A rare piece of industry drama has emerged in the otome game scene: the studio behind 'Cat's Host', which recently celebrated its first anniversary, announced a six-month freeze on all new card releases. The reason? Their only internal artist is going on maternity leave.
The development team, describing themselves as a 'jack-of-all-trades' crew, confessed that their small studio lacks the capacity to handle such a loss. They attempted to hire new talent and seek out-of-house artists, but due to budget constraints, their location, and the fact that top-tier artists are largely monopolized by major developers, they couldn't find a suitable replacement. Consequently, they decided to halt production to avoid sacrificing quality.
The community response has been one of shock. Players are calling this a 'once-in-a-lifetime' drama, questioning how a studio could rely on a single artist for their entire art production. Skeptics argue that after a six-month hiatus, players will likely have moved on. Others view this as a bleak reality of small-scale development: lacking the funds to hire top-tier talent and lacking the clout to secure reliable outsourcing, they are essentially forced to 'give up' (kaibai) publicly.
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