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Indie Game Developer Restricts Playtest Due to AI-Enabled Cloning Threat
An indie studio has pulled its public playtest because a demo is now enough to clone a game. ReVamp will be tested on Discord, among people the developer can see.
The facts
Digital Sun Games canceled its public Steam playtest for ReVamp, limiting access to Discord, after generative AI tools like Claude Opus were used to clone games by reverse-engineering demos. This AI-driven cloning threatens intellectual property rights and harms indie developers' ability to launch and find audiences.