Om du hänger på Overwatch-forumet, vet du säkert att game director Jeff Kaplan ofta är på plats för att besvara frågor från spelets fans. Nu har han gjort det igen, men det här gången snackar han om sitt community snarare än med det. Kaplan förklarar att det inte alltid är lätt att hålla ihop communityt:
"When we launched Overwatch in May of 2016 our team comprised 70 developers. When I say developers, I am specifically talking about artists, engineers, producers, sound/music designers and game designers. We're now at just north of 100 developers. We do have a few open roles (you can check our job site for these) but we mostly feel pretty good about the size of the team in regards to the things we'd like to accomplish. One of the things we value as a team is the concept of doing more with less. Even though I wouldn't say we're necessarily a "small" team as modern development standards go, we're certainly not an overly large team either.
Our passion and love is for making and playing Overwatch. Things like posting on the forums - for many of us - is not a normal or core part of our job. From Day 1, we felt like we wanted to be a development team that communicated more openly with our player base. We tried to make as many posts on these forums as possible. Our intention -- more than anything - was show a presence and let you know that we're listening. We're not naive enough to think that we can sufficiently address each player's concerns here. But we do want you to know that we - the OW development team - are here with you, listening."
Kaplan berättade också att kommunicationen med fansen sker direkt under utvecklarnas egna namn, inte genom PR-byråer eller liknande, vilket såklart är imponerande. Hur tycker du Overwatch-teamet sköter kontakten med sitt communityl?
