I've noticed a lot of art and coding is being farmed out to contractors. While there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, is anything being kept in house for development?asked by Gizomit
TL;DRMost development is done in-house across the studios, while outside concept artists from big-budget films are brought in for their skills.
Yeah, absolutely. Most of the stuff's being done in-house.
We have various pods. We have Los Angeles, we have Austin, we have Montreal. We're all one big team. So while it seems like some things are outsourced, and some things very much are, most of the assembly and everything else is being put within the various studios, being Santa Monica, Austin, Montreal. We're all really working together. So yes, a lot of stuff. In fact, the majority of the stuff is done in-house. But we also want to work with some of the best people in the world, in the industry, as far as concept. And Chris has really always been big about working with some of the people who worked on the big budget movies and stuff out there. And those guys don't want to be in-house somewhere. They want to be working on Star Wars and Star Trek and all the next things. And so we get them in, the Ryan Churches, the Jim Martins, and we get to use their skill set and have them be part of Star Citizen. So yes, there will be a lot of people in-house, and there still are. I believe the count is somewhere north of 80 right now, with all the various offices and such.