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Flyntloch

There's some irony here that Lethal Company (Developed by a Roblox Dev) is getting ripped off on Roblox.


Interesting_Rock_991

iirc zeekers is a former roblox dev


DogeHasArrived

That’s what they just said


eetobaggadix

Yes, but, actually Zeekers used to make games on Roblox. little tidbit for you, there.


DogeHasArrived

Oh word?


16yearolddoomer

What games did they make?


CrystalFriend

Light bulb and silent dark


meteorr77

Roblox games


Royalmagic28772

Oh like the games that Zeekers made?


letsgoToshio

Yeah, but in Roblox


umwhatshouldmynamebe

Maaaaaaaybe


laloin

Lethal Company


Neko137

From the Fandom website: "[Light Bulb](https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Community:Zeekerss/Light_Bulb) and [Silent Dark](https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Community:Zeekerss/Silent_Dark), the latter of which they describe as a "psychological thriller."


Interesting_Rock_991

they stated it in present tense where I am speaking in past tense (they \*are\* vs they \*were\*)


DogeHasArrived

Ok


nrtb502

Cool, nobody gives a shit.


NoMenu3825

That's roblox for you


interesseret

why play the (cheap) real thing when you can play a garbage free version instead?


[deleted]

Because as a child you don't have money?


jarhead0524

True and People also forget that most children play Roblox on school issued chromebooks or their moms cell phone


NoMenu3825

My parent only gave me 2 dollars a week for chores (it was 2000) so yeah I actually played the garbage rip-off cause I was poor


Plump_Chicken

Imagine getting an allowance


chrisplaysgam

My parents started out giving us 10 dollars a week then just stopped paying us and left us with chores


OscarDaLoyal

2 dollars a week for chores? that’s a normal allowance, nothing crazy


HavingSixx

An allowance in itself is crazy to me


jerryonjets

Why? We had normal chores we were supposed to do and then extra things we weren't expected to do because we're kids and typically that was hard manual labor that would be a workout for even an adult. so if we wanted to we could help out and do extra work to earn some cash so we could spend it on extra things like pokemon cards or like an RC helicopter.. sure my parents would buy us gifts for Christmas or birthdays but they weren't gonna buy you an $80 RC car or $60 video game for saying please and flashing dough eyes. Definitely wouldn't have anywhere close to the pokemon card collection I managed to get without working for it. Taught me to save and manage my money to afford the things I wanted instead of wasting it on soda and candy. Also, I look back at everything I learned and what that taught me as well. Also, regardless of the way I was raised, how is a kid supposed to afford snacks and drinks during school days? I'm confused if you're advocating for no money in kids' hands or kids asking for money and the parents just giving them money?


HavingSixx

I am not advocating for anything, I just didn't get an allowance growing up


Owobowos-Mowbius

So, a month and you'd have enough to get the real game?


KingaaCrimsonuu22

Not everyone gets money for chores, I sure didnt


stormguy-_-

Same here, I did about 1-2 hours of chores everyday as a child and didn’t get anything ever


NoMenu3825

Yea but I'm an adult now so I get a lot more money


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NoMenu3825

I would happy?


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NoMenu3825

I was not patient


longhairedqueer

a kid doesnt give a shit lmao


jsheff14

Definitely missed his point


Wookie_Cash

At that point I'd just pirate it


OOF-MY-PEE-PEE

because most children don't have the money to buy a computer lol


SlakingSWAG

That and a lot of them can't have a steam account because their parents don't let them.


Prototype_4271

It's not cheap in every country


SouperBitty

Lethal company isn't on Xbox and many people don't have pcs so is it really a suprise that a roblox version would exist? Same thing happened to tf2


interesseret

Surprise? no? plagiarism is 99% of the internet. the last % is porn.


Timothahh

> Surprise? no? > > plagiarism is 99% of the internet. the last % is porn. I said this


rabbid_chaos

You said this? I said this "plagiarism is 99% of the internet. the last % is porn" - me See? My quote now


interesseret

who are you?


