory as I will be leaving coffee |
| 11s | stain this has not been an easy decision |
| 14s | for me it is a decision that I am |
| 17s | questioning even as I am recording this |
| 19s | video uh because this job has been like |
| 22s | the most fulfilling job I've ever had |
| 24s | and I am going to really miss being a |
| 27s | community manager for satisfactory |
| 30s | I joined coffee sa Studios as a |
| 32s | programmer to work on an unannounced |
| 34s | title and uh I remember thinking like |
| 37s | well this is a game I would never play |
| 39s | myself uh which ended up not being true |
| 42s | by the way uh but it seemed like a fun |
| 45s | opportunity and the scale of the game |
| 47s | was beyond anything I'd ever worked on |
| 50s | before uh fast forward to later we |
| 52s | announced |
| 53s | satisfactory and the reception was |
| 56s | beyond anything we could have ever have |
| 59s | imagined um |
| 61s | I feel very fortunate to have been a |
| 63s | part of shaping such a celebrated game |
| 66s | together with all my colleagues and and |
| 68s | you all in the community it's been it's |
| 71s | been one of the most rewarding years of |
| 73s | my life and having the opportunity to to |
| 76s | walk on stage and accept an award for |
| 79s | all the hard work that everyone at the |
| 80s | studios put into this game is something |
| 83s | that I will treasure for the rest of my |
| 85s | life what the |
| 86s | having so many people be so excited |
| 89s | about something we've created is |
| 91s | accelerating and it's been such a thrill |
| 94s | to like whenever we've had new content |
| 96s | to show off uh just to see like how |
| 98s | excited everyone gets when we started |
| 100s | posting more regularly on the YouTube |
| 102s | channel I think we had around 40,000 |
| 104s | subscribers or something and today we've |
| 107s | grown into almost 400,000 subscribers |
| 111s | and having been part of building this |
| 114s | has been very gratifying uh I've gotten |
| 117s | to be a part of so many extraordinary |
| 119s | moments that will stick with me for the |
| 122s | rest of my |
| 123s | life I truly wish every game developer |
| 127s | could experience what we've experienced |
| 129s | working on this game and I'll probably |
| 133s | never get to experience something like |
| 134s | this again at this scale and and that's |
| 137s | okay that's that's something that I've |
| 139s | come to terms with and I've made sure to |
| 142s | enjoy every moment of |
| 144s | it during my time as a community manager |
| 147s | I've given myself so much to this job |
| 150s | and I've gotten more back from you all |
| 152s | than I could ever ask for uh the |
| 154s | satisfactory Community has been the best |
| 157s | community I've ever been a part of and I |
| 159s | truly believe it is one of the best |
| 161s | communities out there |
| 164s | period I will always be a part of this |
| 166s | community and in many ways you've been |
| 169s | as much my co-workers as the folks |
| 171s | actually employed at coffee |
| 174s | stain uh before I worked as a community |
| 177s | manager I used to think that game |
| 178s | development wasn't a very important job |
| 181s | you know all things considered uh after |
| 183s | all there are people out there saving |
| 185s | lives in hospitals or trying to cure |
| 187s | disease or you know trying to bring food |
| 189s | to starving people and I'm just sitting |
| 191s | here behind a computer like making video |
| 194s | games but um over the years I've I've |
| 197s | come to realize how much of an impact |
| 199s | our game actually have had on people and |
| 201s | I've I've had the chance to talk |
| 203s | directly to people willing to share |
| 204s | their stories of how um satisfactory has |
| 207s | enriched their lives people with uh |
| 210s | disabilities where satisfactory is a |
| 213s | chance for them to hang out with their |
| 214s | friends and feel normal folks with |
| 217s | chronic pain where playing the game |
| 219s | distracts them from their illness uh |
| 221s | there are people who have been fighting |
| 223s | addiction where the game helped ground |
| 225s | them and lead them onto a path of |
| 227s | improvement not trading one addiction to |
| 230s | another but rather as a means to like |
| 232s | help them move away from that kind of |
| 235s | life and there are people out there who |
| 237s | have been able to create a career living |
| 240s | with our game and I think it's so |
| 242s | amazing how our game created all these |
| 245s | opportunities for people and I'm so |
| 247s | proud for what folks in the community |
| 249s | have |
| 251s | accomplished um these aren't stories |
| 254s | that you'll hear from just like reading |
| 255s | Steam Reviews uh and it truly shows that |
| 259s | games and entertainment play a very big |
| 262s | part in shaping our |
| 265s | lives so so why am I |
| 268s | leaving um first of all I've worked on |
| 271s | this game for a long time now I think |
| 274s | I've released like somewhere between |
| 275s | like 10 to 15 games throughout my career |
| 278s | and over half of my career have been |
| 280s | spent on just working outside this |
