Jace is the reason we don't have golf, remember? He beat Snutt in a golf game. XD We got dedicated servers from it. Jace, do your thing, man. If you were fired, there would have been more of an abrupt ending to your employment. You got to announce your departure and make sure passdown was taken. You made your choice, you decided your own path. You abandoned us... XD /sarcasm
Was sad to see you leave as a CS Community Manager. You and Snut set the bar for every other company when it comes to community management. Very glad to see you doing something meaningful to yourself. You worked hard to get into a position where you could do that. It would be wrong not to do it.
Jayce, you and Snut, and the entire CoffeeStain team really, REVOLUTIONIZED - if not CREATED - the "community management" aspect of game design. You found a way to get feedback from the players, while still staying true to your initial vision of the project, which is something that a lot of developers seem to struggle with; they either cater too much to the masses and the project falls apart, or they ignore too many good ideas from the player base and end up with a lackluster product. You guys really went above and beyond in terms of OPEN AND HONEST communication with your customers/play-testers and the gaming community as a whole. You certainly made players feel like we're an integral part of the development process. And you gave us gamers some insight into what the development team was doing, when you would have down-time, when new features were coming, what was working, what wasn't working, etc. Seriously, you guys DEFINED community management the way it should be done. So yeah, you shouldn't feel any regret. You should feel good about being an integral part of that, and taking that experience out into the world to work on other projects now. Apply what you learned. Learn more. Repeat. You say "no regrets." I get it. But I'll bet there is a small part of you that still feels just a little bit of melancholy - not really regret - about not being there for the 1.0 launch, the official finish line for the Satisfactory project. At least I would, if I was in your shoes. But like you said, you've got other places you want to go and other projects that need your attention now. So keep on truckin'.
.... Hands down, one of the BEST gaming communities in existence currently. I'm new to it, however, I've had decades of time spent with various communities, both entertainment and gaming industries, and this so far is a good one. 🤓👍
From my view, I think it says a lot of how much you've accomplished that I'm here watching you because you did such a great job. You are the ~only~ community manager from any game I've ever followed and had genuine concern for.
Respected you so much at Coffee Stain. Still have tons of respect for you. Having your own values and dreams is the way to do it. Constantly looking at the past, is not helping "your" future. Wish you all the best on your new project. Am sure it will be a great one. Whatever it is. If it is. Or, if it was? Be safe and have fun Jace.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot! I am really enjoying watching your journey following your dream! I can't wait to see what your game turns into in the coming months and years. You've got a follower in me, not because of your excellent work as a CM at Coffee Stain (though, that's how it started), but because you chose to take that leap and follow your heart. I love that dude!
Respect for the way you handle these types of questions. You were one of the main reasons i got so into satisfactory cuz as a CM you made it feel like our thoughts on the game mattered. Still love the game and very excited to see where you go and and what you do from now on. Much love brother
Jace, your patience is commendable. I can only hope they can somehow commemorate your contributions similar to how they did in The Hitchhiker's guide ( somehow craft your name into cracks in a fjord or mountain that is viewable from only one position).
Good on you for speaking up about people that are just trying to extract information. Whether you signed an NDA or whatever that prevents you from answering, or whether it's just a natural "bro it's not my job anymore, go away" sort of deal, it's absolutely your prerogative to distance yourself from it and just move on! Great update from you, wish you the best of luck in all future endeavors.
Hey Jace! I just wanted to say that I haven’t been watching every video or stream but I saw this one pop into my RUclips feed and you immediately brought a smile to my face! I’m glad to see you’re doing well. Hopefully this video serves as a good resource for all the people still wanting Satisfactory info. Wishing you the best.
Great video, thanks for sharing more insights on how you feel moving forward. Was super happy finding you while you were still at Coffee Stain, even happier now seeing you continue your journey! Best of luck, looking forward to enjoying your next chapter, watching from the sidelines ❤
I love that you did this for you. It takes a lot of introspection to know yourself and what you're capable of and know when you are done. You gave it your best, you had fun and grew as a person and grew your skills and when the time came you left on good terms to follow your dreams instead of letting the discontent fester until you no longer could take. Im really happy for you Jace, and I look forward to being there along this journey as you follow a new path
Wise words throughout! Been a fan of coffee stain studio since goat sim, and when I discovered Satisfactory was made by you guys I was blown away. Satisfactory looks like a big project, and there is nothing wrong if the project didn't fulfil your personal goals any longer. 9 years! That a lot of projects, your work at coffee stain will always be worth remembering. I personally can't wait to play your game!
Feels like a good time to let you that while my connection to you originally came via your work at Coffee Stain, I've been really digging all of your RUclips and Twitch content ever since I started paying attention. It really got me into watching more Twitch streams and RUclips channels. Before the weekly dev streams I never thought I had any reason to tune into Twitch or RUclips creators. But now I follows dozens of them across all kinds of different genres. Thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Congrats, not everyone has the courage to follow their dreams, I am glad that you did and wish you all the best. I am sure that your tenor at CSS was a great lesson and fun experience.
