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Ratchet & Clank devs call out Insomniac for failing over staff credit

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Insomniac Games faces criticism from former staff members for not crediting them on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

During this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), Insomniac Games did a talk on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Specifically, the design process for new protagonist Rivet and how the team came up with her name and worked to make her a strong female lead for the game.

Said talk was transcribed and shared by IGN and soon picked up traction, although not for the right reasons. It turns out Insomniac failed to credit someone who was instrumental to Rivet’s design. That someone was the lead writer herself, Sam Maggs.

Maggs, who currently works as a narrative lead at Wizards of the Coast, shared the IGN article on Twitter, saying ‘It’s pretty upsetting and frankly offensive that they never once mention me, given I was the lead writer and responsible for a ton of this development.’

That said, she also stresses in a separate Twitter thread that Rivet’s development was a team effort and she can’t take sole credit, later naming developer David Kim as the one to initially suggest the name Rivet.

She later provides a number of details that Stuart didn’t share during the talk, namely that she had to fight tooth and nail to not give Rivet stereotypical features like breasts and make-up, and to prevent Rivet from being cut out of the game altogether.

Seems like Mark’s GDC talk makes it sound like a bunch of this stuff sprung up from nowhere? I was one of like 4 people in the room for most of Rivet’s development. I was the one who said “We can’t call her RACHETTE.” Gadget and Rivet were me. Sucks to have my work erased.

— Sam Maggs (@SamMaggs) March 29, 2022

She specifically calls out Stuart for trying to take credit for her work and alleges that he constantly tried to undermine her during her time at the studio. What’s more, in the game’s credits, her name is only listed in the ‘Special Thanks’ section.

‘This speaks to a broader issue of game devs being entirely erased from the narrative of their own work once they leave a studio. I’m not even credited as a writer on this game despite dedicating a year and a half of my life to it and creating Rivet’s personality from scratch,’ says Maggs.

This is a very prominent issue within the industry. Only last year, a number of Metroid Dread developers criticised MercurySteam for omitting them from the credits, simply because they hadn’t contributed enough to warrant it.

Maggs’ comments were corroborated by another former Insomniac employee, Xavier Coelho-Kostolny, who worked as the lead character artist for a year and was also not properly credited.

He also reveals that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s development was troubled, calling it ‘one of the most deeply frustrating experiences of my career.’

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Despite Insomniac trying to cultivate a reputation for a positive working environment this is not the first time they’ve been accused of discrimination at the workplace.

Back in 2020, the studio was hit with multiple sexual harassment allegations and swore in a Twitter statement that it had taken steps to address them, although it didn’t provide any specifics.

It added: ‘We are a workplace family that has actively promoted diversity, inclusion, representation and equality for our entire existence. We will continue to do so every single day.’

I’m proud of the work I did on R&C, but it was one of the most deeply frustrating experiences of my career.

The fact that people like Sam had all their involvement erased in favor of keeping the narrative that Insomniac is a friendly and supportive studio makes my blood boil.

— Xavier – Art Comms Open April 1st! (@xavierck3d) March 29, 2022

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