[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
Lucky me gets to be the first to warn other gamers about yet another asset flip scam from "beans rolls", who seems to be trying to give RewindApp and INFINITE BRIDGE/XINFINITY a run for their money. Or should I say, gamers money.
Winding Road is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", beans rolls, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/shape-change-complete-game-142295]Shape Change Complete Game[/url] Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, Ragendom, 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.
beans rolls 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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[*] "Spinner Breaker" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/spin-breakout-121962]Spin Breakout[/url] developed by SgLib Games
[*] "Starveling Way" = [url=https://learn.unity.com/project/2d-roguelike-tutorial]2D Roguelike Tutorial[/url] developed by Unity Technologies
[*] "Twin Balls" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/twin-balls-122425]Twin Balls[/url] developed by SgLib Games
[*] "Wavy Trip" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/wavy-trip-73917]Wavy Trip[/url] developed by SgLib
[*] "Sniper Game" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/advanced-sniper-starter-kit-7593]Advanced Sniper Starter Kit[/url] developed by Hardworker Studio
[*] "Connect the Dots" = [url=https://bupisource.com/product/flow-free/]Flow Free[/url] developed by bupisource.com
[*] "Branches" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/branches-64026]Branches[/url] developed by SgLib Games
[*] "Badlands Racer" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/x-racer-35344]X-Racer[/url] developed by Deer Cat
[*] "Bouncy Cube" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/bouncy-cube-2d-full-2d-hyperbcasual-game-with-ads-integrated-196935]Bouncy Cube 2d[/url] developed by Game HUB
[*] "Moon Defense" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/moon-defense-game-kit-free-65147]Moon Defense Game Kit - FREE[/url] developed by Azureda Games
[*] "Hit Confirmed" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/bullet-95635]Bullet[/url] developed by Lucas Lopes
[*] "Air Strike" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/air-strike-starter-kit-13420]Air Strike Starter Kit[/url] developed by Hardworker Studio
[*] "Neon Arena" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/neon-space-fighter-shooting-asteroids-and-spaceships-endless-sci-107048]Neon Space Fighter[/url] developed by Aleksa Racovic
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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, "Shape Change Complete Game" is just a basic endless runner/ribbon tutorial/demo , 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 beans rolls.
