



Various employees were concerned about the exodus and left anonymous digital Post-It notes on the company server in late 2020. This caused women to leave the company on what seemed like a monthly basis. The game's publisher, Annapurna Interactive, has been tasked with acting as a mediator between the studio and Gaynor.Īccording to the report, Gaynor created an undesirable situation at the company due to his management style, and his main target seemed to be women who worked at the studio. While he will remain a writer on the studio's upcoming game Open Roads, he will not have day-to-day interactions with staffers. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Steve Gaynor, co-founder of The Fullbright Company which developed Gone Home and Tacoma, has stepped back as creative lead and manager over allegations of fostering a work culture detrimental to employees.Īfter reports of Gaynor perpetuating a toxic work environment surfaced via a report from Polygon, Fullbright issued a statement noting that Gaynor stepped away from his joint roles back in March of this year.
