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Sophia · Apr 29, 2013

synt4x said:
Damn that's rough haha.

Reminds me a little of TMNT3 on NES that had an anti-piracy protection thing that checked if the Konami logo was missing from the title screen, which would usually be the case with a pirate copy. If it was missing, the enemies took many more hits to kill and dealt more damage. And Shredder was unbeatable.

Nowadays I think anti-piracy checks that are blatant are much more effective than ones that ruin the game. Let them know they're playing a pirated copy and shame the player significantly.

Game Dev Tycoon's developers might have not made their obvious enough, it seems.

Slavik81 · Apr 29, 2013

Htown said:
This is kind of what happens when a "pirated" version is released within minutes of the store's opening.

Good job cannibalizing your own sales to make a point about piracy, guys. Really, stellar work.

Isn't it DRM free? The real version would be uploaded shortly anyways and they needed to be there before it.

Edit: Their site is erroring for me now. I can't confirm that.

Deleted member 125677 · Apr 29, 2013

Perfect!

AzaK · Apr 29, 2013

Brilliant.

Redhood · Apr 29, 2013

lol!

Spyro 3 also employed a smart way! Zoe would say that the game is pirated and would not work as a normal game would. Then eggs would disappear. Or your vehicle will crash.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3030/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php

quite a read!

Seance · Apr 29, 2013

Mmmmmmmmmmm. That ironing is so tasty.

Wind's Howling · Apr 29, 2013

I almost feel obliged in buying the game for reading the sad developer story on their website. Hard to fathom that there are people on the world who can not even shell out a measly 8 bucks.

Game Guru · Apr 29, 2013

Alextended said:
They're gonna pick it up because they always make something out of nothing for hits, otherwise it's not at all uncommon, plus other games do this kind of thing technically better by having it as part of the DRM so until discovered and properly cracked every illegally distributed version has it rather than only a separate special version of the game uploaded by themselves that technically isn't even pirating since they basically just released a free altered (and bad) version of their game.

Actually this is quite different... It's using the format of the game, being a game about being a game developer, to make a comment about piracy to the guys who are actually pirating. It's also effective satire, showing the consequences of piracy in an exaggerated way within the pirated game itself.

TheLegendOfMart · Apr 29, 2013

Funny when they whinge about pirates but steal the idea for the game from other developers.

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

Random question, but is the game any good?

Beaniedude · Apr 29, 2013

This is brilliant.
Pure gold.

usea · Apr 29, 2013

Here's a mirror while their site is overwhelmed: http://www.greenheartgames.com.nyud...lator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/

Htown · Apr 29, 2013

Xanathus said:
That's actually what I suspected which was why I posted that link to the Steam thread to get GAF detectives working. The Steam user that posted the thread is "corporalhicks" and I thought he was going to turn out to be a shell account but based on his library it's entirely possible that he really did pirate it because his library is filled with cheap games and games from bundles.

aww lawd we all pirates now

Isn't it DRM free? The real version would be uploaded shortly anyways and they needed to be there before it.

Usually companies that release their products DRM free are less obsessed with how many copies of the game get pirated.

Hana-Bi · Apr 29, 2013

Slavik81 said:
~90% not unique or surprising.

200 sales seems pretty awful, though. That's about $2000. It pays for maybe two man-weeks worth of work. If that.

The sales of the W8 version should be better. It is also available since January.

SLV · Apr 29, 2013

Just bought it ! A more fleshed out game dev story, imo.

Trike · Apr 29, 2013

Reikon said:
It existed before Nintendo too. FADE in Operation Flashpoint.

It existed before Operation Flashpoint too, in Earthbound. Probably goes before that too.

Lyonaz · Apr 29, 2013

I hope the next DRM anti-piracy method have you log in with facebook and just autopost pirate themed updates. That would be fun.

Spierek · Apr 29, 2013

That's even better than Witcher's DRM.

DBT85 · Apr 29, 2013

TheLegendOfMart said:
Funny when they whinge about pirates but steal the idea for the game from other developers.

I've not played this game or others in the genre, so forgive me, but have they done a Zynga and blatantly copied existing games or is this game just in the same ballpark as others?

Macho Madness · Apr 29, 2013

DBT85 said:
I've not played this game or others in the genre, so forgive me, but have they done a Zynga and blatantly copied existing games or is this game just in the same ballpark as others?

It plays almost exactly the same as Game Dev Story.

Dabanton · Apr 29, 2013

DBT85 said:
I've not played this game or others in the genre, so forgive me, but have they done a Zynga and blatantly copied existing games or is this game just in the same ballpark as others?

His probably referring to Game Dev Story. Which this looks very similar too

But I love these kind of games and I like the look of this one.

Kouriozan · Apr 29, 2013

Nice, and I didn't know about this game, will try and maybe buy it

thesuperfunk · Apr 29, 2013

Ingenious ploy from the devs, be it for reals or viral!

Replicant · Apr 29, 2013

That's a genius. And LOL @ RL pirates protesting that their (in-game) hardwork is being pirated by (in-game) pirates.

........

We need to go deeper, me thinks.

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

SLV said:
Just bought it ! A more fleshed out game dev story, imo.

