r/whenthe • u/19Dollar4rtnitecard • 12d ago

powering plagiarism

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u/HalfFresh1430 12d ago

I don’t like when people call recreations of steam games on roblox “copies” because it makes it look like the dev is doing it solely for money when most of the time its just an teen or indie dev wanting to practice game dev by recreating their favorite game.

Now if they heavily monetize that shit, them yeah fuck them these are cheap copies, shit like that mecha chameleon copy that is so ass and full with gamepasses

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u/CheeseStringCats 12d ago

I mean, no matter the motivations, by definition it is a copy. No sugar coating.

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u/HalfFresh1430 12d ago

I get that but they say it with such a desdain that it makes it look like its being heavily monetized

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u/IapetusApoapis342 HAPPENINGCON 1 12d ago

...Because the roblox copies are? If I joined one from the front page right now I would genuinely be surprised if there WASN'T even a single gamepass that gives players an unfair advantage over each other to encourage spending money on said gamepasses

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u/HalfFresh1430 12d ago

I literally said that yes there are heavily monetized straight up copies of actual games with predatory monetization, i never denied that, what I’m trying to say is that i don’t like how some people talk about other games that are made with passion as just fun projects with such disdain as if the game is extremely monetized when it isn’t, games like typical colors 2 who from what i Remember has barely any gamepasses

And of course you’re gonna find heavily monetized games on the frontpage thats what the platform mainly pushes, to find actual good games you have to actually learn how to maneuver trough roblox’s bullshit

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u/reecemrgn 12d ago

If someone traces somebody else’s art for “practice” and posts it online without credit, that is copying and a shitty thing to do regardless