{"id":637906,"date":"2026-03-28T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:33:00","slug":"delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Steam pre-order hit The Day Before developer defends use of unpaid volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Fntastic, the developer of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/search\/?filter=popularwishlist\">Steam&#8217;s<\/a> most-wishlisted upcoming title The Day Before, has spoken to Eurogamer about its decision to ask for volunteers to help work on the recently-delayed game.<\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fntastic.com\/volunteer\">website<\/a> states that Fntastic&#8217;s &#8220;culture&#8221; is &#8220;based on the idea of volunteering&#8221; and, as such, &#8220;every Fntastic member is a volunteer&#8221; &#8211; paid or not (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.well-played.com.au\/developer-for-the-day-before-calls-for-volunteers-to-help-with-their-projects\/\">Well Played<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>These types of &#8220;volunteers&#8221; are divided into two categories: full-time and part-time. A full-time volunteer is apparently paid a salary, while a part-time volunteer is expected to take part in &#8220;various activities ranging from translating to community moderating&#8221;. Writes Fntastic: &#8220;Part-time volunteers also can offer their unique skills to improve our projects or create new special features.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/delayed-steam-pre-order-hit-the-day-before-developer-defends-use-of-unpaid-volunteers\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fntastic, the developer of Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted upcoming title The Day Before, has spoken to Eurogamer about its decision to ask for volunteers to help work on the recently-delayed game. The studio&#8217;s website states that Fntastic&#8217;s &#8220;culture&#8221; is &#8220;based on the idea of volunteering&#8221; and, as such, &#8220;every Fntastic member is a volunteer&#8221; &#8211; paid or not (thanks, Well Played). These types of &#8220;volunteers&#8221; are divided into two categories: full-time and part-time. A full-time volunteer is apparently paid a salary, while a part-time volunteer is expected to take part in &#8220;various activities ranging from translating to community moderating&#8221;. Writes Fntastic: &#8220;Part-time volunteers also can offer their unique skills to improve our projects or create new special features.&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":637907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[59,2231],"class_list":["post-637906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-pc","tag-the-day-before"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Delayed Steam pre-order hit The Day Before developer defends use of unpaid volunteers | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fntastic, the developer of Steam&#039;s most-wishlisted upcoming title The Day Before, has spoken to Eurogamer about its decision to ask for volunteers to help\" 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