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Kaan Serin

Indie founders did what most layoff-happy executives won't, totally slashing their own salaries for months, but say they still had to cut staff

A woman looks out into Mars from inside of a space facility in a screenshot from Deliver Us Mars.

The studio behind science fiction thriller Deliver Us The Moon and last year's sequel Deliver Us Mars is laying off four employees, even after its co-founders gave up their salaries for the "past few months" to minimize damage.

Developer KeokeN Interactive debuted with 2019's Deliver Us The Moon, an exploration-heavy game that had players escape Earth after its natural resources were depleted. Deliver Us Mars was a similarly moody romp that saw our protagonist grapple with alien terrain in a new, dangerous setting. Both were received very warmly, but the market's unending wave of layoffs has affected the team regardless.

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