Random outsider from the art/design world. Been asked to do game stuff - always for free. And yeah, the internship plague is thriving in a lot of fields. But the insane scale, in which you - and plenty others - do it (two founders + 15 monkeys), makes the games industry as such a rotten business, a ...

Sure, most participate to boost their CV's, some are interns in longer periods, some pay from their own savings, a few get SU and the great talented contributors get revenue percentages from potential sales of FORCED. The only pay we can offer is meals now and then, as well as paying a few of the d...

I think this part was the most interesting: E.g. my own company BetaDwarf would count as small, as we are two founders and zero employees even though our crew includes 10 full time developers and 5+ part time. But we aren’t able to provide for those guys and the girl, i.e. they don’t count as employ...