Thirsty Suitors and Dosa Divas developer Outerloop Games is laying off six developers after facing unexpected financial challenges.
Word of these layoffs first spread on LinkedIn, where a number of affected workers shared their employment status. Outerloop Games CEO Chandana Ekanayake then confirmed the layoffs in a statement to Game Developer and on social media.
“We’re saying goodbye to six wonderful folks on our team this week at Outer Loop Games,” Ekanayake said in the statement. “They’ve been part of the team for years and unfortunately we got hit with some unexpected US tax changes, a port cancellation, and new project pitches that are going slow. It’s a rough year.”
Ekanayake said the company is finishing development on the Outersloth-published Dosa Divas and pitching two smaller projects. He also provided a public spreadsheet with information from the affected employees in the hopes other developers can reach out to provide work.
“They’re all very talented and collaborative,” he noted in a follow-up post.
Update 10/22: This story previously incorrectly stated that Dosa Divas was published by Annapurna Interactive. It has been updated to state the correct publisher: Outersloth.