Does it have micro payments?

Bomber Bob · Apr 29, 2013

Htown said:
Good job cannibalizing your own sales to make a point about piracy, guys. Really, stellar work.

agreed

Darryl · Apr 29, 2013

Htown said:
Good job cannibalizing your own sales to make a point about piracy, guys. Really, stellar work.

give up some early launch sales in exchange for this huge free advertising campaign, i think they did some pretty stellar work ya

Mihael Mello Keehl · Apr 29, 2013

wow haha

Impeccable · Apr 29, 2013

At least they have an original concept for a game.

King_Moc · Apr 29, 2013

If only the police could get involved off the back of this...

ascii42 · Apr 29, 2013

Htown said:
This is kind of what happens when a "pirated" version is released within minutes of the store's opening.

Good job cannibalizing your own sales to make a point about piracy, guys. Really, stellar work.

Right. The developers practically forced people to download the pirate copy by doing that...

J.W.Crazy · Apr 29, 2013

Xanathus said:
That's actually what I suspected which was why I posted that link to the Steam thread to get GAF detectives working. The Steam user that posted the thread is "corporalhicks" and I thought he was going to turn out to be a shell account but it's entirely possible that he really did pirate it because his account has been active since 2009 and his library is filled with cheap games and games from bundles.

It'd be great if it was actual pirates but it wouldn't be the first time somebody used a preexisting account for viral marketing.

REMEMBER CITADEL · Apr 29, 2013

Impeccable said:
At least they have an original concept for a game.

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

REMEMBER CITADEL said:

zerokoolpsx · Apr 29, 2013

That's pretty clever by the devs.

RionaaM · Apr 29, 2013

Spierek said:
That's even better than Witcher's DRM.

What kind of DRM did The Witcher have?

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

RionaaM said:
What kind of DRM did The Witcher have?

If you played it, you were tainted by interesting story telling and all other western RPG stories seemed unplayable afterwards.

remz · Apr 29, 2013

Isn't this kind of hypocritical when they stole their idea from Game Dev Story?

Bomber Bob · Apr 29, 2013

wanted to buy but:

The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable.
Please try again later.

I think they should get a better hosting

Mithos · Apr 29, 2013

So where are the pirates, I can't see any? All I can see are people downloading 2 different legit versions of the game.

So the title of the thread is wrong.

usea · Apr 29, 2013

Bomber Bob said:
wanted to buy but:

I think they should get a better hosting

I put a mirror link in the OP. This site is currently trending on several major news aggregators and their site has been killed.

edit: sorry, I misread your post. You wanted to buy, not read the blog post. Yeah, those shouldn't even be on the same box.

remz said:
Isn't this kind of hypocritical when they stole their idea from Game Dev Story?

No.

Glass Rebel · Apr 29, 2013

Toma said:
Random question, but is the game any good?

There's a demo you can try. I'm currently trying to find it :lol

Edit: Here it is

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

Mithos said:
So where are the pirates, I can't see any? All I can see are people downloading 2 different legit versions of the game.

So the title of the thread is wrong.

I agree, its basically a demo.

Glass Rebel said:
There's a demo you can try. I'm currently trying to find it :lol

Isnt the "cracked version" basically the demo?

Impeccable · Apr 29, 2013

Boss! We've successfully managed to utilize a highly effective technique to create a game. Using SingGa's ideology we created a game that taps into a creative fountain of knowledge to create a game many people adore. All we need now is to implement a viral gimmick! Deploy the pirated version to gain thousands of dollars in free advertising to off-set the lost sales of this marketing ploy! We'll sell more than ever before.

[ : -) ]

Takao · Apr 29, 2013

J.W.Crazy said:
Yeah, it's a little too on the nose. Especially the line about the new engine. I may just be cynical but it seems like viral marketing to me.

Game Dev Tycoon has you develop engines. I just played the demo and sucked at it. My best selling game pushed 20k on the NTES. ;_;

sakipon · Apr 29, 2013

Mithos said:
So where are the pirates, I can't see any? All I can see are people downloading 2 different legit versions of the game.

So the title of the thread is wrong.

You could still consider the early downloaders pirates (at heart). Imagine apples are free but the store owner doesn't tell anyone about it. Someone comes, pockets some apples and runs out. Legal but not honest.

Glass Rebel · Apr 29, 2013

Toma said:
Isnt the "cracked version" basically the demo?

Well:

In the DEMO version you can play the game until year five. The DEMO version is limited to the garage office.

Delio · Apr 29, 2013

Tried to get the demo but yeah site is getting hammered I guess. I loved Game Dev story so much so im more than ready for this.

Toma · Apr 29, 2013

Glass Rebel said:
Well:

Thing is... THEY uploaded a version of the game that is restricted and obviously not the full version.

Honest question here, isnt it technically a demo as well? As I see it, they now have 2 different demos out there. I dont see any reason to call it a "pirated" version instead of a demo. Super quick non-academic look up of the definition of pirating:

One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.

Doesnt apply here. People downloaded it with the INTENTION of pirating, but that doesnt make it pirating if its actually legal.

Erasus · Apr 29, 2013

Pretty damn funny

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