| 283s | Factory I've really enjoyed working |
| 285s | outside his Factory but I've also pushed |
| 287s | myself really hard and at the start of |
| 289s | this year I was diagnosed with |
| 291s | exhaustion disorder which is a fancy way |
| 294s | of saying that I was suffering from |
| 295s | burnout and uh I I really didn't see it |
| 298s | coming um and I had to go on sickly for |
| 301s | for quite a while and it kind of made me |
| 303s | realize that you know maybe I wasn't |
| 306s | prioritizing my life properly and I |
| 308s | really did H I didn't have anyone else |
| 310s | to blame but myself for it um but I'm |
| 313s | all good now and I've received a ton of |
| 315s | support from Cofe stain during this time |
| 318s | and and I believe that I am well back to |
| 321s | my full potential but now that 1 point0 |
| 324s | was out and you know we started planning |
| 326s | like the next beat for satisfactory I I |
| 329s | really felt like |
| 331s | if I ever wanted to do something else |
| 334s | now is the time I felt like I just |
| 337s | needed to take a step in another |
| 339s | Direction and and see where it takes me |
| 342s | um I I don't have a clear goal right now |
| 345s | as to where I want to go and what I want |
| 347s | to do but I there are many opportunities |
| 350s | and in my near future I kind of want to |
| 352s | focus a bit on my own content that I've |
| 354s | been wanting to create for a long time |
| 357s | but I just haven't had the chance or |
| 359s | time to do it because I've been so |
| 360s | focused on |
| 362s | satisfactory so I'm going to focus a |
| 365s | little bit on my own YouTube channel for |
| 367s | a bit you can also follow me on Twitter |
| 369s | and blue sky and Instagram and I'll be |
| 371s | live streaming on Twitch here and there |
| 373s | as well and uh yeah you can find all |
| 376s | links in the description if you want to |
| 377s | tag along and and support me I |
| 381s | guess um I'll probably also be working |
| 384s | on a few game ideas I've had and you |
| 387s | know see where they take me uh I might |
| 389s | also free a bit and work with other |
| 391s | people where I can help bring their |
| 393s | games to life like there are so many |
| 396s | things that I could be doing and I just |
| 398s | want to sort of take some time and and |
| 401s | figure that out and and see where it |
| 403s | goes I guess um I am I am incredibly |
| 408s | grateful for everyone I've had the |
| 409s | chance to interact with over the years |
| 411s | and I hope we'll keep in touch because |
| 414s | like I said I will always be a part of |
| 416s | this community uh I'm also incredibly |
| 419s | proud of everyone who's worked on this |
| 420s | game together with me and I would like |
| 423s | to thank you all at cang for being able |
| 426s | to put up with all the dumb that |
| 427s | I've done uh I I don't want to thank |
| 430s | anyone by name because I feel like I |
| 432s | undoubtedly will forget someone and you |
| 434s | know that will halt me forever uh but I |
| 437s | do want to give a special shout out of |
| 439s | course to my old partner in crime Jace |
| 442s | uh because if it weren't for Jace I |
| 444s | probably wouldn't have found out about |
| 446s | the programming job at coffee stain and |
| 448s | I definitely wouldn't have ended up as a |
| 450s | community |
| 452s | manager uh Jace set a lot of the |
| 454s | foundation for How We Do Community |
| 456s | Management at Cain and our skill sets |
| 459s | sort of really complemented one another |
| 460s | so that we were able to do everything |
| 462s | that we did uh I've learned a lot from |
| 465s | working with Jace and we shared a lot of |
| 468s | values and vision as to how we wanted to |
| 470s | do Community Management as for |
| 473s | satisfactory there are many exciting |
| 476s | things on the horizon believe me while |
| 478s | it might be a bummer to hear that I am |
| 480s | leaving uh or maybe for some this is |
| 483s | actually like some really good news but |
| 485s | um next year is going to be very |
| 487s | exciting for satisfactory we're finally |
| 490s | coming to console there's new content |
| 492s | coming with 1.1 and I can't wait to see |
| 495s | you know what Mikel and the rest of the |
| 496s | community team will cook up next Mikel |
| 499s | is incredibly driven and I think he's |
| 502s | such a great fit for this role so I am |
| 504s | very confident that you will be in super |
| 507s | good |
| 508s | hands and you know the game has just |
| 511s | gotten better and better over the years |
| 513s | during early access and I am confident |
| 516s | that it will keep getting better and |
| 518s | better as as we keep working on it um I |
| 522s | will still be around for a couple more |
| 524s | videos and a couple more Dev streams uh |
| 527s | I currently don't know when my last day |
| 530s | will be here at cof stain but um all |
| 535s | good things must come to an end uh to |
| 538s | make room for the new to come |
| 540s | and I hope you'll tag along on my new |
| 543s | adventures uh when I |
| 546s | depart thank you all for all these years |
| 550s | um you've been amazing until next time |
| 553s | take care |
| 557s | [Music] |