[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Akapulka - The Rainbow is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", My Way Games/Orange Blossom, took a template from the godawful Construct 2 construction kit, slapped a couple of hand drawn sprites on it, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.
My Way Games/Orange Blossom has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off Construct 2 templates and dumping them on Steam.
Don't believe me? Here's some other asset flips from exactly the same template, all shamelessly dumped on Steam as nasty cash grabs:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553980]Gear Tunnel[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by illuminati
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096040]Virusum[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Way Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1521520]SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Volens Nolens Games
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Look for yourself... these are all exactly the same game!
The products that result from asset flips aren't "real" games. They lack depth and content, because they're just simplistic copies of demos or tutorials. In this case, "Akapulka - The Rainbow" is just a very basic 2D minimalist "gear tunnel" game template from Construct 2 (in this case they swapped the gear shape for a triangle... like that stops this being an asset flip!) where you must avoid touching the walls, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game, so a copy+paste of it can't be recommended.
Asset flips don't involve any professional game development. Sure, sometimes they may change a few cosmetic things, swap out different assets etc, but at heart it's functionally identical to the asset they're ripping off. Asset flips are an insult to both PC gamers and to professional game developers who create genuine, high quality PC games. Asset flips like this are harmful to the gaming industry and to Steam because they reduce the visibility that sincerely made indie games should have. They make it harder for gamers to find genuine games made by honest developers.
To cement the position of this asset flip as nothing but a cash grab, it was dumped onto cheap DailyIndieGame shovelware bundles very shortly after launch. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from My Way Games/Orange Blossom.
