‘Put simply, it was either sign that contract and get your foot in the door or get out. ‘Those who were passionate and wanted to help with the game that wasn't a paid member was given a standard 'contributor contract' and told it was 'industry standard',’ they said. Watson was a paid contributor but told PC Gamer they were aware of a dozen volunteers who signed contracts to work on Starbound without pay. damon "pay your damn workers" reece August 28, 2019įormer Starbound developers graphic artist Rho Watson and concept artist Christine Crossley corroborated Reece’s account. i see so many young people & students angling for a foot in the door but doing free work won't give you anything but a permanent bad taste in your mouth once you realize you've been had. The point i'm trying to make here is that you shouldn't work for free. It doesn't mean they weren't exploited too.’ ‘A couple of them ended up working at the company. ‘The company made unbelievable amounts of money off of my labour, and that of around a dozen other unpaid workers,’ Reece stated. Chucklefish has responded to the multiple allegations that it exploited the volunteer developers working on indie interstellar adventure game Starbound.Įarlier this week, developer Damon Reece claimed that they had worked ‘hundreds of hours’ unpaid on Starbound as one of its writers.
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