{"id":91475,"date":"2016-05-06T07:15:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91475"},"modified":"2016-05-06T07:16:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:16:53","slug":"developer-slave-program-former-employee-speaks-out-against-kerbal-space-program-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/91475-developer-slave-program-former-employee-speaks-out-against-kerbal-space-program-developers","title":{"rendered":"Developer Slave Program – Former employee speaks out against Kerbal Space Program developers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former employee of Kerbal Space Program has spoken out against<\/strong> <\/a>the game’s developer – Squad.<\/p>\n

The employee who goess by the username “PDtv” states that the developers of the game paid staff only $2,400<\/strong> yearly and had them constantly working “crunch time” – sometimes working up to 16 hours a day.<\/p>\n

Other employees have come out in defense<\/strong> <\/a>of Squad, stating that this is simply the nature of game development.<\/p>\n

Although these reports are unconfirmed, similar stories have started to emerge as this issue has begun to gather steam.<\/p>\n

We will update as the story develops.<\/p>\n

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