As one great Greek philosopher once said, "you cannot enter the same river twice", things change move on and are never the same. No regrets only looking forward.
I might have known you because of Satisfactory, but I would say that for me it was always Jace = Jace. Your content there evolved through the years and I love the stuff that Snutt did (and keeps doing!) and the stuff you did together for the big releases were epic, but your stuff always felt like your style of telling things. So as always: thanks Jace, helps a lot!!
Dear Jace, of course I am really sad that you left Coffee Stain. It was always fun watching you and Snut together. You did a real great job there. On the other hand, the most important thing in life is being happy, no matter what happiness means for each person. Things have to be done when they have to be done. I am gald you recognized early enough that something new has to be a part of your life and be proud that you walk this path now although I am really sure, it wasn't an easy decission in general for many reasons. When I have been a young adult I swear to myself I will never regret any decission I have made in my life when I am getting old no matter if it was a good or bad one. The most important thing is to make a decission in general instead of stucking in cicurmstances just because of being afraid of new things and changes, which will come. So keep your time at Coffee Stain in your heart for a great time in your life and the option to learn things and just look forward to everything which will come into your life in future. You are still young and do have many things to explore. And yes Satisfactory is just a great game and all of you did a great job and tbh it's the best early access game I have ever played and I do love it from the bottom of my heart. All the best for you
good for you man, it was amazing having you there, but you needed to do your own thing, I for one am standing behind you, I wish you luck in all you do!
Your work on Satisfactory was top notch dude. People like you are instrumental in revolutionizing our old system of terrible games journalism, even though that's probably not what you set out to do. Instant sub and will happily give you a follow for your dream project on Steam when it's time to give it a look.
The real story is Coffee Stain is rushing to 1.0 now because everyone wants to leave and come work on Jace's game. They are just going to start showing up uninvited.
Nice to see this video, I see what you feel after being asked the same question over and over again and trying to squeeze information is never a good thing to do as it can do a lot of a pressure onto who you ask to.
In regards to your "Jace = Satisfactory" (13:18), I for one think I started late enough to where I see you as "Past Satisfactory CM gone solo-dev with a fun personality". It, may be a bit of a long one, and "Satisfactory" may still be in there, but I didn't fully associate you with "Satisfactory" and although it was part of something you enjoy, wanted to let you know that already you have at least one who is starting to see you as something else other than "Satisfactory CM guy"
Hey Jace. Sorry I don't keep up much, and I'm late to the party. It's good to hear that you're happy and I hope you continue to do well. Best of regards from a Satisfactory fan boy.
"Art and Therapy with Jace" Great explanation of everything though. It took me a couple of jobs to remind myself that even if I didn't carry the project over the line, I was responsible for the 90% before that line. Coming to that mindset makes all the difference
I really appreciate this video as I was unable to do the switch from Jace= satisfactory to Jace = what ? What's his goal ? ... Now it's more clear, and by the way I really appreciate (even if I never look at live streams, is not my type of content) that you do this video in advance to help people to understand your choices, your ground and your answers, especially in live streams, to have a full answer available. Good for you (no more repetition) and for them ( they have explanations) Keep it up, don't burn yourself, GLHF. ☮️
About that last tiny part. For some studios the last tiny part drags out in time and effort it becomes a lot larger than the entire everything else before it. . Let's hope Satisfactory doesn't end up being an endless semi-abandoned early-access game.
The biggest thing I miss because of leaving Twitter, is seeing your life updates and such on my feed and occasionally chatting for a little bit. I am insanely proud of you for chasing your dream.
Hey, great video. My thoughts on this: I see something like this from time to time when a person “in the public eye” suddenly no longer works at the place or in the company and is then only associated with it. I think many people don't really come to terms with the idea that when you break everything down, it's still “just” a job for them. It should actually be a matter of course not to ask someone about projects at their former employer. It should also go without saying that you no longer have anything to do with internal company matters. If I quit a company that makes ballpoint pens, nobody would ask me if I still get information from their design department to find out first-hand what the new pen looks like. To put it bluntly. I hope it's clear what I mean by that.
This is entirely correct. I acknowledge and respect the connection I have built with everyone and that it is a unique component of the work I did, and I hope to continue having fun with everyone here on this channel, but yes CSS was a job, I left, and now I do other work. Just like anyone else who changes jobs, just like the various people who had come and gone over the course of Satisfactory’s development.
This isn't difficult or complicated. You simply reached the point where you needed to move on and do other things. That's natural. It's part of life. And I hope it's all working out for you. That said, thank you for coming back for the 1.0 stream. You and Snutt were an amazing team, and it was incredibly special to see you guys back together again one final time.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot. I feel like adding this video to some kind of command for the bot on stream could be very useful 😅 Or like, a few different commands with different timestamps in the video? Also I feel like the first few times I actually watched you, I'm pretty sure it was while you were playing some 2 player games with Meza. And at the moment, what I think of when I think of you, is basically: plays games, makes game, lives in Sweden.
