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“I’m officially resigning from my role as a Recognized Creator for Creatures of Sonaria, and this is why. It's clear that I'm not valued as a creator there. I did my best to try and change this system for the better with the system changes document, but it's evident that Bear's work and mine were not valued there either.To elaborate, me and Thebearistoothic (Xol) were one of two Recognized Creators who put together a system changes document according to the majority opinions from other RC’s and CD’s. Xol was demoted shortly after the document was completed due to ‘poor behavior’, which, was absolutely bull and what I believe to be an effort to silence ‘controversial’ creators. We created this this document completely of our own volition. Approximately a fourth of the way through the document, we were given a sudden due date by Sonar (3 days to complete a majority of the document). The document was rushed to completion, not allowing us to include many details and additional requests for Sonar. Upon the abrupt completion of the document, RC’s and CD’s were gathered together in a “Town Hall” to discuss the document. However, it wasn’t a discussion, rather a one-sided announcement of what they accepted, denied, or ignored from our requests. What resulted was 7 of our 17 requests being greenlit. These mainly included requests for bare minimum disclosure requirements, such as age requirements, disclosed activity requirements, and RC capacity. Most dissapointingly, the biggest change higher-ups put into place was of their completely own volition. That was to make the Recognized Creator role a “rookie” role with icon submissions and the ocassional asset, while Concept Developers would be the creators who would get creature prompts. Any artist who wasn’t promoted to Concept Developer status was not told why, or was demoted from the role completely. Recognized creators will no longer receive Verza, and do not have plans to have any reward creature for their hard work. For anyone curious, here is the changes document in its final state after it was reviewed by higher-ups. Artist Changes DocumentI have never been paid adequately for the substantial amount of work I've done for Sonar. After doing the calculations considering multiple people’s income’s who work there, a minimum wage job you work once a week would pay more than quadruple the amount that Sonar does—Not accounting for the hours upon hours of unpaid work. We are treated as employees disguised as volunteers for Sonar's benefit. Are “volunteers” paid for their work? Are “volunteers” disqualified from volunteering due to "too long" of a work leave? Commercial compensation is crucial in this industry, and the meager amounts paid for our designs are unacceptable. Minors cannot relinquish their commercial rights to a design, yet HR continues to deny this. Sonar claims they can't afford to pay us more, but this is just an excuse to underpay artists and exploit young and vulnerable talents. I regret taking on this role as my introduction to the industry, as it has exemplified all the negative aspects of the game design industry.I want to thank those who have admired my work, your compliments mean the world to me. Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to my fellow artists and developers who provided constructive critiques and support in the highly competitive environment. Artists who remain with Sonar are all incredibly talented and creative individuals with immense potential. I genuinely hope that those who stay can find better opportunities than Sonar in the future. Personally, I am moving on; I'm working hard towards a degree in digital arts and technology while starting up my small business.”- Ghostmysterios, Former Recognized Creator

UPDATE: “As of January 2024, I am pleased to say that Twin Atlas has addressed and resolved the concerns I had regarding the concept artist system. I did not expect how swiftly and thoughtfully our resolve would come, and I extend my gratitude to Alertcoderf and his efforts in helping us achieve it. It took thorough, lengthy communication on both sides to properly remedy the situation, but what Alert demonstrated was that Twin Atlas was capable of acknowledging and acting on criticism. With these changes in place, I can now confidently put my previous concerns to rest and look forward to Twin Atlas's continued positive growth.”

"I was a Recognized Creator for over a year, dutifully following Sonar Studios in relative silence. In that time, with dozens of submissions and hundreds of hours poured into my work, I received 5k Robux in total, the DevEx equivalent of $12. The illusion of opportunity at Sonar Studios is and always will be a complete lie, and I am glad I was removed from the team before I could waste any more of my time. This, however, is the least I was concerned of as a part of the RC team. Sonar team managers and communicators continue to manipulate artists (majorly young, impressionable children) into working for free--demeaning them publicly and behind backs. When their manipulative system was ever challenged (often by myself), they shut us down through threats of server mutes, and never addressed us or our thoughts professionally. When I continued to push for change (better payment, more time between prompts, thoughtful communication, etc.), after the RC Requests & Concerns document had been submit, I was demoted for "behavioral issues" and "multiple ModMail reports made in quick succession". Any request I made to see proof of these reports was denied. Credit of art guides I had made were removed purposefully and made to seem as though the original message by me disappeared, and the RC team was told I had left for personal reasons. The blatant lies constructed by Sonar Studios to frame me as something more than an advocate was sloppy and known false to multiple moderators and developers, though no one wanted to risk their position prying into my case. A years worth of manipulation, mistreatment and dishonesty cannot be easily summarized, I only hope that whoever reads this questions the integrity of Sonar Studios."Image Evidence- xol (Thebearistoothic), Former Recognized Creator