SuperPixel, the mobile developer behind simulation games like Game Dev Story and Hot Springs Story published an open letter to Chinese gamers via the publisher’s TapTap forum.The letter, which has since been taken down but reportedly reposted on social media, claims that Beijing Shi Jun has been using Kairosoft’s source code to develop copy-cat games.According to the report, Kairosoft and Beijing Shi Jun signed a contract in 2017, in order for the developer’s games to have publishing and operating rights in China.
However, the publisher is accused of luring players to pre-order games without Kairosoft’s authorisation, while also refusing to share the games’ operating statistics and revenue so that the developer was unaware of how its games.
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