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iPhone Developer Steals flOw

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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:
"If you go to the Apps Store on your iPhone or iPod Touch, a certain game titled Aquatica may catch your attention for several reasons, one of which is the fact that it looks and plays identically to thatgamecompany's PC/PS3 title, flOw."
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Published: 152 days 10 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | PC | Dev News
 
 

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Automat - 152 days 9 hours ago
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let them burn and die.
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UltimateIdiot911 - 152 days 6 hours ago
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Seriously, at least do what Spores did and make it different. Give credit at the very least. I hope these aholes don't earn a single cent and get the game taken off.
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LoVeRSaMa - 151 days 23 hours ago
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It looks similar but not the same...

I actully want to see what both Sony and apple have to say about this, did they call it flOw too? :D
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OhReginald - 152 days 9 hours ago
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2 - and this is why the ipod / phone will never be taken seriously...
as a gaming handheld.
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DJ - 152 days 9 hours ago
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2.1 - The fact that it got through Apple's approval process
Is going to cause a big stink, as well.
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Cerberus2125 - 152 days 8 hours ago
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3 - WOW
Thieves are the lowest life form in the world.
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Seraphim - 152 days 5 hours ago
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close... right in there w/ the pedophiles and rapists though. ;)
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Kaneda - 152 days 3 hours ago
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3.2 - thieve?
the creator gave out the source code for people to learn, he should have got a copyrights protection from person/company financial benefit from the his codes..

but also wrong other company to do that... but this is a free market.. you don't protect your works someone will steal and benefiting from it..
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Cerberus2125 - 151 days 10 hours ago
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3.3 - Kaneda
Yes he gave the source for people to learn,not to takes his work and sell it as their own,your comment shows that you'll do the same if you had the chance,you don't bite the hands that feeds you,he try to give people a way to learn a trade and instead of learning and create their own they still his hard work?.there are no worlds in the English dictionary to describe that type of people.
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dopeboimagic92 - 152 days 8 hours ago
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4 - Hmm
Guess they didn't realize that stealing an innovative title isn't the same as replicating a common game like a shmup or something like breakout.
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Afreelunch - 152 days 8 hours ago
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5 - But wait, there's more!
If you beat Aquatica you get a beta key for Ketera's forthcoming Nintendo Wii title, "Petal"
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Darren_y2 - 152 days 8 hours ago
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lol, genius
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DJ - 152 days 7 hours ago
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5.2 - LOL
+Bubble
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UltimateIdiot911 - 152 days 5 hours ago
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Lol, bubbles.
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Kyur4ThePain - 152 days 5 hours ago
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Love it!!! LOL
Bubbles for all.
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D4RkNIKON - 152 days 4 hours ago
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Damn, I missed the bubble party.. oh well I will still throw bubbles out.
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ZuperAmazingCooKie - 152 days 1 hour ago
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5.6 - "Afreelunch", Your username is very appropriate
For this thread. Bubbles
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PirateThom - 152 days 8 hours ago
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So, here's the PC version...

http://intihuatani.usc.edu/...

Yeah, definitely ripped straight from the source code.
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Elven6 - 152 days 7 hours ago
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I'm going to have to try this iPhone game out. I could see this ending in a cease and desist order if anything. The creators can try to pursue it further but even if they wrote the game from scratch, the similarity, more specifically the assets are just undeniable.
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CaptainKratos - 152 days 7 hours ago
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those bastards!
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SBERNARDINO909 - 152 days 7 hours ago
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8 - it sucks
thats not good
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Ceekay - 152 days 5 hours ago
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Wow, response of them is really douchy:

"Actually, all the source code is completely, 100% written from scratch. Please check your facts before you make such baseless accusations."

And they totally miss the point, it might be ok to copy off gameplay, a lot of good games have done this.

But if they're simply to dumb to come up with their own visual style and make it exactly the same game alltogether, they deserve nothing less then to get their sh*t sued out of them.
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themyk - 152 days 5 hours ago
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It does sux and all but I love flow. And always wished I could play it on
my iPhone. So I'm gonna get it right now. I'll let u know how it is.
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idiealot - 152 days 5 hours ago
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the App store has been updated to read "Aquatica is an iPhone from-the-ground-up re-make of the famous flOw game created by Jenova Chen of ThatGameCompany." The article says the game is free but it is $1.99. Reviewers wrote "complete ripoff", while others are praising it. Oh those uninformed..
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themyk - 152 days 5 hours ago
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I just went to buy it it says it's 1.99 then says free for a limited time. So I went to download it. And it told me that it's being modified try again later. Wow
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idiealot - 152 days 5 hours ago
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Regardless if it is FREE, please do not support crap like this.
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Jadaking - 152 days 5 hours ago
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they did credit thatgamecompany on the info about the game so are they still considered as thieves?
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Elven6 - 152 days 4 hours ago
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ThatGameCompany seems to have made amends with these guys, but the question is, did Sony?
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koehler83 - 152 days 4 hours ago
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They credited TGC after the fact. Doesn't cut it.
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idiealot - 152 days 4 hours ago
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Read the article... go on you can do it.
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Elven6 - 152 days 4 hours ago
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This article is a bit outdated, there have been a few developments since then. No word from Sony yet, I doubt these guys would be able to pay the legal fees either. Then again, they could have used the concept but the least they could have done was change the assets up! Doesn't the Spore iPhone game have a similar concept behind it? See, a simple skin change and they would have been ok.
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CaptainKratos - 152 days 4 hours ago
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14 - hey
why are we getting disagrees hmmm could they be apple lovers?
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NateDPG - 152 days 4 hours ago
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It will be possibly stopped just like this was in the past


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zok310 - 152 days 3 hours ago
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16 - Everyone is ripping off SONY...
LOL.. 1st it was Natal, and now its Aquatica. Wow Sony need to get their lawyers out the gate to start kicking some copyright ass. I wonder what games would be like without Sony and the Playstation? I just realized that without Sony to copy the competition would not know what to do... Sony FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whats next? Flower?
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peeps - 151 days 22 hours ago
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correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't flow a pc game that was then later remade for ps3...?
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MasterChief3624 - 151 days 20 hours ago
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I believe it was "ported". Not remade.

Pretty much a direct port of the flash game.
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Sketchy - 152 days 2 hours ago
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That game looks just like Flow. They could have, at least, changed the art direction.
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It now gives the game flOw and it's creators credit + it's free. I downloaded it and don't really see the problem. they're not claiming for someone else's work and not making a profit. They're just allowing you to play 'flow' on the iphone.
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Fanboi - 151 days 19 hours ago
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19 - Umm...so? Whats the big deal?
The game is free and it's no different from the other dozens of clones out there on iTunes. I don't see people here being hot and bothered with all the Gems and Pocket Tanks copies out there.
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cpuchess - 151 days 15 hours ago
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20 - No longer available?
I just tried to download it and once it starts to download it says it's no longer available.
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