You have actually inspired me to quit my dayjob and become what I've always dreamed of: a teacher. I mean, if Jace can quit CSS, which is an awesome company with awesome games, where he's super successful, then I can leave the crappy company I used to work at that didn't recognize my talents. Thanks Jace, helps a lot
Loved the job you did as a CM. Loving the job you're doing developing your new game. Can't wait to play it - but even more than that looking forward to watching your journey onwards and upwards.
You have done well with all your work. I remember playing goat simulator on stream back when satisfactory was first coming to early access. 2 css employees came in to chat talking about gs and then about this new factory game. Next thing I knew I had a key and was instantly hooked. I love playing early access so I can't wait to see what you bring out. Also your goofy shenanigans are greatly entertaining.
Was sad that you left satisfactory and unfortunately the dev streams are a lot less without you. Tho its good to see you living your dream. You got my sub!
I really hope they still include you and other team members that have contributed so much to Satisfactory from day one when they celebrate launch ! Even just an acknowledgement or some item in the awesome shop would be insanely cool ! An in-game poster perhaps ? :P
Thanks Jace, helps a lot! Maybe it should be "you did a lot." You accomplished much and should be proud of what you have done. Now time for you to take those accomplishments and apply them to your new journey. Those skills will always be there and should you find you need to go work somewhere you can point to them proudly.
Nine years? Damn... I was at my last job for 11 years and was made redundant about a year back. After so long in the job the idea of having to go was a little nerve wracking, but even though it was forced on me the company gave a good redundancy payout and I was luck enough to find a new job really quick, with good people, a good (remote) work environment, and a pay rise. :) I'm wishing I'd had the push to make such a move earlier. It takes a certain strength to make the move you did. And doing it this publicly... I'm enjoying following your journey.
You look good , dude , like you look healthier and stuff. Relly cool that you are doing what you really want to. I wish you the best, I love Satisfactory, and you made me like it even more with a no kidding revolutionary approach to community management (you basically singlehandedly changed the cm game forever) made me so happy as a game nerd
What hideous questions to have thrown at you. It wasn't until Satisfactory that I realised you had already touched my life; helping me to connect with my daughter through Goat Simulator. That alone deserves a sincere, "Thanks" ... It helped a lot.
I glad you are doing your own thing, but I'm also sad to not see you on there, big part of why I like Satisfactory so much it is due to CM, and you were a big part of it, nut is a part of it, yeah, but I still miss u :'c I hope when you finish with your project maybe rejoin them, idk, maybe continue doing personal projects inside CSS
I find this five months late? Really shows I need to subscribe oops. Always good to live life the way you want! And your decision is to be respected. Seeing you as transparent as always where it's appropriate, is amazing too. As for that perspective on unfinished things, all I can say is, thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Yes, we got to know you in terms of satisfactory. I hope I can speak for more than myself, we are here now because of who you are and to experience your journey with you.
I just now found your channel. I wanted to express my enthusiasm for Satisfactory Game. I have Coffee Stain RUclips channel saved so I get the updates. For me, thanks so much for helping make an incredibly fun game. Hope your new project/company is a great success.
This video is 100% class, thank you. I honestly never expected to see you even talk about the game again, and never would have thought of asking you silly questions about it, lol. One question I do have though, since I have never watched your streams, do you always have the ficsit stuff in the background, or did you pull them back out for this video?
Keep it going!!!! You are not just Jace from Satisfactory. I love Satisfactory, I love other games also, but never followed another game so much on Social. So I think it was you I was following all along :P p.S. Don't get me wrong, Snut is also amazing he is keeping it high
I love the comment that was left in your second clip (on screen) by AviiNL saying, "how bout ... jace = jace, and thats enough" PERFECT words! I just want you to be you & be happy. You do you! I look forward to any & all content you put out! Thanks for everything! Much love Jace!
Sorry you've been having to deal with that. In other news that is hopefully more fulfilling to hear ... you've contributed to my inspiration to try to teach myself gamedev and I am now trying to figure out Godot. Keep at it and keep inspiring people. The others will figure it out over time or leave. Jace is aces!
You've cultivated a following with your transparency and used it to catapult your own dream project, it's quite an enviable position to be in. I've been doing game dev as a hobby for a while and I find the biggest hurdle is not knowing if all the work going into it is going to ever be seen by anyone. I've of course done the small games and such, and I have my comp sci degree so I'm no beginner to development, Unreal is my engine of choice and C++ is my language of choice so it's nice, just the work left to do to get the dream project done is daunting. All of that to say, I'd gladly be in your position right now, it's completely earned, and I'd not have any regrets about leaving either. Cool to see, I haven't checked in with Satisfactory in a while until I saw the 1.0 update, so you having left was strange, but glad to see you've found yourself in one of the best case scenarios.
