On February 5, "Cangyi: Chaos Effect" officially announced that the 91act team announced its dissolution due to the cash flow being unable to support it, and then only the producer Jiang Lei will be left in the production team of "Cangyi: Chaos Effect".
The following is the original text of the announcement:
According to the official group notice, 91act is currently facing a difficult situation:
Dena, the partner of the Kadokawa All-Stars project, has still not signed a formal agreement and paid the development fee as agreed, leading to uncertainty about the future of the project.
After the official release of the Chaos Effect, sales revenue was lower than expected. At present, it is estimated that the company's cash flow is no longer enough to maintain the company's operation, and due to the high cost of layoffs, it is impossible to maintain the company's normal operation through partial layoffs. Therefore, after discussion, the management team decided to complete the severance of all personnel except me before the Spring Festival, and pay the severance expenses with all the cash of the current company (including the 5 million bank loan mortgaged by my property).
The specific severance plan is as follows:
Full settlement and payment of wages for January-February 5.
Severance compensation (no pending notice) is paid at n times the monthly salary
Partial payment of overtime (prorated based on remaining cash).
In this way, in the case of incomplete compliance, the dismissal of all employees before the Spring Festival is as smooth as possible and labor arbitration is avoided. After the completion of employee severance, the company, although it has no cash, can continue to operate with a small amount of revenue from the games it has released so far, and can be used in.
In the near future, we will strive for the following opportunities:
Continued improvement of the Wings Chaos effect and the release of the mobile game version.
Recall some employees at the minimum wage standard to complete the continuous improvement of the chaos effect and the porting of the mobile game version, and use the revenue of the mobile game version to make up for the salary gap of the recalled employees.
The console version of the Winged Chaos effect was released.
ARC will decide whether to release a console version on March 1. If it does, we will pay for the development costs associated with the console port, and we will recall the required staff and generate revenue based on the console release.
The relaunch of the Kadokawa All-Star Project.
The problem of arrears in the development costs of the Kadokawa All-Stars project due to Dena's own management adjustments may be finally resolved in the near future under the negotiation between Kadokawa and Dena. If Dena or Kadokawa can continue to pay the development fee, then we can recall the team to continue development.
The end is also the beginning. After the dismissal of employees, the company reduced the number of employees to 1 person (Jiang Lei) in a short period of time, and gradually recalled and recruited employees according to the changes in business development, living within their means, fully realizing the value of historical digital assets, and striving for nirvana rebirth on this basis.