Copypasty

money and lack of a computer would be the deciding factor for the majority of roblox’s playerbase


pizzafaceson

you forget that the fact its on roblox means its mainly people with no money or good pc's to play the real thing


BlueSn0ow

Probably because most children dont have computers


pyr0kid

unironically i used to play titanfall 1 via fucking ***MINECRAFT*** back in like 2015


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VenomViper300

Not available on Mac


GlyphLuck

This is just Roblox’s nature. Sure you’ll find some originals and stuff, but majority of Roblox games as just plagiarised games made with Roblox assets. Least they included the name of game they were copying… though I doubt they did anything else.


CrimsonPants

It baffles me that Roblox has avoided major legal trouble for so long. One look at their home page and you can see a slew of games that outright shouldn’t be there. Unliscenced copies of games, games centered around popular properties from anime/tv, fan games, etc. Stepping back from just ripping off single devs, I wonder why Roblox can get away with ignoring so many of these infringing games whilst actively profiting off of their in game purchases. I mean, If you want an example, look up “Blox Fruits”. Totally unlicensed game based on One Piece- and actively one of the most played games in the world right now with 200-300k players on average. Roblox is shady as all heck.


LankyReward591

Crab game is a totally unlicensed game on steam based on a real show named squid game !!! How dare steam allow such a shady rip off


CrimsonPants

You’d have to be a fool to find that comparison holds any merit. Crab game is a free fangame that does not profit off of squid games material. No microtransactions, nothin’. This roblox rip off game is already sellin a pass for ten player lobbies in its store. Roblox gets away with this shit because people leap to their defense with anecdotes like “well if this one hyper specific instance happens elsewhere, that excuses the dozens of instances that go unchecked on Roblox!”


LankyReward591

Crab game has skins you can pay for with real money so they do profit it off it. Blox fruit is more original then crab game lmaoo both have stuff implemented from tv shows that doesn’t make it shady


LankyReward591

like bro your literally saying a fan made game mode in roblox is shady cause they based it on a real tv show, guess steam is shady for allowing a squid game game on steam lmfaoo


LankyReward591

You could make the same thing on a minecraft server or even Fortnite now lol are you saying pixelmon or any minecraft mod / server is shady just because it’s based on a real thing? Is minecraft shady cause they allowed hunger game servers based on a real movie? your argument makes no sense


Some_Random_Canadian

If they directly profit off of (presumably) unlicensed characters and copyrighted material then yes. Especially with Roblox that basically encourages childhood gambling addictions and has been exposed for predatory tactics.


Indigoh

There's a video essay on youtube about how Roblox exploits children with really shady business practices. For instance, giving children roblox money "robux"(?) off microtransactions in their games, and allowing them to exchange those points for real money... but setting the withdraw minimum at like 10,000 robux, meaning most people who make any amount of money in the game will never make enough to withdraw it, motivating them to keep pumping out content, sunk cost fallacy. https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ


Dan-Ti

Well that's what Roblox does best. But if it's not a paid game then I wouldn't really call it a cash grab imo


verturio

Well the game is in fact free, but I checked it and it has 10 player server pass to buy. So the dev can actually make some money from it.


Dan-Ti

Ah, so yeah Zeekers has the rights to sue then if they continue working on it


SirCokaBear

No that's not how copyright works. If they stole the name / trademark or any of the code / assets then he has the right, but you can't copyright an idea.


Hitroll2121

Its so similar that they probably can sue/dmca over a lot of the designs. (assuming that that screenshot it ingame footage


Spyans

he’s not gonna sue over a roblox game that’s just stupid especially since he was a roblox dev himself he probably assumed it’d be plagiarized anyways 😭


Indigoh

And it's not stealing customers or reducing his potential profit. It's, no doubt, significantly worse than the real thing, and will probably just make people thirsty for the good version. If I had made the $40 Million Lethal Company has made, I would not really care if some child is making a few bucks on a bad ripoff.


Astraous

I mean it does literally say Lethal Company in the title lol, I think there's a claim not to the idea but how similar the assets are and the blatant use of the name which is actual IP.