I loved the part you clipped in from the stream. The fun part of game development will always be the first 80% if you ask me. - Markus Persson, Serial Project Abandoner ps now I'm starting a studio so I can maybe finish something. ;)
So glad you are living the dream, I just seen this video on my recommended and never heard of you before but I love coffee stain and everything they do. I have well over 200hrs on deep rock (which they published, not made) and a lot of hrs on satisfactory too. All there games are really good and they make really good decisions for there games and the community. That's awesome that you got to work with them for 9 years and now get to do your own thing. I am a software engineering student in Canada and working for a studio like coffee stain is the dream. Good like with your future outside of coffee stain! :)
You know what? All that matters is what you need to do what you need to do period! I am glad you are finding your happy place because that is what is so important. You worked your ass off, and you have something to be proud of! People need to stop questioning what has happened with you and just be happy & supportive of you. Just my .02
I just wanted to stick around because you seem like a good dude and I'm curious about what you get up to in the future :P Thanks for sharing. Thanks for bringing people along.
so happy for you dude, i probably wont be checking out the channel right now, cuz rhythm games arent my thing, but im always happy to see people start their own indie games. good luck!
It's just how it is with any job really. I mean I have changed jobs too for reasons I don't bring with me to other jobs. It's just like, okay I've been here now and I wanna move on. Good on you Jace Varlet. I wish you the best of your journey. I'm also Swedish btw!🙂
Not enough people understand that an artist NEEDS to focus where inspiration hits. You had the inspiration for a game and all of the work you were doing was stifling the need to follow that inspiration. That said, and knowing you left on good terms, would you PERSONALLY (not asking about Coffee Stain's opinion or plans here) like to collaborate again with the studio in future once you've gotten a couple personal projects out of the way? Or would you rather focus on building up your own studio? Really enjoying the Devlogs so far. Never tried Godot, but you make it look easy (thus I'm tempted to check it out for myself).
I’m not entirely sure if I do or don’t. It’s not impossible, but my thoughts tend to be “why go back when there is a whole world to explore” (especially when I had already spent just shy of 9 years at CSS). There are many other folks I could collaborate and create with if I wanted to and I’d probably be more inclined to do that.
pls no squeeze
What about squeezing hugs? ^^
@@LittlDog... Agreed. Big Hugz.
and his name is JACE CEEEEEEENAAAAAAA.
not even a little? just a teensy bit?
*pleeze :P
I understand, and completely relate to your decision to leave CSS based on their choice to not add enough laser beams to the game.
25 updates worth of laser beams coming and you don't think that's enough?
Also the lack of GOLF in the game 😅
Jace is the reason we don't have golf, remember? He beat Snutt in a golf game. XD
We got dedicated servers from it.
Jace, do your thing, man. If you were fired, there would have been more of an abrupt ending to your employment. You got to announce your departure and make sure passdown was taken. You made your choice, you decided your own path.
You abandoned us... XD /sarcasm
And do not forget the all neglected Flush DLC
What? Not enough lasers? Sacrilege.
Was sad to see you leave as a CS Community Manager. You and Snut set the bar for every other company when it comes to community management.
Very glad to see you doing something meaningful to yourself. You worked hard to get into a position where you could do that. It would be wrong not to do it.
I've never seen any other dev come close to this, didn't even know it was possible, this is great skill don't underestimate it
Thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Jayce, you and Snut, and the entire CoffeeStain team really, REVOLUTIONIZED - if not CREATED - the "community management" aspect of game design. You found a way to get feedback from the players, while still staying true to your initial vision of the project, which is something that a lot of developers seem to struggle with; they either cater too much to the masses and the project falls apart, or they ignore too many good ideas from the player base and end up with a lackluster product. You guys really went above and beyond in terms of OPEN AND HONEST communication with your customers/play-testers and the gaming community as a whole. You certainly made players feel like we're an integral part of the development process. And you gave us gamers some insight into what the development team was doing, when you would have down-time, when new features were coming, what was working, what wasn't working, etc. Seriously, you guys DEFINED community management the way it should be done.
So yeah, you shouldn't feel any regret. You should feel good about being an integral part of that, and taking that experience out into the world to work on other projects now. Apply what you learned. Learn more. Repeat. You say "no regrets." I get it.
But I'll bet there is a small part of you that still feels just a little bit of melancholy - not really regret - about not being there for the 1.0 launch, the official finish line for the Satisfactory project. At least I would, if I was in your shoes. But like you said, you've got other places you want to go and other projects that need your attention now. So keep on truckin'.
.... Hands down, one of the BEST gaming communities in existence currently. I'm new to it, however, I've had decades of time spent with various communities, both entertainment and gaming industries, and this so far is a good one. 🤓👍
Ehh idk about that Trion back when Celestrata was community manger for Archage was AMAZING... then they got fired and trion became shit.
