--- title: "Dead Space creator and Sledgehammer Games co-founder admits \"it's tough out there\": \"Maybe I've directed my last game\"" url: https://daily.dev/posts/dead-space-creator-and-sledgehammer-games-co-founder-admits-it-s-tough-out-there-maybe-i-ve-dire-5jd6ghf2f source_url: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dead-space-creator-and-sledgehammer-games-co-founder-admits-its-tough-out-there-maybe-ive-directed-my-last-game type: article source: "GamesIndustry.biz" published: 2025-07-29T19:15:05.953Z updated: 2025-07-29T19:15:24.883Z tags: ["game-development", "venture-capital"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 13 comments: 4 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dead Space creator and Sledgehammer Games co-founder admits "it's tough out there": "Maybe I've directed my last game" **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 3 min read · 13 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Glen Schofield, creator of Dead Space and co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, reveals the harsh realities of securing AAA game funding in today's market. After spending eight months developing a horror game proposal with a $17 million budget, publishers pushed for cuts to $2-5 million, forcing him to abandon the project rather than compromise quality. The veteran developer reflects on potentially having directed his last game as the AAA industry remains stagnant, highlighting broader challenges facing experienced developers in the current gaming landscape. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@akkitto** · 3 upvotes > The AAA industry remains stagnant, because it keeps producing the same crap over and over, instead of innovating and actually making something new. But sure, go on and make the 10th remaster of some 25 year old game and we definitely need another Legendary Remastered Anniversary Masterbait Super Duper The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Edition.... **@augustaugust** · 2 upvotes > Always good news coming from the games industry these days! **@plurtrain** · 0 upvotes > What's stopping them from just making the game for the sake of creating it. Go Indy approach with the AAA wisdom and experience. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dead-space-creator-and-sledgehammer-games-co-founder-admits-it-s-tough-out-there-maybe-i-ve-dire-5jd6ghf2f)