{"id":1997,"date":"2017-07-02T12:14:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2017-07-02T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:31:04","slug":"fellow-developer-stole-steam-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/index.php\/fellow-developer-stole-steam-game\/","title":{"rendered":"How my fellow developer stole my Steam game from me Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"f421\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf-after--h4\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"f421\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.15; margin: 45px 0px 0px -2px;\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--h3-strong\" style=\"font-size: xx-large;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Beginnings<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"4abe\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"4abe\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\">\n<p><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">My name is Mladen Bo\u0161njak, I\u2019m an indie game developer and multimedia grad student. This is the story of how my fellow developer Ron \u201cMaxwolf\u201d McDowell stole my\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/341860\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/341860\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Steam game SickBrick<\/span><\/a><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0from me and is now earning money from it even though I made the majority of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"20f0\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"20f0\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>I conceived of SickBrick in 2008 while playing around with the NeoAxis engine. Here is the first video of SickBrick I posted (June 2009)<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdUz9qkSjkc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.8); font-family: , &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;cambria&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.063px;\">And here is the release trailer, also posted by me:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.8); font-family: , &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;cambria&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.063px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cH-jNG8c4AM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"511e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"511e\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">\n<p>At the start of 2011 I\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.neoaxis.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=4989\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/www.neoaxis.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=4989\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">presented a few screenshots of the game on the NeoAxis forums<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another developer working in NeoAxis that goes by the name of \u201e<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Maxwolf\u201c<\/span>\u00a0(real name<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0Ron McDowell<\/span>) took notice of it and asked me to help him with his game\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/348530\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/348530\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Incognito<\/span><\/a>. Note that Maxwolf is a mod on those forums and will probably delete my topics there. He said he had already sold more than 1000 copies and would pay me from further sales. I made all the RTS buildings, tanks, some enemies, terrain textures and so on. Maxwolf never paid me anything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9984\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"9984\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>Since I never got paid I asked Maxwolf<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0<\/span>to help me finish my game\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/341860\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/341860\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">SickBrick<\/span><\/a>. I had most of the game done: all the levels, weapons, enemies, text, music\u2026 Maxwolf worked on the enemy navigation system, got the HUD, the boss fights and some other things working. He also had a licensed version of the NeoAxis engine which helped offset the cost for me, I didn\u2019t have to buy one. Later on I got a license for the engine myself. We released the game on Desura with his then company\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140528030557\/http:\/\/magrathean.ca:80\/sickbrick-releasing-this-week\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140528030557\/http:\/\/magrathean.ca:80\/sickbrick-releasing-this-week\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Magrathean Technologies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0taking 10% off of all sales. Here\u2019s the signed agreement between me and his company:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IImxOu_hpY4\/WP269Zp-lDI\/AAAAAAAABew\/Sfz-NGlatFEnXfQselH5mjX20965N620QCPcB\/s1600\/agreement.jpg\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IImxOu_hpY4\/WP269Zp-lDI\/AAAAAAAABew\/Sfz-NGlatFEnXfQselH5mjX20965N620QCPcB\/s320\/agreement.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"9984\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"9984\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p><span data-blogger-escaped-style=\"letter-spacing: -0.063px;\">It\u2019s signed by his friend\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/developer\/sheet\/view\/developerId,615338\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/developer\/sheet\/view\/developerId,615338\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; letter-spacing: -0.063px; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Kyle Polulak<\/a><span data-blogger-escaped-style=\"letter-spacing: -0.063px;\">\u00a0who goes by the name of \u201eFox Diller\u201c online.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"b933\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"b933\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.157; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans&quot;, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.15; margin: 53px 0px 0px -2px;\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--h3-strong\">SickBrick on\u00a0Steam<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"944b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"944b\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\">\n<p>We put SickBrick on Steam Greenlight and got greenlit at the start of 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"04f2\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"04f2\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>I asked him to work with me to get SickBrick up and running on Steam. He agreed but asked for 50% of the profits. I first tried to to negotiate a better deal for myself (something like at least 60\u201340 in my favor since I did most of the work on the game) but then I relented and agreed to Maxwolf\u2019s terms as I considered him a friend and decided to share any profits equally despite me being the one doing a larger amount of work on the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"dcb4\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"dcb4\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>We polished up the game and got it ready for publishing. I\u00a0<span class=\"markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other\" data-blogger-escaped-data-creator-ids=\"e52abb6e5d6c\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"7bdd627ed6c9\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent !important; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(237, 239, 255), rgb(237, 239, 255)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;\">worked<\/span>\u00a0on the storefront graphics, more animations for the enemies and weapons and other visual things. Maxwolf worked on Steamworks integration, porting to a newer version of NeoAxis engine and other programming tasks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"2279\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"2279\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>We published SickBrick on Steam in February 2015. Maxwolf is located in Canada and I live in Croatia so we agreed on him signing the contract with Valve since it is a thousand times simpler for him to set up taxes and legal stuff for Steam publishing. He sent me the first paycheck.