Zindagi Games Reviews

The company is like a confused teenager going through an identity crisis. The company is desperately wanting to make the next big money maker but has no idea what that is and therefore lacks direction. The focus is too much on making money as opposed to making games. Artists are dreadfully undervalued and have very little voice. This is a tech company. You can see this in the games. The technical aspects are wonderfully and expertly executed while the art is sub par. The company has a "design on the go" mentality. Because of the focus on money, management is afraid to take risks and do not want to spend money on pre-production to create a beautiful package of art, design, and technical execution. Nepotism. Positions of leadership are based on seniority and very little on talent and ability. Alpha mentalities are rewarded. Talent, while recognized, is not rewarded or promoted. Programmers are an exception to this. Very little team feeling. It is often felt you are a machine of production as opposed to being a talented professional with something valuable to offer to the conversation. Little to no sense of growth opportunities.

A work environment ranging from awkward and incredibly insensitive to outright hostile towards female employees. The studio is stuck in the past with a large number of lead and senior positions being filled by the same people for years. Management is an echo chamber and *a lot* of amazing talent has come and gone because they weren't part of the boys club. To make matters worse, this club doesn't care about games. At all. This shows not just from the lack of enthusiasm about the games, but also in the lack of creativity and originality in any of these games. There are and were tons of people with great ideas, but they were never in a position to help a dire lack of vision on the part of the management.