While the result wasn't as publicly embarrassing, the unlucky users who had dumped hours into creating their games saw their work swiftly - and permanently - undone. The resources are permanently edited, rendered useless. Those who use a legally obtained version of Studio have had game resources, such as sprites, overlayed with an image of a skull and crossbones. Instead, the program in question, Game Maker Studio, permanently overwrote user-created game resources with the internationally accepted pirate symbol - the skull and crossbones.Ī recent update to Game Maker Studio has left many developers confused and frustrated after an anti-piracy system went haywire. Just recently, Tim Geigner posted a story about a rather expensive dictionary app that hijacked users' Twitter accounts to shame them as pirates - even if the inadvertent tweeters had shelled out $25 for the program.įortunately, this situation didn't result in a bunch of paying customers outing themselves as pirates. Another day, another story of DRM gone wrong.
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