Factorio for IOS fake ?

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Factorio for IOS fake ?

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Hello !

Just found out 2 games :

appshopper. com/games/factorio

and : appshopper. com/games/factorio-2

(remove the space before the .com, since it's my first post I can't post urls)

which looks very suspicious to me.

Is it the real game ?

How comes did thoses to games reach the Apple store without problem?

Are the developpers aware of those products ?

Thank you !

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Fake iOS Factorio app?

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This does not seem very legit:
https://itunes.apple.com/cz/app/factorio/id1205930514

I bet it's some fake. Am I wrong?

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MarvinCZ wrote:This does not seem very legit:
https://itunes.apple.com/cz/app/factorio/id1205930514

I bet it's some fake. Am I wrong?
A scam!
I wonder how this ripoff got into Apple's App Store

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I sent a message to support, but the devs may need to dispute the claims directly.

https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-se ... /#?lang=en

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brunzenstein wrote:
MarvinCZ wrote:This does not seem very legit:
https://itunes.apple.com/cz/app/factorio/id1205930514

I bet it's some fake. Am I wrong?
A scam!
I wonder how this ripoff got into Apple's App Store
I thought so...

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Looks like they used an old Version. (0.12ish) Maybe there's a version thats open source? I mean how else did they get the code?
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Distelzombie wrote:Looks like they used an old Version. (0.12ish) Maybe there's a version thats open source? I mean how else did they get the code?
There was no open source version. Looks like either stolen or knockoff assets.

The basic gameplay is possible to recreate easily enough, a lot of the behaviors are in the lua scripts attached to the entities. Emulate the graphics code, the lua parser, and what isn't in the lua, and you've got a ready to go knockoff.
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Maybe they licensed it?

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Fake, the only thing this has in common with Factorio is the title and screenshots, the actual app is in Unity, probably from the Unity store. Do not buy.

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HanziQ wrote:Fake, the only thing this has in common with Factorio is the title and screenshots, the actual app is in Unity, probably from the Unity store. Do not buy.
Contact Apple and get it yanked form the store! Apple have pulled plenty of apps from the store for far less than straight up copyright infringement (which this is). When an Apple employee wakes up in a bad mood they yank a few apps at random just to be pricks.

I'm sure they love nothing more to swing the ban hammer on this.

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I am sure they have seen it by now, but this is nothing you should comment on before you get info from your lawyer.

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[Koub] Merged both topics about fake Apple store apps mimicing Factorio with name and pictures.
HanziQ wrote:Fake, the only thing this has in common with Factorio is the title and screenshots, the actual app is in Unity, probably from the Unity store. Do not buy.
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