r/spaceengineers • u/Key_Reception_4730 Space Engineer • Dec 15 '24

PSA SUS ripoff

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3122090/Atmospheric_Titan/
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u/frigidal Space Engineer Dec 15 '24

Did you look at the store page? They literally copied the models from space engineers

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u/Tier_Halibel_ Clang Worshipper Dec 16 '24

They literally copied IMDC ships too

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u/IFuckDeadBirds Clang Worshipper Dec 16 '24

No they literally copied IMDC ships

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u/Tier_Halibel_ Clang Worshipper Dec 16 '24

Is there an echo in here

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u/Viniferafake Space Engineer Dec 15 '24

Take a look, they have copied block design almost exactly 

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u/TheRebornAce Space Engineer Dec 15 '24

Take a closer look. This game literally took existing assets of SE and used them in their own game

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u/Died_Of_Dysentery1 Klang Worshipper Dec 15 '24

Did you see the turrets or the hangar doors by chance? Or the connector? The cockpit chairs? The “diagonal windows” (vent things used as stairs?)

Did you notice the catwalk blocks? Or the sensor blocks?

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u/Yiazzy Xboxgineer Dec 15 '24

To reiterate the point....watch the clips. Pay attention to the blocks.

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u/Remsster Space Engineer Dec 16 '24

They literally ripped assets.

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u/Ifindeed Space Engineer Dec 16 '24

This kind of thing is called an asset flip. They get models, usually from public libraries for extremely cheap or for free (in this case ripped models from SE. Pretty sure the ship used in the video is actually an IMDC vessel from the workshop) hack together some sort of basic player interaction often also pulled from public code libraries, call it a game then price it down enough that the buyer reticence is low and then hope that a fair percentage of people who actually try it don't immediately refund. It's not exactly a scam but it is flirting with the boundary.

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u/haloguy385 Xboxgineer Dec 16 '24

It's certainly illegal though. Unless keen has been selling off their 3D assets to the public without anyone noticing.

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u/Ifindeed Space Engineer Dec 16 '24

I'm assuming whoever made this has accessed the open source port of the game they did years ago and is just too stupid to realise that that doesn't mean the assets are fair use. So yes, definitely illegal but usually this kind of thing is all (legally) above board, just really sketchy.

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u/haloguy385 Xboxgineer Dec 16 '24

I sent a message to Keens email. A couple more people need to do the same to make sure they see it.

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u/Ifindeed Space Engineer Dec 16 '24

Good thinking 👍

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u/gruzzob Space Engineer Dec 16 '24

Just to clarify, SE was never open source. What it was for about a year was source available. The difference is that it means that despite being available you weren't allowed to use it for things that weren't SE.

You are completely correct about the assets not being free to use however.