Reece noted there were 'around a dozen other unpaid workers' on the project. The incident came to light when one of the game's writers Damon Reece tweeted that they 'worked hundreds of hours' on the game 'and wasn't paid a single cent.' They were 16 years old at the time. Chucklefish has issued a statement responding to multiple accusations that it took advantage of unpaid volunteers who assisted with the development of Starbound.