From my view, I think it says a lot of how much you've accomplished that I'm here watching you because you did such a great job. You are the ~only~ community manager from any game I've ever followed and had genuine concern for.
Same. Jace was so fun to watch on the update videos. Was sad to see him leave but glad I can watch him here too.
Respected you so much at Coffee Stain. Still have tons of respect for you. Having your own values and dreams is the way to do it. Constantly looking at the past, is not helping "your" future. Wish you all the best on your new project. Am sure it will be a great one. Whatever it is. If it is. Or, if it was? Be safe and have fun Jace.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot!
I am really enjoying watching your journey following your dream! I can't wait to see what your game turns into in the coming months and years. You've got a follower in me, not because of your excellent work as a CM at Coffee Stain (though, that's how it started), but because you chose to take that leap and follow your heart. I love that dude!
After the WHAT? How did I miss this?
I can't believe this is how I found out
Same!
thank god he left. a long ago
@@mauribugy123 Not very nice of you to say. Now go stand in the corner and think about what you said.
I am sad you left, but happy you are going after your dream, go Jace!
5:04 "shit gets lost thru text" ... the world would be a better place if people would learn this.
"No ragrets" Jace, 2024.
They have my vote!
hopefully not "regrats"...
Not even one? Hmmm
That's his credo
Coffee Stain had announced when Update 8 was going to experimental that the next update was going to be 1.0, everyone seems to forget.
Respect for the way you handle these types of questions.
You were one of the main reasons i got so into satisfactory cuz as a CM you made it feel like our thoughts on the game mattered. Still love the game and very excited to see where you go and and what you do from now on. Much love brother
Jace, your patience is commendable. I can only hope they can somehow commemorate your contributions similar to how they did in The Hitchhiker's guide ( somehow craft your name into cracks in a fjord or mountain that is viewable from only one position).
Good on you for speaking up about people that are just trying to extract information. Whether you signed an NDA or whatever that prevents you from answering, or whether it's just a natural "bro it's not my job anymore, go away" sort of deal, it's absolutely your prerogative to distance yourself from it and just move on! Great update from you, wish you the best of luck in all future endeavors.
No NDA! Just out of respect for them and for myself. Thank you for the kind words and encouragement
Hey Jace! I just wanted to say that I haven’t been watching every video or stream but I saw this one pop into my RUclips feed and you immediately brought a smile to my face! I’m glad to see you’re doing well. Hopefully this video serves as a good resource for all the people still wanting Satisfactory info. Wishing you the best.
Great video, thanks for sharing more insights on how you feel moving forward.
Was super happy finding you while you were still at Coffee Stain, even happier now seeing you continue your journey!
Best of luck, looking forward to enjoying your next chapter, watching from the sidelines ❤
I love that you did this for you. It takes a lot of introspection to know yourself and what you're capable of and know when you are done. You gave it your best, you had fun and grew as a person and grew your skills and when the time came you left on good terms to follow your dreams instead of letting the discontent fester until you no longer could take. Im really happy for you Jace, and I look forward to being there along this journey as you follow a new path
Wow, that was the most toughtful and kind of wholesome explanation about life decisions I ever withnessed. so with no irony, thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Wise words throughout! Been a fan of coffee stain studio since goat sim, and when I discovered Satisfactory was made by you guys I was blown away. Satisfactory looks like a big project, and there is nothing wrong if the project didn't fulfil your personal goals any longer. 9 years! That a lot of projects, your work at coffee stain will always be worth remembering.
I personally can't wait to play your game!
Feels like a good time to let you that while my connection to you originally came via your work at Coffee Stain, I've been really digging all of your RUclips and Twitch content ever since I started paying attention. It really got me into watching more Twitch streams and RUclips channels. Before the weekly dev streams I never thought I had any reason to tune into Twitch or RUclips creators. But now I follows dozens of them across all kinds of different genres. Thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Congrats, not everyone has the courage to follow their dreams, I am glad that you did and wish you all the best. I am sure that your tenor at CSS was a great lesson and fun experience.
As one great Greek philosopher once said, "you cannot enter the same river twice", things change move on and are never the same. No regrets only looking forward.
I might have known you because of Satisfactory, but I would say that for me it was always Jace = Jace. Your content there evolved through the years and I love the stuff that Snutt did (and keeps doing!) and the stuff you did together for the big releases were epic, but your stuff always felt like your style of telling things. So as always: thanks Jace, helps a lot!!
