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iPhone Developer Blatantly Steals flOw

June 24, 2009 in News comments 9

In an unprecedented move, an iPhone developer has stolen a popular title for the PC, PSP, and PC known as flOw. The copycat game, known as Aquatica, rips off every possible aspect of flOw, and the developers of Aqautica deny any wrongdoing whatsoever.

"If you go to the Apps Store on your iPhone or iPod Touch, a certain game titled Aquatica may catch your attention for several reasons, one of which is the fact that it looks and plays identically to thatgamecompany’s PC/PS3 title, flOw."
JohnDraisey via playstationlifestyle.net »
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  • 0
    Slumpy monkey* Jun 24, 09
    Industry ftw!
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    Linkin Park Fan Jun 24, 09
    Those BASTARDS!

    they should atleast make it free and re-name it flow
  • 0
    Hideo1 Jun 25, 09
    Newsflash: People copy people! OMFG alert the church!
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    Bale Fire Jun 25, 09
    Well the creator did release the source code to the public, even if they didn't use it, something like this was bound to happen.
    • 0
      chautemoc* Jun 25, 09
      Not really -- seeing as its pretty *bleep*ing senseless (mad at them, not you haha).
  • 0
    tallteen86 Jun 25, 09
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    “Actually, all the source code is completely, 100% written from scratch. Please check your facts before you make such baseless accusations.
    LOL, I guess they don't know what 'baseless' means >_>

    Even IF they wrote the whole thing from scratch (I doubt that....), there is still basis for an accusation because it apparently is about 99% identical to flOw ~_~ Thusly, there IS basis for accusation, because it is pretty much an identical clone of it...
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    Existence Jun 25, 09
    Lawsuit plz. 100% original code? Maybe, but they copied the art style, gameplay and pretty much everything, and I'm pretty sure thats illegal.
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      blackbelt38 Jun 25, 09
      totally agree. This is one of those instances where you can really say someones copying their idea, rather, they outright stole practically everything from flow. Did they think a lil rebirth bar and different start menu was gonna throw everyone off? Damn Sony, sue their asses!!!
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    HisServant77 Jun 25, 09
    Yeah but does it use TILT CONTROL? Yeah I didn't ---
    Oh, wait, they did?

    THOSE JERKS!!!

    In seriousness I'd be upset too. I used to be a programmer and was never really one for charging for everything I did. I was always willing to share how I did things and all that stuff to try to help others with their programming. That said, I would be highly upset merely for the fact that they are passing this game off as completely their own. They want to prove it? Did they release their own code to prove that there were the necessary number of differences to consider it a different work?

    The main wrong here is that those who are ignorant of the PC and PS3 Flow, will believe Aquatica has all the originality and the others copied it. Then in a year or so after release, everyone (well, non-gamers and new gamers) will have forgotten about this and claim Aquatica was original and the others copied.

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