[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Lounge Zone is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The Russian "developer", Kedexa, took the [url=https://flippednormals.com/downloads/dice-board-game-starter-kit/]Dice Board Game Starter Kit[/url] tutorial/game asset pack from the real developers, Adam, changed the name, dumped someone else's game assets onto it, and dumped the result onto Steam. They're attempting to scam people into buying this, so they can get your money for someone else's work.
Kedexa has shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1218440]Tanks 2020[/url]" = [url=https://learn.unity.com/project/tanks-tutorial]Tanks Tutorial[/url] developed by Unity Technologies
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431620]Cybercube Battle[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/unitz-unet-33494]UnitZ UNET[/url] developed by Hardworker Studio
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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, "Dice Board Game Starter Kit" is just a basic asset pack with simple boardgame templates, 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 like this are harmful to the gaming industry and to Steam because they reduce the visibility that sincerely made indie games should have, and make it harder for gamers to find real games from genuine developers.
[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.
They're charging a ludicrous scam price of $20 USD for someone else's game here. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from Kedexa.
