AI Game Clones Make Indie Developers Afraid to Share Their Work

What happened

AI-generated clones copying indie games are making some developers hesitant to share their work, leaving them caught between promoting a game and risking that it will be copied. McPixel developer Sos Sosowski has documented complaints from fellow developers, while Charlie Greenman defended posting a clone of Holmér’s rotational Tetris game. Holmér said the clones initially appeared daily, but engagement has since declined, giving him more room to develop his game at his own pace.

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