Dear Jace, of course I am really sad that you left Coffee Stain. It was always fun watching you and Snut together. You did a real great job there. On the other hand, the most important thing in life is being happy, no matter what happiness means for each person. Things have to be done when they have to be done. I am gald you recognized early enough that something new has to be a part of your life and be proud that you walk this path now although I am really sure, it wasn't an easy decission in general for many reasons. When I have been a young adult I swear to myself I will never regret any decission I have made in my life when I am getting old no matter if it was a good or bad one. The most important thing is to make a decission in general instead of stucking in cicurmstances just because of being afraid of new things and changes, which will come. So keep your time at Coffee Stain in your heart for a great time in your life and the option to learn things and just look forward to everything which will come into your life in future. You are still young and do have many things to explore. And yes Satisfactory is just a great game and all of you did a great job and tbh it's the best early access game I have ever played and I do love it from the bottom of my heart. All the best for you
That last line with satisfactory pun cause me to say out loud, “Are you proud of yourself 😒”
Jace, good for you man. This is super exciting stuff, I hope you have a blast.
good for you man, it was amazing having you there, but you needed to do your own thing, I for one am standing behind you, I wish you luck in all you do!
Jace's aussie accent comes out when he's excited :D
We love you Jace ! Thanks for putting this out! Can't wait to see your project launch !
It's very funny to me that people are invested enough to speculate about your fate but not enough to watch the multiple videos where you explain it
Your work on Satisfactory was top notch dude. People like you are instrumental in revolutionizing our old system of terrible games journalism, even though that's probably not what you set out to do. Instant sub and will happily give you a follow for your dream project on Steam when it's time to give it a look.
The real story is Coffee Stain is rushing to 1.0 now because everyone wants to leave and come work on Jace's game. They are just going to start showing up uninvited.
Nice to see this video, I see what you feel after being asked the same question over and over again and trying to squeeze information is never a good thing to do as it can do a lot of a pressure onto who you ask to.
Thanks Juice Velvet, helps a lot! But more seriously thanks for being so open with things. I look forward to your future games!
In regards to your "Jace = Satisfactory" (13:18), I for one think I started late enough to where I see you as "Past Satisfactory CM gone solo-dev with a fun personality".
It, may be a bit of a long one, and "Satisfactory" may still be in there, but I didn't fully associate you with "Satisfactory" and although it was part of something you enjoy, wanted to let you know that already you have at least one who is starting to see you as something else other than "Satisfactory CM guy"
Hey Jace. Sorry I don't keep up much, and I'm late to the party. It's good to hear that you're happy and I hope you continue to do well. Best of regards from a Satisfactory fan boy.
"Art and Therapy with Jace"
Great explanation of everything though. It took me a couple of jobs to remind myself that even if I didn't carry the project over the line, I was responsible for the 90% before that line. Coming to that mindset makes all the difference
I really appreciate this video as I was unable to do the switch from Jace= satisfactory to Jace = what ? What's his goal ? ... Now it's more clear, and by the way I really appreciate (even if I never look at live streams, is not my type of content) that you do this video in advance to help people to understand your choices, your ground and your answers, especially in live streams, to have a full answer available. Good for you (no more repetition) and for them ( they have explanations)
Keep it up, don't burn yourself, GLHF.
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About that last tiny part. For some studios the last tiny part drags out in time and effort it becomes a lot larger than the entire everything else before it. . Let's hope Satisfactory doesn't end up being an endless semi-abandoned early-access game.
good video. took 7 months for the algo to show me! good to hear you are enjoying your indie dev. i'll go check out your devlog.
I hope you have a glorious time in your new adventure! :)
Good luck with your development career and hope to see you make many cool games.
The biggest thing I miss because of leaving Twitter, is seeing your life updates and such on my feed and occasionally chatting for a little bit. I am insanely proud of you for chasing your dream.
It's okay, I don't really post too much there anymore anyways! Nice to have you here!
Hey, great video. My thoughts on this: I see something like this from time to time when a person “in the public eye” suddenly no longer works at the place or in the company and is then only associated with it. I think many people don't really come to terms with the idea that when you break everything down, it's still “just” a job for them. It should actually be a matter of course not to ask someone about projects at their former employer. It should also go without saying that you no longer have anything to do with internal company matters. If I quit a company that makes ballpoint pens, nobody would ask me if I still get information from their design department to find out first-hand what the new pen looks like. To put it bluntly. I hope it's clear what I mean by that.
This is entirely correct. I acknowledge and respect the connection I have built with everyone and that it is a unique component of the work I did, and I hope to continue having fun with everyone here on this channel, but yes CSS was a job, I left, and now I do other work. Just like anyone else who changes jobs, just like the various people who had come and gone over the course of Satisfactory’s development.
Good luck with your new Adventure. hope to see many more
Loved the explanation. You keep doing you, buddy. Wishing you all the best with the new game and can't wait to see things as they materialize!
This isn't difficult or complicated. You simply reached the point where you needed to move on and do other things. That's natural. It's part of life. And I hope it's all working out for you.
That said, thank you for coming back for the 1.0 stream. You and Snutt were an amazing team, and it was incredibly special to see you guys back together again one final time.
I completely agree.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot.
I feel like adding this video to some kind of command for the bot on stream could be very useful 😅 Or like, a few different commands with different timestamps in the video?
