OK this is a new fear I didn't have on my list.

OK this is a new fear I didn't have on my list.

Digital Sun (the Moonlighter studio) canceled a big public playtest for their next game ReVamp. Only a smaller one on Discord from 29 October. In their words they are "concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned, and published before the original is even out". Game Developer has the story https://gamedeveloper.com/programming/moonlighter-developer-delays-public-playtest-of-next-game-over-concerns-of-ai-cloning

For indie the advice was always the same. Show early, demo, playtest, wishlists.

Now show early and maybe someone ships your copy first.

Launching in 2027 and I was sure a public demo is step one. Now not so sure :/