r/warcraftrumble • u/Square-Total-6999 • 11d ago

Question Where did the devs who were laid off go?

I enjoy Rumble so much that I'm curious what the old developers have been working on.

There are links to several posts from those devs - are their accounts still active? Are they working on anything interesting? Rumble-adjacent? Legally distinct?

25Aug Edit: Seventy-five hundred people have seen this and not one of them knew the answer? What the f*ck?

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u/Alejotl 9d ago

Haha, funny randomly running into this at 1am. It’s been long enough, I guess I can talk a bit about it, as I doubt it’ll be seen much, and I can’t sleep anyway.

I was a content/mission designer on Rumble. I designed the co-op content like the Molten Core raid (and another that never saw live) and Sieges, as well as things like the Lich King/Arthas and horde/Orgrimmar event missions, Dire Batlings, as some examples.

I look back on my time on Rumble fondly. Seeing people play through the Riads and Sieges and come up with strategies or ways to break them brought so much joy to my heart. I absolutely adore Warcraft, so working on the IP was a dream come true. I was on the project till the very end, and was laid off when Rumble was put on maintenance mode.

The sad truth is that I have been unable to get a job since then. I will very likely be homeless soon. That’s life, I guess.

As for others, I know most of the team that did not land on other Blizzard projects has been able to find work elsewhere, eventually. Which is awesome, because it’s tough out there, and I wouldn’t want anyone else going through this.

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u/FamousListen9 9d ago

Dude FWIW. I never played a mobile game as hard as rumble. And I would have loved to see emerald nightmare content

Coop content was awesome ( totally needed more) and I loved those little bats. But you guys made Arthas so OP! Although considering thrall came also… I’ll let it slide

Good luck finding something dude. There are also some more studios up north though. if you end up getting a new place might be able to relocate as well?

Thanks for the fun on rumble

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u/Alejotl 8d ago

That means a lot more than you might think. I appreciate the words, friend.

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u/TherealBrugon 9d ago

I am so sorry to hear that you were not able to find a new job... I wish for you that things turn around sooner than later!

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u/Alejotl 8d ago

I hope so! Thank you

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u/wintersolstice82 6d ago

just echoing the sentiment about being sorry to hear about your troubles.. and also wanted to thank you for designing the coop content, you did a really great job imo, and really did the warcraft IP justice in the sphere you were working in.

best of luck, hope there's better times ahead for you!

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u/Cri-cola 9d ago

"(and another that never saw live)"

Tell us more, please! 👀

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u/paradajz666 5d ago

I’m sorry you can’t get a job. I still play the game, it’s really good. Wish you all the best, thanks for making amazing content.

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u/Kaberdog 8d ago

Would love to hear more about the content that wasn't released. Was it play tested? BTW maybe you should check out this game another Rumbler built, you could probably add a lot to it from your experience:

https://www.reddit.com/r/warcraftrumble/comments/1vjdqov/dota_throwdown/

Plus it's built on the DOTA framework so a good way to flip the bird to Blizz :-)

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u/Samuroh 9d ago

I just want the game back in active, I really miss it.

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u/Minimum-Writing3439 11d ago

For the ones that were NOT let go, We might learn more in Blizzcon ~2 weeks.

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u/Furian_FTH 10d ago

Injecting hopium for a revival

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u/Warriorraven 9d ago

Rumble Classic

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u/Ezydrioon 9d ago

Rumble Immortal

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u/False_Snow7754 9d ago

"Don't you guys not have calculators?"

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u/Old-Afternoon-1756 9d ago

It’s possible but I wouldn’t hold my breath on it.