[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Librarian is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", Dnovel/FreeAnimals_Software, took a template from the godawful Cocos-2D game construction toolkit, slapped a couple of asset flipped sprites on it, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.
Dnovel/FreeAnimals_Software has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off Cocos2D templates and dumping them on Steam in an attempt to fleece and scam gamers into buying copy + pasted shovelware. This is no exception.
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/1475170]Boots vs Plants[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Dnovel
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1505440]Neon Warrior[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Dnovel
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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, "Librarian" is just a basic template to help people make a platformer using the craptastic Cocos2D engine, reskinned badly, 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 Dnovel/FreeAnimals_Software.
[quote][url=https://mmofallout.com/valve-bans-titles-for-review-manipulation/]Warning: Review Manipulation![/url][/quote]
This game features a number of fake positive reviews from accounts known to be in the business of review manipulation/paid reviews. They're all written in either Russian or broken English, appear almost immediately after the game launched on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and the accounts are used consistently to write fake reviews for asset flips and other cash grabs/scams. The "Positive" review score on this game should be disregarded due to this review manipulation.
