Chucklefish Limited is a British

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and

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based in

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. Founded in 2011 by Finn Brice, the company specialises in retro-styled games. Chucklefish is best known for developing '' Starbound'' and '' Wargroove'', as well being the former publishers of ''

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In 2019, Chucklefish were accused of exploiting around a dozen voluntary contributors during the development of '' Starbound'', sometimes logging hundreds of hours with no compensation. Many of them were teenagers at the time and stated that they felt their inexperience was exploited by company director Finn Brice. Chucklefish stated that contributors were under no obligation to create content or put in any particular number of hours.

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