[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b]
The Fox's Drawing World is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", XuanXuan4Ni, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/characters/sunny-land-103349]Sunny Land[/url] Unity Store game assets from the real developers, Ansimuz, 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.
It gets worse... "Sunny Land" has also been shamelessly dumped on Steam by other asset flippers apart from XuanXuan4Ni:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1487900]Beastie Land[/url]", asset flipped by Johnny Ginard
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/718320]FoxyLand[/url]", asset flipped by BUG-Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1487900]Beastie Land: Fast-Paced 2D Platformer Adventure[/url]", asset flipped by HSG/Johnny Ginard
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2059230]mrFOX[/url]", asset flipped by Interactive Pixel Entmt.
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976510]Undo The Jam Damage[/url]", asset flipped by UndoTheJamDamage
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1053730]Foxyland 2[/url]", asset flipped by BUG-Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525650]Solo Fox[/url]", asset flipped by RevDay Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/719120]O'Fox Life[/url]", asset flipped by O'Stinky lab.
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075790]Fox and Bunny[/url]", asset flipped by ZemunBRE/Conglomerate 5
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Take a look for yourself... these are all [i]exactly the same game assets![/i]
Because this is an almost exact 1:1 copy + paste of the original Unity asset, it's in violation of the [url=https://unity.com/legal/as-terms]Unity Asset Store Terms of Service and EULA[/url]. Specifically, Section 2, Subsection 2.2.1a:
[quote][i]Subject to the restrictions set forth in this EULA, Licensor hereby grants to the END-USER a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, and perpetual license to the Asset solely:(a) to incorporate the Asset, [b]together with substantial, original content not obtained through the Unity Asset Store[/b], into an electronic application or digital media that has a purpose, features, and functions beyond the display, performance, distribution, or use of Assets ("Licensed Product") as an embedded component of that Licensed Product, [b]such that the Asset does not comprise a substantial portion of the Licensed Product[/b][/i][/quote]
Because the developer misused the asset pack such that it comprises the vast majority of this "game", the developer has unethically and deliberately breached the license agreement. Why is this permitted on Steam?
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, "Sunny Land" is just a simple 2D retro pixel platformer asset pack/demo that the developer combined with a mobile app tier "draw your own platforms" puzzle game template with code "borrowed" from someone else, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game. It's just a minimum viable product, just enough to get through the non-existent quality control on Steam Direct. Not a real game.
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.
Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from XuanXuan4Ni.
Finally, I write these reviews to try help people navigate the thousands of games on Steam so they don't waste time on low quality products. There's over 140,000 games on Steam... Steam Direct is allowing an influx of around 40-50 new games [i]every day![/i]. If you think I'm wrong about this one, go ahead and buy it, download it, install it, play it and see for yourself. Maybe you'll come to agree with me after spending your money. Either way, consider writing your own reviews too, because it's up to gamers to advocate for each other against bad games and dodgy developers. I'm just glad if my review help give gamers enough info to make a better informed choice.
