Chucklefish Accused of Exploiting Young Devs

"I"LL SUCK YOUR DIIIIIICK" -Adam Kovic, 2019

They did it wrong. When companies want free labor they just call them unpaid internships. Real talk though that was shady.

Sounds like 99% of tech startups, headed up by inexperienced people who don't realize the value of managers and morale.

Its sad to hear this I was playing Starbound when it was first on steam and hearing that people got screwed on it makes me angry as well.

Damn, I know Rho. It's weird seeing someone you know being covered on a news show you frequently watch. Didn't know it was that bad for the "employees" of Chucklefish though. Really looking forward to IglooSoft's Outworlder, I've only heard about bits and pieces but it sounds and looks pretty great.

That was pretty fucked up. Y'all covered it well IMO.

This is a common problem (certainly in the UK) in almost any industry - it is caused by the old "you need experience to get a job" Catch 22 - but also by the dropping number of jobs people want to do, the massive specialisation difference between education and work done on the job (even with specialised degrees in the UK this is still a serious problem), the lack of practical experience in real job training in education and, finally, the lack of on the job or any other sort of training people are given if they actaully make it into a company... this is even true of menial or simple jobs like shelf stackers and the like! Education has gotten out of whack with the main reason society pays for it and businesses have no inclination to make things any easier on people because they have no time / money / incentive (the last due to the speed at which staff turn over which is primarily caused because people feel the company doesn't invest in them - this is a vicious circle caused by greed for more pay by everyone in business and is the bare, naked truth of pure capitalism... it burns everything at the pyre of Mamon, including society and giving a F*ck about anyone else.

Good vid but it would be really nice if you had mention where Brice is working now. His "apology" sounded very hollow and I would like to speak with my wallet and never contribute to another project that the man is working on again. I would assume that, as it was not stated, he is still at Chucklefish and would not want to punish the company unfairly if they had parted ways with him already. On a sidenote, I was with Terraria and later Starbound from the very start of both and I know that the dev of both was a nightmare but now that I no this, I just feel dirty for sticking by the company. They always played it as the "recently departed talent" being flaky and not wanting to stay with an "indie". They played the indie card very heavily.

Chucklefish not stating that they paid those people as promised is real problematic, it would be the easiest fix and make this all go away. I can't say I would boycott them, because I already wouldn't buy their games 🙄

That guy Reese should sue....he did a lot of work and there is no way that contract is legal

Also watching this entire video....that head of Chucklefish really needs to get his @$$ kicked, what a bastard.