Profits for each project will be less than those who own and paid for the full game.Players will eventually see their careers end in bankruptcy.'Īs a gamer I laughed out loud: the irony!!!', Patrick Klug wrote today in a blog post that revealed Greenheart's idea.
But within the code lay a few extra lines.Those who play the pirated version are warned that their own attempts at creating games are being hampered by piracy. They launched their first title yesterday - development simulator Game Dev Tycoon for PC, Mac and Linux.Play the kracked version and you will be plagued by piracy.The game costs just $7.99 (£5.15) to buy - money which will go straight back to the game's creators.But after a day on sale, 3104 of the 3318 copies being played were pirated.Pre-empting the game's eventual appearance on file-sharing sites, Patrick and Daniel Klug uploaded their own kracked copy of the full game. Game Dev Tycoon forces those who pirate the game to unwittingly fail from piracy93.6 per cent of players currently running kracked copy.What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?That's the question asked by Greenheart Games, the two man indie developer made up of Patrick and Daniel Klug, who included a special surprise within hacked copies of their game.The duo's motto is 'less social, less ville, more game'. Move into bigger offices and unlock secret labs. Research new technologies and create best selling games. Start your business in a garage in the 80s. About The GameStart your own game development company and replay the history of gaming in this business simulation game.