I would suggest they start a kickstarter for donations for the time they've already spent working on KSP at a 97% below market wage.
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#192Background: http://www.develop-online.net/news/squad-devs-blast-kerbal-s...
First a disclaimer: I have no idea what's going on with KGS or any inside info. I'm just speculating, please treat it as such. As a generalization when a significant group from a successful game walks out en mass, it's because they feel the owners aren't fairly sharing profits. Letting this happen is usually a really dumb move by the owners. A great example is the Medal of Honor franchise, which raised a studio best…
> As a generalization when a significant group from a successful game walks out en mass, it's because they feel the owners aren't fairly sharing profits.
Another key factor is often the owners stifling creative developments in order to chase $. This is particularly the case with long running franchises that are being milked rather than developed.
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#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because you're 21, and want to make video games, and live with your parents?
For coders thinking they'll just build something cool? This is your competition.
More reasons to evolve your career away from coding, it's a dead end by 35, you'll just be outcompeted on so many fronts.
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#194This is how spiritual successors are made.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aye, copy pasting a comment I posted below: I live in Mexico, I've never seen anyone in Mexico make minimum wage, ever. And I do know people from all walks of life. As to what they earn, again, I live in Mexico, I am employed by a Mexican company, and work for Mexican clients. I make their yearly salary in 15 days or so. It really is disgusting that they would treat employees this way, specially when they were such a…
>I live in Mexico, I've never seen anyone in Mexico make minimum wage, ever. And I do know people from all walks of life. Sorry, but have you really met actual working class people that work in "maquilas"? It is not uncommon to see people earning around 600 MXN pesos a week which is barely enough to count as minimum wage.
> Sorry, but have you really met actual working class people that work in "maquilas"?
I'm sure they aren't paid to work on international software projects.
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#196The devs should apply to the PR side of NASA or Space-X.
I'm really curious what's going to happen to the guy that got > 1k votes for saying they should shoot him a message, since he's just a webdev contractor that's been working at NASA for about a year.
IMO, NASA should hire those guys anyway. It'd be a good move.
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#197This title really provides no information about what this is about.
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#198Is there a way to donate directly to these guys? They've done some pretty good work and it would be a nice gesture to say thanks by directly improving their conditions and to bypass their employer.
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#200quick scan - not sure what is happening here. My 10 year old LOVES this game. He watches you tubers play this for HOURS AND HOURS. this confuses me. I think it's pretty cool. There. :)
^ I hope I never become this HN Dad trope.