[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Planetary Defence is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", INFINITE BRIDGE, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/planetary-defence-104099]Planetary Defence game pack[/url] Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, Daniel Buckley, changed the name, 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.
INFINITE BRIDGE 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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[*] "Trapped Guys" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/characters/pixel-adventure-1-155360]Pixel Adventure 1[/url] developed by Pixel Frog
[*] "Contrast Tunnel" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/contrast-tunnel-survival-71524]Contrast - Tunnel Survival game template[/url] developed by DOTexe
[*] "Asteroids Belt Try To Survive" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/asteroid-belt-project-2062]Asteroid Belt Project[/url] developed by Allebi Games
[*] "Infinite Brick Breaker" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/ballx-infinite-brick-breaker-complete-game-template-87125]BallX - Infinite Brick Breaker - Complete Game Template[/url] developed by App Advisory
[*] "Crash Race" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/crashy-racing-115748]Crashy Racing full game pack[/url] developed by SgLib games
[*] "Hover Ship" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/hovershift-107789]Hovershift[/url] developed by SgLib Games
[*] "Circular" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/impossible-circle-round-the-ball-60571]Impossible Circle - Round The ball[/url] developed by App Advisory
[*] "Infected Town" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/toxic-townsmen-complete-game-104332]Toxic Townsmen[/url] developed by Daniel Buckley
[*] "Zombie Van Drive" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/zombie-drive-full-game-template-73074]Zombie Drive - Full Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "Brain Teaser" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/brain-teaser-58903]Brain Teaser[/url] developed by MadFireOn
[*] "Road to Gelendzhik Palace" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tower-defence-template-75770]Tower Defence Template[/url] developed by Keeree Games
[*] "The Deepest" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/cave-exploration-starter-kit-37158]Cave Exploration Starter Kit[/url] developed by Robert "That Games Guy" Wells
[*] "Beat the Moles" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/whack-a-mole-82155]Whack a Mole[/url] developed by Tasonco
[*] "Asteroids Manuevers" = [url=https://github.com/aholla/Game-Asteroids-Unity]Game-Asteroids-Unity Open Source project[/url] developed by Adam Holland (also a violation of the Apache open source license).
[*] "Nightmare Survival" = [url=https://learn.unity.com/project/survival-shooter-tutorial]Survival Shooter Tutorial[/url] developed by Unity Technologies
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It gets worse... "Planetary Defence game pack" has also been shamelessly dumped on Steam by other asset flippers apart from INFINITE BRIDGE:
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[*] "Space Stories: Darth Star", asset flipped by For Kids
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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, "Planetary Defence game pack" is just an asset pack/tutorial for a simple mobile app where the player moves around a stationary "planet" to attack incoming enemies, 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.
Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from INFINITE BRIDGE.
