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Indie Dev’s Game Shamelessly Cloned and Released for Free by Grifter. An indie developer has had their game shamelessly stolen and released for free on Steam under a different name. (techraptor.net)
submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Context: https://www.comfycozygaming.com/2024/06/04/dire-decks-wildcard-plagiarism/

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is a weird one.

At first I thought someone cloned the gameplay, which is not copyrightable or trademarkable. However, it appears the assets themselves are identical, which is legally a problem. But it seems there was no provocation to cause this?

Is this a very advanced marketing tactic, where the developer is also the alleged thief, and they are lying to try to advertise their game?

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

I read somewhere it was two friends and that they shared code, it is just weird in general.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The other article circulating said the artwork was original as well as the code.