Former id Software developers laid off during Microsoft’s wider job cuts have formed a new, employee-owned studio called Hidden Horses. Multiple outlets report the studio is building its first game, an FPS titled Danger Pay, and is preparing to use crowdfunding to fund development.

Coverage links the move to id Software’s layoffs and the wider impact of the restructuring on the studio. While some reports focus on the studio’s independence and employee ownership model, others describe the planned game’s concept and influences, pointing to a dystopian, gameshow-style premise and inspirations drawn from arcade shooter Smash T.V and the film The Running Man.

Some outlets also list a number of named developers involved, while others keep details more brief. Across the reporting, the common thread is that a group of ex-id employees is continuing work on single-player shooter ambitions through a new independent team rather than returning to an established publisher-led structure.