Also I feel like the first few times I actually watched you, I'm pretty sure it was while you were playing some 2 player games with Meza. And at the moment, what I think of when I think of you, is basically: plays games, makes game, lives in Sweden.
Way ahead of you with the command!
It's always nice to have you around annaroomba
If you don't mind. How do you keep yourself afloat during development of your game? Do you live of savings? Did you get some kind of stipend?
Damn the Endcard is like: Do you wanna stick with the Satisfactory Jace or do you wanna venture off to new horizons and watch a Devlog. Well done ;)
Wow it really was thematic actually dang
You have actually inspired me to quit my dayjob and become what I've always dreamed of: a teacher. I mean, if Jace can quit CSS, which is an awesome company with awesome games, where he's super successful, then I can leave the crappy company I used to work at that didn't recognize my talents. Thanks Jace, helps a lot
Loved the job you did as a CM. Loving the job you're doing developing your new game. Can't wait to play it - but even more than that looking forward to watching your journey onwards and upwards.
Love your edited gaming videos. Excited for your game when it comes
You have done well with all your work. I remember playing goat simulator on stream back when satisfactory was first coming to early access. 2 css employees came in to chat talking about gs and then about this new factory game. Next thing I knew I had a key and was instantly hooked. I love playing early access so I can't wait to see what you bring out. Also your goofy shenanigans are greatly entertaining.
Incredibly honest, honarble and open stream my man.
well done and thank you.
Im here for the long hall.
Good content, great personality. Big respect
Was sad that you left satisfactory and unfortunately the dev streams are a lot less without you. Tho its good to see you living your dream. You got my sub!
I really hope they still include you and other team members that have contributed so much to Satisfactory from day one when they celebrate launch ! Even just an acknowledgement or some item in the awesome shop would be insanely cool ! An in-game poster perhaps ? :P
Thanks Jace, helps a lot! Maybe it should be "you did a lot." You accomplished much and should be proud of what you have done. Now time for you to take those accomplishments and apply them to your new journey. Those skills will always be there and should you find you need to go work somewhere you can point to them proudly.
jace still has the best background i stand my ground on this. i wish my place looked this cool
Nine years? Damn... I was at my last job for 11 years and was made redundant about a year back. After so long in the job the idea of having to go was a little nerve wracking, but even though it was forced on me the company gave a good redundancy payout and I was luck enough to find a new job really quick, with good people, a good (remote) work environment, and a pay rise. :)
I'm wishing I'd had the push to make such a move earlier.
It takes a certain strength to make the move you did. And doing it this publicly... I'm enjoying following your journey.
same FR, i played hundreds of hours on the previous builds of satisfactory, now its time to chill let the game rest and start fresh on 1.0
Much respect on your stance with the plans of Coffee Stain Studios
Thank you for your part in developing SATISFACTORY:
I like your energy and I'm excited to see what the future holds. My best wishes to you.
I love the professionalism at 2:43. It says a lot about your character (in a good way, obviously).
You look good , dude , like you look healthier and stuff. Relly cool that you are doing what you really want to. I wish you the best, I love Satisfactory, and you made me like it even more with a no kidding revolutionary approach to community management (you basically singlehandedly changed the cm game forever) made me so happy as a game nerd
And yeah Snutt is amazing , but you just laid that foundation like a mf.
What hideous questions to have thrown at you.
It wasn't until Satisfactory that I realised you had already touched my life; helping me to connect with my daughter through Goat Simulator. That alone deserves a sincere, "Thanks" ... It helped a lot.
Looking forward to seeing your game sometime soon!
I glad you are doing your own thing, but I'm also sad to not see you on there, big part of why I like Satisfactory so much it is due to CM, and you were a big part of it, nut is a part of it, yeah, but I still miss u :'c
I hope when you finish with your project maybe rejoin them, idk, maybe continue doing personal projects inside CSS
I find this five months late? Really shows I need to subscribe oops. Always good to live life the way you want! And your decision is to be respected. Seeing you as transparent as always where it's appropriate, is amazing too. As for that perspective on unfinished things, all I can say is, thanks Jace, helps a lot!
Lol 3:00 - NDA detected - you gave the correct answer
no NDA
Found satisfactory from a interview you were giving years ago, maybe e3? This was before the game was even out yet. Thanks for all the updates
Yes, we got to know you in terms of satisfactory. I hope I can speak for more than myself, we are here now because of who you are and to experience your journey with you.
6:42 Feels like I'm watching Dr K.
I just now found your channel. I wanted to express my enthusiasm for Satisfactory Game. I have Coffee Stain RUclips channel saved so I get the updates. For me, thanks so much for helping make an incredibly fun game. Hope your new project/company is a great success.
