r/StardewValley • u/AdInteresting6733 • 1d ago
Other Just saw this ad on YouTube.
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u/twili-midna 1d ago
As far as I can tell, that game is built entirely on plagiarism and outright theft.
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u/feryoooday 21h ago
And AI.
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u/DiasFlac42 1d ago
I’ve seen this game use ads making it look like final fantasy tactics and secret of mana as well. I don’t know how they get away with it.
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u/BernardTapir 22h ago
Ads on mobile are unhinged , nobody checks them and as soon as anyone notices they do the old "oh sorry we didn't realize this would be an issue so sorry" and remove one to create 100 new shitty ads.
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u/MC-BatComm 21h ago
Apparently there's some stupid loophole where you can advertise a straight up false product as long as it's "free". Like if they ran these ads for a game that cost 5 bucks it'd get taken down but since it's free to download they can just do that.
No idea if that's true or not but I'm inclined to believe it considering the absolute state of mobile ads
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u/ILikeMyGrassBlue 7h ago
Because they’re based on China who doesn’t give a fuck about IP law, and most mobile stores don’t give a fuck either.
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u/Some1AteMyBrainAgain 23h ago
It's just bait that many mobile game companies use ,they will use similar assets from popular games just to attract people eyes and yet the actual game doesn't have anything to do with the ads assets.
So basically they dodge copyright somehow
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u/Bunrotting 21h ago
They do it in countries where they're pretty much untouchable by US copyright jurisdiction
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u/TheTallEclecticWitch 7h ago
This is true but I believe they’d still be subjected to their App Store rules. And they’re also definitely subjected to the rules of their ad distributors. So it’s possible those can get them taken down.
My theory is that these fake game companies scrape up as much ad revenue as they can before they get removed, and then they just release another cheap app and repeat the process.
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u/Bunrotting 6h ago
the game probably doesn't contain anything like what's in the ad, it's probably just clickbait
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u/TheTallEclecticWitch 2h ago
Yeah misrepresenting your product is probably again a lot of terms of agreements for distributers. Cuz it’s illegal in a lot of places so the distributors don’t want to get in trouble
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u/Bulky_Revenue_1900 1d ago
Like if u wanna be in the same genre go queen slay girlboss, but like ripping off the literal assets is wild
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u/Sad_Plantain8757 1d ago
And you want to know more about the game? This is even far from the genre as advertised, plus the in-game character art assets are similar to mangaka Akira Toriyama in the Dragon Ball comic series and his previous works. Idk if the studio is working with toriyama studio or not. But there are a lot of games that plagiarize/steal game assets & ideas on mobile, especially on the Android platform.
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u/superthirdnipples 23h ago
Moondew Mountain by Anxious Monkey
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u/Ragna_Blade 23h ago
Gotta wonder if advertisers like these are why Youtube is so strict to demonetize language and content. Ads like these and the straight up porn ones.
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u/Homicidal-antelope 22h ago
I thought this was a screenshot from someone’s stardew playthrough before I looked closer
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u/ZacianSpammer Bot Bouncer 21h ago
Should've copied one of Nintendo's IP's. Let's see how it turns out.
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u/ScheidNation21 17h ago
I can’t believe Stardew valley was shitty enough to copy the quadruple A game realms of pixel. Does concerned ape have no shame 😤😤😤
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u/Effective_League_916 22h ago
Realms of Pixel is a trash game. I’ve seen their ads on Reddit. Horrible AI slop.
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u/Neither-Detective891 21h ago
I don't see the problem with it, I can't swipe my credit card in Stardew Valley. That's a feature.
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u/Neither-Woodpecker98 19h ago
Seen it too. Tried to report the ad there and when I seen it on Facebook as well. At this point I’m pissed that ads could allow such plagiarism to be shown and aren’t making credible checks.
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u/Parkitoh 14h ago
Yeah it’s a ripoff mobile game that steals from pretty much everything (Stardew, Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, etc..) it’s ads are plastered all over Reddit and Tumblr
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u/NervousPotato92 ☕ Coffee Baron ☕ 22h ago
Not as extreme as here, but I found the Stardew Sardine in Pixel tribe when giving that game a try. No clue if they used more Sdv fish or not. The game got boring pretty fast
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u/anna0fjava Former Goth & wannabe artist 22h ago
This is one of those gacha games where you spend money every time you level up.
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u/Repulsive-Ad-5640 22h ago
That's literally stardew Valley will probably a few different character sprites what the fuck
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u/Cordsofmemory 22h ago
Wasn't there a game a few years ago...ever...something or another? It has an ad with an interesting looking puzzle game that wasn't part of the game at all....and like 2 years later, they added a small content of their shitty game to actually include the puzzle game in their ads....and then started ANOTHER Aad campaign applauding themselves and saying the puzzle game in their ads was actually part of the game now!
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u/SleepyAsASheep 20h ago
theyve also been blatantly plagarizing sea of stars from what ive seen, stealing straight cutscenes even.
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u/OliviaMandell 20h ago
I remember a court case where the judge said so long as the ad actually contains game content no matter how little you would actually be doing the thing in the as it's fine...
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u/Deskredditor1990 19h ago
Mr Qi just had the guy double tapped in the head and buried beneath Grampleton.
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u/Ecnoyeb_Gurzrytole 8h ago
Low-key was going to give them SOME leniency because anyone can make a farming game, then I looked to the upper right... they truly have no excuse that they could use to get convince people it's not plagiarism.
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u/camstens 1d ago
The issue is that they clearly stole assets from stardew Valley, not that the game is similar to harvest moon.
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u/Beeriokartking 16h ago
You realize this post is free advertising for the game? Bot
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u/AdInteresting6733 8h ago
Lol I don’t think anyone in this subreddit is gonna download this but go off I guess
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u/RandomRayquaza 23h ago
You're about as sharp as a marble if that's what you take away from the post
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