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This is true in games companies in the west too. Personally I was not even allowed to be credited, and thanks to NDAs with other involved parties I cannot discu

This is true in games companies in the west too. Personally I was not even allowed to be credited, and thanks to NDAs with other involved parties I cannot discuss the nature of the work either. This has the fun side effect that many of the things I actually did do sound like absolute nonsense and are externally unverifiable - not a recipe for a happy situation. But I actually did fairly well. I know excellent devs that were making <$50k/year leading teams delivering hundreds of millions in revenue annually, and they maybe got another 10 days of vacation.

indigoabstract 3y ago
That sounds like a far from ideal situation. Credits should be mandatory IMO, since everyone appreciates them and they cost the company nothing. I'm fortunate to have had a better experience with that during my time in the games industry. However, let's say that you come up with a game idea, design the game all they way until it ships and then it does gangbusters well, making the company millions and millions. Getting some serious appreciation doesn't seem far fetched in that case, like CliffyB and such got, to give an example. But if not that, at least some generous bonuses and promotions would be expected in an Euro-American company. Apparently not for these 2 guys. That's what I was referring to.