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Although a major manufacturer is often criticized for being "counterfeit" and "plagiarized", at least they are not copying at pixel level, and they can also use "reference" or "tribute" to fool players. Some second- and third-tier game companies are rampant. Not only are the pictures the same, but even the code is copied and pasted, and they also directly poached the development company's people to make copycat games.
In recent years, there have been many classic PC games, because even if the mobile game version is of average quality, you can make a fortune by relying on your feelings.
In mid-2020, Shanghai A game development company received a commission from Party A to develop the mobile version of the classic online game "Magic Baby". Under the pressure of the epidemic, all employees of Company A were thrilled for a year and a half, and finally completed the production of "Magic Baby Memories" in January 2022.
When Party A was about to get the 8 million yuan reward, Company A found that a model called "Magic Baby Nostalgic Edition" on the market had been launched. Party A was very angry and the consequences were very serious, so he suspended the payment of remuneration!
This "Magic Baby Nostalgic Version" is not similar in name. The game's art, gameplay, monsters, map names, and even core code are exactly the same as "Magic Baby Memories"!
A Company immediately reported "Magic Baby Nostalgic Version" across the Internet. Soon this copycat was removed from the shelves on the shelves on the Internet. However, two months later, the copycat version changed its name "Douxiyou" and "Magic Baby" were released again after taking advantage of the title of "Magic Baby" and launched crazy promotion!
Company A, who feels that things are not simple, can only choose to call the police.
In September, the police finally solved the case and arrested Zhang, the actual controller behind the two games, "Magic Baby Nostalgic Version" and "Douxiyou".
This is not simple. He is the former vice president of Company A and the project leader of "Memories of Magic Baby". I don't know if it is a conflict with the team or because of dissatisfaction with the profit distribution. At that time, Zhang resigned when the project was halfway through.
After resigning from Zhang, he founded Company B. I don’t know if it was out of revenge on Company A or simply thinking about money and he started to make a copycat "Memories of Magic Baby", and then he used a big deal to poach programmers from Company A with double salary and asked them to steal the game source code. In this way, Zhang and the others completed "Magic Baby Nostalgic Version" in just 2 weeks.
Because the copycat is too obvious, "Magic Baby Nostalgic Version" was reported and removed from the shelves the next day. Then Zhang registered a new company and the game deck "Douxiyou" was re-listed. Although the game is a copycat, with the promotion of money, relying on the emotional value of "Magic Baby", it earned more than 23 million in 5 or 6 months after it was launched.
But they have no blessing in disguise of this money. Now Zhang and eight other people involved in the case have been arrested and squatted in the cage and waited for the verdict.
The little brother led the green: Even if Zhang did not plagiarize and pirate the copycat, the concealed copying is also a very despicable thing. It will not only be despised by players, but also ruin the development of the game. It is a very bad behavior. Dae e, right?
A shocking question: Have you ever played "Magic Baby"?