Welcome! And thank you for the kind words and support
This video is 100% class, thank you. I honestly never expected to see you even talk about the game again, and never would have thought of asking you silly questions about it, lol. One question I do have though, since I have never watched your streams, do you always have the ficsit stuff in the background, or did you pull them back out for this video?
The ficsit stuff is always there! It’s in my other videos (non-stream stuff) too!
@@jembawls Awesome!
Keep it going!!!! You are not just Jace from Satisfactory. I love Satisfactory, I love other games also, but never followed another game so much on Social. So I think it was you I was following all along :P
p.S. Don't get me wrong, Snut is also amazing he is keeping it high
It is always a relief to see how down on earth you are, not sure how to explain.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot! If you'll ever get tired of working in games, I see a bright future for you in family counseling. ❤
I love the comment that was left in your second clip (on screen) by AviiNL saying, "how bout ... jace = jace, and thats enough" PERFECT words! I just want you to be you & be happy. You do you! I look forward to any & all content you put out! Thanks for everything! Much love Jace!
i will alway's supporrt you. know you fro satis but loving youre life storry! keep it up dude
Never look back with regrets, look back and think, I did THAT!!! I MADE that! Good luck, and thanks for the humour.
Sorry you've been having to deal with that. In other news that is hopefully more fulfilling to hear ... you've contributed to my inspiration to try to teach myself gamedev and I am now trying to figure out Godot. Keep at it and keep inspiring people. The others will figure it out over time or leave.
Jace is aces!
Jace with Coffee Stain: Satisfactory infinite development
Jace leaves: 1.0 release
what could it mean?! xD
Thanks Jace, helps a lot. We'll be here with you for as long as you want to share your journey with us, wherever it may lead.
You've cultivated a following with your transparency and used it to catapult your own dream project, it's quite an enviable position to be in. I've been doing game dev as a hobby for a while and I find the biggest hurdle is not knowing if all the work going into it is going to ever be seen by anyone. I've of course done the small games and such, and I have my comp sci degree so I'm no beginner to development, Unreal is my engine of choice and C++ is my language of choice so it's nice, just the work left to do to get the dream project done is daunting. All of that to say, I'd gladly be in your position right now, it's completely earned, and I'd not have any regrets about leaving either. Cool to see, I haven't checked in with Satisfactory in a while until I saw the 1.0 update, so you having left was strange, but glad to see you've found yourself in one of the best case scenarios.
Thanks Jace, helps a lot! 🗿
I loved the part you clipped in from the stream. The fun part of game development will always be the first 80% if you ask me.
- Markus Persson, Serial Project Abandoner
ps now I'm starting a studio so I can maybe finish something. ;)
So glad you are living the dream, I just seen this video on my recommended and never heard of you before but I love coffee stain and everything they do. I have well over 200hrs on deep rock (which they published, not made) and a lot of hrs on satisfactory too. All there games are really good and they make really good decisions for there games and the community. That's awesome that you got to work with them for 9 years and now get to do your own thing. I am a software engineering student in Canada and working for a studio like coffee stain is the dream. Good like with your future outside of coffee stain! :)
thank you for the kind words and support!
You know what? All that matters is what you need to do what you need to do period!
I am glad you are finding your happy place because that is what is so important.
You worked your ass off, and you have something to be proud of!
People need to stop questioning what has happened with you and just be happy & supportive of you.
Just my .02
What is the first bug you are going to check (if it was fixed) in 1.0 ?
Now I know where you went. Was always asking myself "Where's Jace?" And now I know.
I'm still just super interested in what games you are gonna make now :)
I just wanted to stick around because you seem like a good dude and I'm curious about what you get up to in the future :P Thanks for sharing. Thanks for bringing people along.
so happy for you dude, i probably wont be checking out the channel right now, cuz rhythm games arent my thing, but im always happy to see people start their own indie games. good luck!
Thanks for the support! FWIW I'm not making a rhythm game (there is a rhthm minigame) but do as you please!
It's just how it is with any job really. I mean I have changed jobs too for reasons I don't bring with me to other jobs. It's just like, okay I've been here now and I wanna move on. Good on you Jace Varlet. I wish you the best of your journey. I'm also Swedish btw!🙂
Good luck on the new project. I am jealous of all your swag.
Not enough people understand that an artist NEEDS to focus where inspiration hits. You had the inspiration for a game and all of the work you were doing was stifling the need to follow that inspiration. That said, and knowing you left on good terms, would you PERSONALLY (not asking about Coffee Stain's opinion or plans here) like to collaborate again with the studio in future once you've gotten a couple personal projects out of the way? Or would you rather focus on building up your own studio?
Really enjoying the Devlogs so far. Never tried Godot, but you make it look easy (thus I'm tempted to check it out for myself).
I’m not entirely sure if I do or don’t. It’s not impossible, but my thoughts tend to be “why go back when there is a whole world to explore” (especially when I had already spent just shy of 9 years at CSS). There are many other folks I could collaborate and create with if I wanted to and I’d probably be more inclined to do that.