In Rebekah Valentine s report, nine current and former employees of the Montreal-based game development studio described a toxic work environment fostered by studio creative director Simon Darveau and enabled by CEO Amelie Lamarche. (Lamarche was Darveau s romantic partner when the pair founded the studio.)
The pattern described by employees goes as follows: Simon Davreau and other high-level male employees allegedly regularly engaged in demeaning behavior, particularly towards the women on the team.
This behavior ranged from sexist remarks or down physical groping. On one occasion, a developer reportedly said it wasn t realistic that
Season s protagonist (a woman named Abby) shouldn t be able to play the guitar because the guitar was too complicated for a woman.