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Dutch independent game developer Vlambeer has had quite the troubled history with lazy developers copying its games. First Gamenauts ripped off Vlambeer's flash title Radical Fishing before the two-person team of Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman could get its commercial remake Ridiculous Fishing onto the market. Then, Rubiq Lab revealed a game called Skyfar, which bared more than a passing resemblance to Vlambeer's upcoming dogfighting game, Luftrausers.Now indie developers and friends of Vlambeer, Rik Nieuwdorp and Martijn Frazer, have created Vlambeer Clone Tycoon, a game about being a hack developer trying to rip off Vlambeer games for easy money. "They seem to have some interesting new gameplay ideas and probably won't even notice or care if you steal those," noted the game's intro. "Besides, they're indie, so they don't have a legal budget to speak of, nor any other resources or power to stop you. It's the perfect target."
Using "Game Faker Pro 3000," your job is to make the best-selling game you can by stealing game designs from Vlambeer. You're given the choice what game to copy, then for graphics and sound you must choose between "copy Vlambeer," "do it yourself," and "none." Picking "do it yourself," leads to a sub-menu of "rip off some art student," "search free clip art on the web," and "have your little niece draw it" among other things. Finally, you pick a platform for the clone. Each potential development method has a certain number of effort points associated with it. The less effort for your investment the better, because who likes to work, amirite?
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