Game Devs Just Started Pulling Their Demos Off Steam

Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=BELLULARNEWS and use my code BELLULARNEWS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. Indie developers are pulling demos from Steam Next Fest because they’re afraid their games will be copied before release. From a needle in a haystack to prototypes cloned from a single GIF, we look at what AI has changed, where inspiration becomes theft, and what players lose when developers stop sharing their work. Join us at https://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team! 00:00 The Demos You Can't Play 01:10 Why Devs Are Pulling Out 06:12 Clone on Clone Violence 08:20 A GIF Is Enough 14:56 Devs Can't Afford to Hide 17:05 The Games We'll Never Get Sources: https://steamdb.info/stats/mostwished/ https://x.com/AllianceArtsEN/status/2... https://x.com/DigitalSunGames/status/... https://x.com/NasNakarus/status/20911... https://store.steampowered.com/news/a... https://store.steampowered.com/app/54... https://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.s... https://www.404media.co/ai-made-cloni...    • Lucas Pope Wants Buttering Up (Mike & Rami...   https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-pl...