\u00a0<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Scan of payment here (I censored both our addresses from the document for privacy reasons):<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PBpWfbeiVD4\/WP26-Pys-0I\/AAAAAAAABew\/bz1pTB9Z5YcuAX2rOUIJS9iNX40NFqLpACPcB\/s1600\/MladenPayment_March2015.jpg\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PBpWfbeiVD4\/WP26-Pys-0I\/AAAAAAAABew\/bz1pTB9Z5YcuAX2rOUIJS9iNX40NFqLpACPcB\/s320\/MladenPayment_March2015.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ae3f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"ae3f\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">\n<p>1100 USD may not seem like a lot of money depending on where you live, but for me being a student in<span class=\"markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other\" data-blogger-escaped-data-creator-ids=\"5454cf6c1de\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"c114eadb19ee\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent !important; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(237, 239, 255), rgb(237, 239, 255)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;\">\u00a0Croatia this is a year\u2019s worth of rent, food and college expenses. Releasing SickBrick enabled me to achieve complete financial independ<\/span>ence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"a2c4\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"a2c4\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>Soon after that Incognito got published on Steam and I still saw no money from it, even though my assets are all over the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cf31\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"cf31\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>After SickBrick\u2019s sales started dwindling we agreed Maxwolf would send me the money after we reached a profit of 1000$ (so I would get 500$ in one transaction after a time instead of every once in a while in smaller increments).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"2279\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"2279\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"a0af\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"a0af\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>Some time after that Maxwolf published his game\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/533320\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/533320\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Space Trucker<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Steam with many of my assets in it. I never agreed to that but I let it slide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"eecb\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"eecb\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.157; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans&quot;, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.15; margin: 53px 0px 0px -2px;\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--h3-strong\">Falling out<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"93ea\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"93ea\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\">\n<p>In November of 2016 I noticed I can\u2019t access my Steamworks account (the place where you generate keys for your game, see revenue, set up sales, set pricing, change storefront graphics, game versions\u2026) so I asked Maxwolf what was up with that and he said he removed me from Steamworks because \u201eI wasn\u2019t working with NeoAxis stuff anymore\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aeven though I asked him several times before to do the programming on the additional SickBrick levels I had made. At this point I got genuinely mad at Maxwolf. This was also the time when we reached 1000$+ in SickBrick sales and he was supposed to send me my cut. Here is a screenshot of the last of my emails he replied to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y2edM2OzwUs\/WSGPc_OEacI\/AAAAAAAABiI\/RFtSLK5ZUgw0YPKI5q3kXPtqyMimPMjxwCLcB\/s1600\/1-_Wr7RMqbKDKNTC7gHym3Aw.jpeg\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y2edM2OzwUs\/WSGPc_OEacI\/AAAAAAAABiI\/RFtSLK5ZUgw0YPKI5q3kXPtqyMimPMjxwCLcB\/s320\/1-_Wr7RMqbKDKNTC7gHym3Aw.jpeg\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"93ea\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"93ea\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\">\n<p><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.063px;\">After that, no reply to my pleas:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wzAwIE6YVOs\/WSGPnUIHkKI\/AAAAAAAABiM\/6JzrnQ_JvPg_dHMbvJGkKlLqIoBkf7LlACLcB\/s1600\/1-NiRRQsI50ZJxH_8N7--Nqg.jpeg\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wzAwIE6YVOs\/WSGPnUIHkKI\/AAAAAAAABiM\/6JzrnQ_JvPg_dHMbvJGkKlLqIoBkf7LlACLcB\/s320\/1-NiRRQsI50ZJxH_8N7--Nqg.jpeg\" width=\"320\" height=\"193\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"9950\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"9950\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">\n<p>The last straw was when Maxwolf<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0released\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/571300\/?snr=1_5_1100__1100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/571300\/?snr=1_5_1100__1100\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">the Soundtrack for SickBrick as DLC for the game<\/span><\/a><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0without me knowing. Five of the songs on the soundtrack were composed, performed and recorded in my room using electric guitar and programmed drums by me and a friend of mine from Croatia.\u00a0<\/span>From here on I had\u00a0<span class=\"markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other\" data-blogger-escaped-data-creator-ids=\"991b7a197513\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"fbc761fd6e18\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent !important; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(237, 239, 255), rgb(237, 239, 255)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;\">sleepless<\/span>\u00a0nights just thinking about how somebody could do something like what Maxwolf had done to me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"6d99\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"6d99\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>After releasing the soundtrack Maxwolf\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/store\/p\/sickbrick\/9nblggh68d27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/store\/p\/sickbrick\/9nblggh68d27\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">released SickBrick on the Microsoft Store<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<span class=\"markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other\" data-blogger-escaped-data-creator-ids=\"32e8c7b4726a\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"7ec48158588c\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent !important; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(237, 239, 255), rgb(237, 239, 255)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;\">again<\/span>\u00a0without even notifying me, let alone asking for my permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fd71\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"fd71\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>It\u2019s been more than 5 months since Maxwolf removed me from Steamworks and unfriended me on Steam. He also neglected to reply to my emails or any other form of contact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"d82c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"d82c\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p>SickBrick has in the meantime surpassed a lot more in sales than 1000$. I can\u2019t know how much, of course, since I couldn\u2019t gain access to any sales figures on Steam, DLC or the Microsoft Store for the past 6 months, thanks to Maxwolf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"93ea\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"93ea\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"32da\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"32da\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<p><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">I asked Valve for help with this problem. You can read their reply here:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2--MwwOEu5o\/WP26-yxirLI\/AAAAAAAABew\/tHKYF6nJCbkEwm9EWH8at4oP9dEZdfNnQCPcB\/s1600\/wdawerr.jpg\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2--MwwOEu5o\/WP26-yxirLI\/AAAAAAAABew\/tHKYF6nJCbkEwm9EWH8at4oP9dEZdfNnQCPcB\/s320\/wdawerr.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"section section--body\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"bfc2\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: white; clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 52px auto 0px; max-width: 740px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<div id=\"05ec\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"05ec\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Maxwolf says on<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maxwolf\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maxwolf\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">his own LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">,\u00a0<\/span>in multiple places<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\u00a0<\/span>that I made the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B8s5Sk-8YjCqRFBIUXV6UzFLckU\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B8s5Sk-8YjCqRFBIUXV6UzFLckU\/view?usp=sharing\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Here is a backup file in case he deletes that info<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"46d5\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"46d5\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-size: large;\">I hope the fact I\u2019m credited as the creator of SickBrick in the game\u2019s credits and all other places and the fact I control of all of the websites and profiles for the game except the Steam page helps to prove to Valve that I thought of, created and developed the majority of SickBrick.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"32da\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"32da\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"section section--body section--last\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"b079\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: white; clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"section-divider\">\n<hr class=\"section-divider\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 42px; margin-top: 52px; text-align: left;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 740px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<h3 id=\"9405\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"9405\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.15; margin: 53px 0px 0px -2px; text-align: left;\">My demands<\/h3>\n<div id=\"2920\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"2920\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 8px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>I intended this open letter as a public message to Ron \u201eMaxwolf\u201c McDowell, demanding back access to SickBrick\u2019s Steamworks account. He must remove my content from his games Incognito and Space Trucker, or start giving me a part of the profit for those games.\u00a0<span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">I want my access to SickBrick back and my cut of the revenue for it from Steam, Microsoft Store, DLC and Steam Trading Cards. It\u2019s my first game and it\u2019s killing me seeing it taken away from me.<\/span>If he does not meet these demands, the next step I will take is to report SickBrick and Maxwolf\u2019s games to Valve and Microsoft and take them down from the stores. That seems like the worst outcome possible for all of us, but I can\u2019t bear seeing my game being sold as someone else\u2019s work and them getting all of the money for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"f61e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"f61e\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span data-blogger-escaped-style=\"letter-spacing: -0.003em;\">If you can help me in any way send me an email at:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"mailto:mladensickbrick@gmail.com\" data-blogger-escaped-href=\"mailto:mladensickbrick@gmail.com\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; letter-spacing: -0.003em;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">mladensickbrick@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span data-blogger-escaped-style=\"letter-spacing: -0.003em;\">Thanks in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"3376\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"3376\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>I will link to this story on\u00a0<span class=\"markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other\" data-blogger-escaped-data-creator-ids=\"727b0b5f172c\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"b0c0595d10c4\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background-color: transparent !important; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(237, 239, 255), rgb(237, 239, 255)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;\"><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/sickbrick.blogspot.hr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/sickbrick.blogspot.hr\/\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">SickBrick\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiedb.com\/games\/sickbrick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"http:\/\/www.indiedb.com\/games\/sickbrick\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">IndieDB page<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/updates\/93015483\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/updates\/93015483\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Steam Greenlight page<\/span><\/a>, Reddit,\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/sickbrick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/sickbrick\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 50%); background-position: 0px 1.07em; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Facebook page<\/span><\/a>, my LinkedIn, NeoAxis forum and will request another Steamworks help ticket with all this included in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9c0a\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\" data-blogger-escaped-name=\"9c0a\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"--baseline-multiplier: 0.179; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 29px;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>You can find the full timeline of this story\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ix07BD-MiDxcpK0BWGRD0YiBt3Kr39NDnAMsCjYi2JQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-data-href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ix07BD-MiDxcpK0BWGRD0YiBt3Kr39NDnAMsCjYi2JQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.44); 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