Gone Home dev Steve Gaynor is now running Fullbright on his own

pcgamesn.com:

Gone Home and Tacoma co-creator Steve Gaynor announces that he is now operating the indie game developer Fullbright solo and working on a new game. Open Roads, which was previously under production at Fullbright, is now being worked on by a separate, dedicated team, under the publisher Annapurna, as Gaynor, who co-created Gone Home in 2013, says that his “strengths do not lie with attempting to manage a large project or direct the work of others.”

Previously developed by Fullbright, Gaynor says that upcoming, road trip adventure game Open Roads will now be credited to the ‘Open Roads Team,’ and that he has been working on a solo development project for the past year, under the Fullbright label.

In 2021, fifteen employees left Fullbright, alleging that Gaynor had mistreated female developers and created a “controlling” environment within the studio. The Open Roads Team issued a statement saying that Gaynor had “stepped back” from his role as creative lead and was serving instead as one of the game’s writers.

Now, Gaynor shares a newsletter, confirming that he is no longer working on Open Roads and is instead creating a game independently, under the Fullbright name.

“Last time I sent one of these we were just wrapping up the first round of press for Open Roads,” Gaynor says. “Then there was some serious turmoil at the studio. I stepped away from the project. Not much was shared about what we were working on. I did my best to reflect and reconsider how I worked with people and what the best role was for me. And now two years have passed.

“After a great deal of consideration, it’s just no longer Fullbright’s place to represent Open Roads publicly going forward; it will be credited to ‘The Open Roads Team’ at launch.”

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