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I have a somewhat successfull game on Steam (~50k copies sold), which seems to have gotten completely stolen and put on Google Play. I've been trying to contact Google support to take down the copy. Unfortunately to no avail so far. You could maybe help me by flagging the imposters.
For reference my game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2205850/Dwarves_Glory_Death_and_Loot/
And the copy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goahead.forwardcorps&hl=en_US
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Did you try contacting the “thief”? There’s an email address for the devs at the bottom of [this page](https://www.febconsult.top/).
…and first thing they did was to cram in microtransactions.
Sadly I have no advice to give, but I hope these people stub their toes in every dark night.
As a pleb I’m not sure what you can do but I’ve reported it on the play store as a copycat
at this point google is handling stolen intellectual property, and presumably ,profiting from it
inform them of this and you might find they are a bit faster to respond, as it is their ass on the line
I reported it for copy right maybe if you do it on mass you could get the game taken down maybe contact a YouTuber or something and just mass report
Reported it as well, hopefully it’ll help.
File 1-2 lawsuits, 1 at the game dev and 2 possibly google for also profiting off your ip though that last one may be dependant on legislation in your area. If they are using your code, get a copy of the game in its current state and document some specific instances of code for the lawsuit along with whatever else may help out. Best of luck
lawyer up and give them hell.
Reported them as well, hope it helps, good luck getting this sorted.
Just reported the app on the play store as a copy/impersonation. I hope my efforts somewhat helped! Hope for the best OP!
I would Contact your publisher if you haven’t already they should be able to help with this.
How did that even happen? Did they get the source code?
I also reported the game, wish you all the best!
Maybe i’ll buy your game from Steam it looks nice!
Reported also. Good luck on securing your IP.
Thanks for the recommendation, was looking for a decent mobile game
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If you reported it and google does not take any action, they become complicit in distributing illegal copies of your work.
I’ve reported it for you. Without actually playing it before reporting I doubt they’ll even consider it but that’s all I can do.
I hope this gets sorted for you
I went and marked the play store app as suspicious 🙋🏻
Get a lawyer, this seems pretty straight forward to get fixed. You have copywritten art work, they have stolen it. Maybe the people doing it are in a jurisdiction that you won’t get compensation out of them, but you can have the offending material taken down and any earnings that haven’t been paid over yet would go to you.
Raise a complaint with google telling them you want all the money your owed on all the sales that have made so far, which is your right and what would be the outcome of any litigation.
Contact a lawyer, the law is on your side.
Welcome to capitalism my guy.
This is why I can’t stand Google Play and other walled gardens. They don’t do jack shit to enforce the rules against theft and scam apps because they have no financial incentive to do so
you should try using r/legaladvice also try getting in contact with your publisher they might be able to help you
Don’t go through support ffs, get a lawyer like yesterday
Take contact with your publisher if google don’t remove the game after 3 days. They’ll see with their lawyer
if it makes you feel any better i dont think they’ve gotten any money out of it since all the reviews are one star, saying “this is a pc game not mobile? i cant play it”.
seems like they didnt even both to port it to mobile… what a bunch of losers these thieves.
The only reviews it has completely support your case too! Screenshot them ASAP!
Wow cool game bro, thanks for the suggestion, downloading on my phone now!
Even the reviews for the app say it’s a bad PC port with keyboard controls on mobile. I reported as well and hope this gets fixed soon.
Get in touch with g0at the Youtuber. Tell him your story and ask him to report on it. They will listen.