Hi ella, we really can't pay anyone directly, even the actual team members are not paid for the moment. Both of us have experience in game jams and other projects and we never got paid yet, and we are not a studio yet. Sadly it is not possible for us to pay anyone directly for now. But if you are interested to work part time on a serious project, not paid for now, but if we publish on steam, yes you would get paid eventually. Please consider this is not a full time job. My team mate and I are currently working on this project seriously, but we are unemployed, and we will have to get part time jobs to earn our living, but we're still very motivated for this project. There is no game prototype yes, but we have restarted the whole project from the beginning because the first prototype was not good enough, but we keep assets that were made for the previous prototype, we already have a 9 minutes long orchestral soundtrack that I am composing and some 2D art my programmer friend made. My programmer friend is currently starting a game jam, so he won't be much available for this project for the next two weeks, but I will continue composing the soundtrack and making some SFX for it. This project is serious, but we can't pay anyone for now.