Raccoon Heroes is actually developed by Zonitron Productions. Zonitron Productions is a developer that has been around since 2014, developing games like Absconding Zatwor. It was recently discovered that Zonitron has gone under a total of around 15 developer names that can be attached to the support e-mail each developer has on their Steam support page. These e-mails are the same as the one that Zonitron has used for his games. Other developer aliases include Digital Airony, Crimson Duck Studios, Broadplay Games and much more. The majority of these sockpuppet accounts use the same tactic of taking one asset pack and split it into around 3-4 games with little changes to it and he has been doing this for a long time on Steam.
Jim, while I agree that things like this are pretty fuckin shit, I do have to point out that this is hardly a steam greenlight problem. This has been happening since video games started, back in the Atari days “sequels” that amounted to the same exact game with different graphics were one of the most common occurrences. Hell even one of the most beloved games, Tetris, has gotten away with this for nearly 30 years. So to summarize, yeah it’s shitty that game devs do this, it’s shitty that they asset flipped this right off the unity asset store, but it is a problem with games in their entirety, not just with steam greenlight.
My little sister had a phone game exactly like this but with a panda and levels so this isn’t even an original idea. like a panda mom saving babies, same mechanics but F2P
Raccoon Heroes is actually developed by Zonitron Productions. Zonitron Productions is a developer that has been around since 2014, developing games like Absconding Zatwor. It was recently discovered that Zonitron has gone under a total of around 15 developer names that can be attached to the support e-mail each developer has on their Steam support page. These e-mails are the same as the one that Zonitron has used for his games. Other developer aliases include Digital Airony, Crimson Duck Studios, Broadplay Games and much more. The majority of these sockpuppet accounts use the same tactic of taking one asset pack and split it into around 3-4 games with little changes to it and he has been doing this for a long time on Steam.
capcom is really milking the resident evil spin offs aren’t they..
u mad? its a steam game, dont expect quality
Heard about Middle Earth: Shadow of War (A SINGLEPLAYER GAME) having microtransactions and lootboxes?
A mobile game which is also an achievement spammer. The racoon has taken its shittiest form.
so….. what did steam direct fix again?
This has been happening before greenlight was a problem. Just look at the Call of Duty series. They’ve been getting away with this for years.
Hey, at least they didn’t put micotransactions in it ! Right ?
I have this game on PS1, it’s called Bust-A-Move
Long story store, Valve is still lazy and Steam is still shit, even in a post Greenlight world.
Face it. Steam went down the shitter and it’ll never get out because Valve loves rolling around in the money attached to said shit.
Valve. Is. Shit.
If the entry fee for putting up games in steam was higher, perhaps the shit devs would fck off.
Maybe it IS Digital Homicide. What exactly prevents them from returning to Steam Direct under yet another alias?
#BoycottSteam
This also looks like a copy of an iOS game called Panda Pop.
Jim, while I agree that things like this are pretty fuckin shit, I do have to point out that this is hardly a steam greenlight problem. This has been happening since video games started, back in the Atari days “sequels” that amounted to the same exact game with different graphics were one of the most common occurrences. Hell even one of the most beloved games, Tetris, has gotten away with this for nearly 30 years. So to summarize, yeah it’s shitty that game devs do this, it’s shitty that they asset flipped this right off the unity asset store, but it is a problem with games in their entirety, not just with steam greenlight.
What’s with these shitty games and splurging achievements for every little thing?
Save the babies in a bust-a-move clone? Does that make this game essentially Bust-a-Nut?
This game has the balls to copy DigiHom’s Steam Grimelight’s “Galaga-esqe” asset flip games.
My little sister had a phone game exactly like this but with a panda and levels so this isn’t even an original idea. like a panda mom saving babies, same mechanics but F2P