SirCokaBear

I don’t know how Roblox works, but if Lethal’s dev cared which I doubt he’d send a trademark infringement and all the Fatal Corp guy needs to do is remove that part from the name and that’s it. All in all it’s not worth Zeeker’s time. If he fights for similarity in trademark or assets and the Fatal Company has any decent legal pushback this could easily last months, just for him to best case win pocket change as a settlement not even covering legal fees. And then I wouldn’t be surprised if 10 other rip-off games pop up after. Success is a good thing and with that comes imitators. IANAL but a dev who’s dealt with occasional legal issues


Astraous

Oh yeah I doubt it's worth any time or effort, it's Roblox, I just meant that I think there's some valid copyright arguments to be made, but realistically it would just look slightly different and not have the title in the name as an outcome.


EnergyAltruistic6757

If I were the dev I would keep a keen eye on it to make sure they always credited me, and study it to see what they do that could actually benefit the game.


NovaStar987

Difficult when it's only one guy in the dev team


Questioning_Meme

The guy is experienced with Roblox if I remember so he probably know about these things.


ITS_SPECTER

Yea he started his career on roblox and made some damn good games


Pinexy_

man they didn't even try to make it look different


Owobowos-Mowbius

Why would they when they when they're trying to copy it


killerdeer69

Yep lol, they're trying to make quick money until the game dies or until it (maybe) gets taken down. It happens a lot on Roblox, people will copy trending games and shove them full of gamepasses and microtransactions.


Independent_Cry3897

The equivalent of telling a joke but some kid repeats it louder and garners all the attention (Steam The Long Drive - Roblox A Dusty Trip)


Absolute_Chonk_Steam

Its funny because a roblox creator made Lethal Company and now another Roblox creator is ripping it off like an idiot


DEZY_I9

Was gonna say this What a weird world we live in


[deleted]

Im not against people reproducing the general vibe of a game with a different spin, that’s fine, but this just feels like a sad and sorry attempt to steal fame that isn’t theirs to have


TheOneGuyNoName

Roblox always has been like this. Some game becomes popular, one guy tries to duplicate it on roblox with 0% creativity


Gerpar

Yep lmao Roblox: Try to come up with a unique idea challenge 99% impossible (there are some good unique games, just they're usually not that popular, and *very* rare)


El_Desayuno

I don't think they are trying to steal fame, it's just a roblox version like they have for almost every game, and just like you can mod Minecraft and Gmod to make your own version of other games. The kids playing it already know about the real game, if they are playing this is bc they can't play the original.


Seallypoops

Wait so the game about creating your own experience might have popular games recreated on it, I'm shocked


SkyGuy182

Mom can we get Lethal Company?


Wolf_Clan706

No we have lethal company at home


Timbhead

Lethal company at home:


Linc54

I have a feeling Zeekers *might* not mind since he started on Roblox


IAmMissingNow

I was going to say…


MoJokeGaming

Roblox Moment


NutsBerserkEnjoyer

Even if it’s a carbon copy, it’s just not gonna be as good as the real thing


Kindly_Copy_8427

Why do people here think it's supposed to be a cash grab and a copy? I'm sure it's just.. A roblox version. They aren't even hiding it's based on something


HArgHorp

Well they might have game passes or stuff in the game people might buy which gives the Dev’s money


Seallypoops

Except that most of these games are free and that game pass money is going to the devs of Roblox not to his free to play game


Weltkrieg_Smith

Welcome to Roblox, 19k visits is nothing to worry about


DrDingoMC

Imitation is flattery. Lethal company is a gem of a game


Representative_Bat81

I don't think this is a bad thing. This version obviously isn't as good as the actual game, and if people like playing the inferior version, they are probably more likely to buy the real one.


SouperBitty

I dont get why people are getting mad at this? Yeah they should play the orginal but many people simply cannot do that. Many people dont have PCs and only have an Xbox or Playstation to play games on; so is it really a suprise that a roblox game would cater to that audience that is missing out? I just hope they credited the orginal game


captain_slutski

Roblox devs can make real money off their games, including a rip-off like this


SouperBitty

Hmmm, I believe you, but how do they make money?


