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Comment by rcr-anti

Some context to this, there's been a bunch of discussion in indie game development spaces about how it might be risky to release demos, or any information really, since a bunch of (probably? can't necessarily assume now.) people seem to immediately try to clone it with agents. It's to the extent I've seen genuine confusion about which game is the original in Twitch streams/chats. There have been a bunch of takes one way or another on it, including 'if your game is clone-able from a demo your idea isn't unique or complex enough'.

Ars's bit on it recently: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/ai-game-clones-are-ma...

parent rcr-anti 1 day ago

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