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Brainwash Gang has adopted a horizontal structure, meaning all decisions and income are shared equally between all of its members. “It’s pretty easy being horizontal if you have basically nothing,” Verz says, in his typically selfdeprecating way. “It’s easy to split that money when it’s zero.” Perhaps more important is the fact that everyone gets a vote in every decision, creative or otherwise. For this hierarchy – or lack thereof – to work, he says, it’s essential that everyone in the company trusts each other fully. “It’s like a polyamorous relationship,” Verz laughs. The one downside is that it slows down the decision-making process. Surely not

slow, we suggest, given Brainwash is showing off seven games at once? “Imagine if we were faster,” Beícoli says. “We would have 20!”