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'Too Big a Risk' - Indie Dev Digital Sun Delays ReVamp Public Playtest over AI Cloning Fears

"We've been concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published...". Digital Sun, the indie developers of Moonlighter, has announced it is delaying a public playtest of its latest game, the Castlevania-inspired tower-defence title ReVamp, in response to cloning fears. In a statement released to social media, the Spanish development studio thanked people for signing up for the game's first playtest but said, due to reports of "games being reverse-engineered, cloned an

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'Too Big a Risk' - Indie Dev Digital Sun Delays ReVamp Public Playtest over Potential AI Cloning Fears

"We've been concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published...". Digital Sun, the indie developers of Moonlighter, has announced it is delaying a public playtest of its latest game, the Castlevania-inspired tower-defence title ReVamp, in response to cloning fears. In a statement released to social media, the Spanish development studio thanked people for signing up for the game's first playtest but said, due to reports of "games being reverse-engineered, cloned an

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ReVamp developer cancels public playtest in case AI users reverse engineer it and publish a clone first

"With launch still months away, a large public build felt like too big a risk"

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Moonlighter dev delays Steam playtest for its "Tower Defensevania" ReVamp over concerns that AI copycats might clone it before launch

Digital Sun - the indie studio behind moreish roguelike Moonlighter and moody RTS Cataclismo - has delayed a planned Steam playtest for its next game, ReVamp, citing concerns over "games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published before the original is even out."

Eurogamer / Kaan Serin
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Moonlighter developer delays public playtest of next game over concerns of AI cloning

Digital Sun Games is narrowing its early testing of ReVamp to its Discord community following fears of generative AI-enabled cloning.

Game Developer / Bryant Francis
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"Too big a risk": Moonlighter devs delay new game's demo for fear of genAI cloning, calling on platforms to "keep strengthening protections for original work"

Moonlighter and Cataclismo developers Digital Sun Games have postponed a public Steam playtest for their new game ReVamp, for fear of people using generative AI to clone their work before release.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
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ReVamp launches March 25, 2027

Roguelite tower defense game ReVamp will launch for PC via Steam on March 25, 2027, …

Gematsu / Sal Romano
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ReVamp, a castle defense roguelike where you command the armies of the dead for your mistress, is entering playtests soon

Nothing's certain but undeath and taxes (and property management).

PC Gamer / Harvey Randall
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