[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Amaze Gears is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", Blender Games, took a template from the godawful GameMaker Studio from YoyoGames, slapped a couple of asset flipped sprites on it, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.
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/604780]Amaze[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/628750]Amaze 2[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/986990]Amaze Christmas[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/853860]Amaze Classic[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/874010]Amaze Classic: Inverted[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/692200]Amaze Dark Times[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/828910]Amaze Frozen[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181220]Amaze Gears 2[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1543470]Amaze Gears 3[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/949030]Amaze Halloween[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031540]Amaze Lunar[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1017350]Amaze St Patrick[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/776540]Amaze Untouchable[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001880]Amaze Valentine[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/679660]Amaze Zero[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Blender Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1815860]Maze Art: Black[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1815880]Maze Art: Blue[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1816410]Maze Art: Brown[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1816420]Maze Art: Green[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818790]Maze Art: Orange[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818800]Maze Art: Pink[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818810]Maze Art: Purple[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818820]Maze Art: Rainbow[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818830]Maze Art: Red[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818840]Maze Art: Yellow[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by My Label Game Studio
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Look for yourself... these are all reskins of 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, "Amaze Gears" is just a basic template for making a browser/mobile tier 2D maze game, 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 Blender Games.
