The founders of Ship Us Mars and Ship Us the Moon studio KeokeN have introduced that the remainder of the corporate has been laid off.
In an announcement printed on X, CEO Koen Deetman and managing director Paul Deetman stated the Netherlands-based studio was compelled into the choice after exhausting all doable choices for finishing deliberate tasks or taking over different work.
KeokeN announced in February that it had laid off 4 of its core group of 19, after its founders took pay cuts and went with out salaries for “the previous few months”.
And in March, the studio revealed it had unsuccessfully pitched 5 video games to 40 publishers in additional than 200 conferences over the earlier two years.
“Heartbroken, we’ve needed to lay off our group at KeokeN due to nothing substantial materializing immediately after our go to to GDC,” reads immediately’s assertion. “We’ve sadly exhausted all our doable choices for publishing, work for rent, and co-development.
“It’s our utmost precedence to verify our pretty group finds a brand new house some other place, so when you’ve got any positions obtainable in Programming, Tech Artwork, Porting, Degree Design, Audio, Animation, Manufacturing, Workplace Administration, contact us, in order that we are able to introduce you to the perfect individuals who have been on the coronary heart of KeokeN over the previous 10 years.
Heartbroken, we’ve needed to lay off our group at KeokeN due to nothing substantial materializing immediately after our go to to GDC. We’ve sadly exhausted all our doable choices for publishing, work for rent, and co-development.
It’s our utmost precedence to verify our… pic.twitter.com/3QHzJzgCfl
— KeokeN Interactive🐧 (@KeokeN) April 30, 2024
“Paul and I are closely beat, however removed from crushed. It’s our private mission to rebuild KeokeN brick by brick like we’ve accomplished earlier than, within the identify of our individuals and to proceed the legacy of our video games.
“Personally, we’re getting ready a Kickstarter quickly for our much-anticipated Ship Us Residence. That is one small step for KeokeN, one big leap for Delivering Us Residence. A recreation we are going to construct for you and with you.”
It was introduced final week that Ship Us the Moon shall be launched for Nintendo Change “quickly”.
