{"id":2005,"date":"2017-07-02T13:34:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T11:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2017-07-02T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T15:16:39","slug":"fellow-developer-stole-steam-game-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/index.php\/fellow-developer-stole-steam-game-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How my fellow developer stole my Steam game from me Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Mladen Bo\u0161njak. As you may remember from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/index.php\/fellow-developer-stole-steam-game\/\">first part of my story<\/a>, my fellow developer Maxwolf removed my Steamworks access so I could not see the revenue for my game <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/341860\/SickBrick\/\">SickBrick<\/a> or have any control over the game\u2019s Steam Store page. After that Maxwolf\u00a0stopped paying my part of the revenue and ignored my emails. Seeing no positive way out of this situation I posted a story about it on Medium which gained a lot of traction on Reddit and other places. Youtuber SidAlpha made a great video of the whole debacle:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3PYWsehJvE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the second part of the story detailing what happened after I posted the first part:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Maxwolf cleaning up<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after posting my story, Maxwolf and Fox ported SickBrick to <a href=\"https:\/\/unity3d.com\/\">Unity<\/a> and are packaging it as a \u201cDirector\u2019s Cut\u201d 2.0 version. Note how hypocritical that is since Maxwolf said he removed my Steamworks access because I\u2019m not working on Neoaxis stuff anymore and now he himself moved to Unity. They are <strong>still using my assets for all the levels,\u00a0the weapons \u00a0and HUD<\/strong>. Also, the game is still called SickBrick. They have removed any mention of me making SickBrick on the Steam Store Page and upped the price for the game from 5$ to 19$. In the credits of this &#8220;new&#8221; SickBrick it says \u201cinspired by Mladen Bo\u0161njak\u201d even though most of the stuff in the game is still mine. It\u2019s worth noting that SickBrick is now a broken mess of a game in which you can clip through the ceiling in the first scene by simply pressing the jump button. \u00a0The tank driving levels are removed and most of my enemy models are replaced by just one robot model. The achievements have also been reset for all players of the game. I\u2019m embarrassed at what they have done to my game.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Medium harassment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/\">Medium<\/a> has removed my story from their site, saying I\u2019m harassing Maxwolf as seen here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2007 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown-1024x518.png\" alt=\"MediumTakedown\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MediumTakedown.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I understand the \u201cposting copies of private communications\u201d part, but I think the other points are not valid.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m posting this second part on my indie studio&#8217;s\u00a0website, since Medium is obviously not the right place to post this kind of story. I have also moved the first part of my story to this website.<\/p>\n<p>Many people told me to get legal advice, which I did. I found out a lawsuit is not a viable option because of my financial situation and the fact I live in Croatia, Maxwolf is from Canada and Valve is based in the US which would further complicate the whole thing. It would require a great amount\u00a0of time, energy and money to pursue a lawsuit against Maxwolf\u00a0and I would rather spend those on my next project. The only option was to file a Copyright Infringement Complaint through Valve\u2019s and Microsoft\u2019s dedicated DMCA forms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Copyright Infringement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have issued a copyright infringement claim to Valve and Microsoft with <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1Ix07BD-MiDxcpK0BWGRD0YiBt3Kr39NDnAMsCjYi2JQ\">all the proof<\/a> you have seen in the last story and 1GB of raw assets for SickBrick Maxwolf has no way of having. Additionally I clearly marked my assets in the screenshots of the new version of SickBrick, as seen here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13marked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2009 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13marked-1024x448.jpg\" alt=\"13marked\" width=\"640\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13marked-1024x448.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13marked-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.misfitvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13marked-768x336.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valve removed SickBrick from Steam based on my DMCA claim, but Maxwolf sent a counter claim in which his only argument\u00a0is that I did not copyright the assets. That is not true\u00a0since assets like 3d models and 2d art are automatically copyright to the creator in all the countries in question (USA, Canada, Croatia). He is basically admitting to not paying me and stealing the assets. Despite this Valve reinstated the game back on Steam in 10 business days\u00a0based on Maxwolf&#8217;s counter claim.<br \/>\nAfter explaining this to Valve\u2019s representative, they said <strong>\u201cI\u2019m reviewing this statement now, and will respond to you shortly.\u201c<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter this they did not respond at all or respond to any further mails I sent. This was a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft on the other hand replied to my DMCA claim like so: <strong>\u201eYour notice was submitted to\u00a0Microsoft. We will review expeditiously.\u201c<\/strong><br \/>\nThey did nothing after that. This was more than a month ago. SickBrick is still on the Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have run out of options as\u00a0it seems there is no way to get my game back. I have chosen to focus all my efforts on my next game and will try to let go of the fact somebody is unlawfully making money off of 3 years of my work without paying me or crediting me and getting away with it.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to thank every single person that has sent me an email or comment of encouragement or advice after I posted the first story. I would also like to ensure everyone this whole debacle has not killed my passion for game development. I have been making games since I was nine years old and will\u00a0continue making them for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">If you&#8217;d like to contact me, the best way is to send a mail to mladensickbrick@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Mladen Bo\u0161njak. 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