MMI

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote] MMI is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", Studio2760/Dnovel, 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. Studio2760/Dnovel has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off Cocos2D 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 by DNovel/FreeAnimals/My Way Games/Trinity Project (It's unclear if these are business partners in DNovel's ongoing fraud, or alt accounts): [list] [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1440850]LP[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069270]Rotatex[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1474860]Rotatex 2[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1420950]Spinning_Kid[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1447070]Spinning_Kid_2[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475150]White Rabbit[/url]" [/list] 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, "MMI" is just a simple Cocos2D template for making a rotating puzzle, and a direct ripoff of the Unity asset "Freeze X" by Andrew Oleynik, 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 and carries the cash grab/scam price of a whopping $10 USD. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from Studio2760/Dnovel. [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.