{"id":18109,"date":"2013-04-29T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18109"},"modified":"2013-04-29T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T14:44:08","slug":"what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/29\/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?<\/a><\/p>\n

This is hilariously funny and\u00a0extremely\u00a0sad at the same time … make sure to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n

The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail\u2026 Initially we thought about telling them their copy is an illegal copy, but instead we didn’t want to pass up the unique opportunity of holding a mirror in front of them and showing them what piracy can do to game developers. So, as players spend a few hours playing and growing their own game dev company, they will start to see the following message, styled like any other in-game message:<\/p>\n

\"pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Boss, it seems that while many players play our new game, they steal it by downloading a cracked version rather than buying it legally.
\nIf players don’t buy the games they like, we will sooner or later go bankrupt.<\/p>\n

Slowly their in-game funds dwindle, and new games they create have a high chance to be pirated until their virtual game development company goes bankrupt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy? This is hilariously funny and\u00a0extremely\u00a0sad at the same time … make sure to read the whole thing. The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail\u2026 Initially we thought about telling them their copy … Continue reading What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,11,62],"tags":[2418,1336,400],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-games","category-technology","tag-humor","tag-inspiration","tag-piracy","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13234,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/18\/my-new-stand-on-movie-piracy\/","url_meta":{"origin":18109,"position":0},"title":"My new stand on movie piracy","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I have changed my opinion on movie piracy during the last few days. 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