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This reminds me of the game Darwinia by Introversion. This happened years ago. After hearing about it and trying the demo, I downloaded what I thought was the
by ginko 14y ago
This reminds me of the game Darwinia by Introversion.
This happened years ago. After hearing about it and trying the demo, I downloaded what I thought was the full copy over a P2P network.
The downloaded game behaved like the full copy and contained the first 2 levels as far as I remember. After that came a sequence spoken by the scientist that went a bit like "Let's be honest. You and I know that this isn't a legal copy and I don't blame you." and went on about how supporting the developers was important. After that no further levels could be played.
Introversion seems to have leaked this version on P2P networks themselves. I bought the full copy a short while later.
It's strange that I have yet to find any online sources or Youtube videos about this on the web. I guess no one wants to admit having pirated Darwinia.
- alainbryden 14y agoI had no need to pirate Darwinia when I got it for 5$ in the Humble Introversion Bundle, along with 6 other games. (Could have gotten it for 1 cent).
- ginko 14y agoMy story was in 2005. 6 years before the humble bundle.
- alainbryden 14y agoAh, didn't know it was such an old game. Well in any event, thanks for sharing. While plenty of people will admit to downloading music and videos, not so many outside of the UG community admit to games. Maybe as developers, we're more wary of resentment from our colleagues which are more likely to feel harmed by our actions.
- Tomis02 14y ago> thanks for sharing Such a poor choice of words.