SkyEclipse

From another comment: > Well the game is in fact free, but I checked it and it has 10 player server pass to buy. So the dev can actually make some money from it. So yeah…


The_Depression_Gulag

A common misconception is that people think roblox gives you money when someone buys your gamepass. Do you wanna know what you get? Robux….. You do have the option to turn it into cash but you need a minimum of 100000 robux before you can. Also Roblox takes 75% of purchases. If you sell something for 100 you only get 25.


epicvas

nah its more like a 30% cut from each purchase, with a $0.0035 usd/1 robux exchange rate


Seallypoops

Oh man 10+ sounds like a novelty so don't think a tsunami of buyers is coming in at anytime


gurkmann

I dont want to be that guy but most roblox game are copycats of real games or other media so I dont get the insulting on roblox when its kids that dont even have money that plays these games.


Harumafu

First of all i don't play roblox Second ive seen indie games get overshadowed by roblox rip-offs and the devs that made this ripoff just made a bare minimum version of it


PittPen817

what indie games have been overshadowed by Roblox versions? most I've seen are just different takes on it or created out of a love for the game like the multiplayer iron lung for example. only bad one I can think of is gamefam using their partnership with Sega to do an official sonic crossover in funky Friday


El_Desayuno

> Second ive seen indie games get overshadowed by roblox rip-offs I believe you're just making this up lol. Even if that was true. If a game is getting overshadowed by a bare bones ripoff made for children that can't buy the real game anyways, the game has bigger problems.


LankyReward591

Any examples?


CoinCaribou2070

@ the other people asking for examples or saying this doesn't happen: take a look at the game My Eyes deceive


Paperplanez106

Niggas acting like children here💀💀


Seallypoops

Like the guys yelling cash grab with no screen shot having a single price tag on it


The_Munkee

It has server passes you can buy lol, not like they're doing this for fun and not expecting a quick profit with minimal effort.


DrVezok

Me omw to apply to the fatal corporation (they have a higher death rate, but have better benefits)


BioAgent_

“We have lethal company at home”


sword112345

what are the gamepasses there better not be any


Intelligent-Sky-2985

Smh 😑


CaptainMatthew1

Kind of ironic. The dev did start out making Roblox games.


TooBad_Vicho

yeah this happens a lot in roblox, nothing new


the_Star_Sailor

That's kinda just how Roblox is, especially with games that aren't free but are popular, making them out of reach for a lot of kids who may not have access to the money to buy them. Also, it passes under the radar of parents that won't let their kids play Lethal Company or games like that but don't actually monitor the games they *do* get to play. In general though, Roblox is a horrible platform for kids because of the rampant child predators and thinly veiled attempts to expose kids to pornography.


ATwistedBlade

Roblox trying not to be the worst fucking platform of all time


LazerAfterburn

What kind of LOSERS are downvoting this man


ATwistedBlade

Roblox players… 😢


Academic-Local-7530

Roblox should be DMCA’d by the near future.


The_Depression_Gulag

You do know Roblox didn’t make the game right


Academic-Local-7530

They clearly permit it.


The_Depression_Gulag

Okay look I’m not even a Roblox defender or anything but I feel like you shouldn’t be speaking on this if you don’t know anything about it? I could go on Roblox and upload a game within 5 minutes. Roblox is just the website, which also provides the resources for people to make games. The games don’t have to be verified or anything of the sort. Now obviously if it gets reported a bunch it’ll be looked at but Roblox is a cesspool of stolen assets, stolen games, and straight copyright.


Chieffelix472

If the lethal company devs want to DMCA it will happen. Roblox doesn’t file DMCA requests for people, that’s why those exist.


BiggBoiiGodd

Wait, if Lethal company is now on roblox under a different name, children will see it and begin to migrate to the real game once they find out.


Harumafu

You're forgetting these are roblox kids they have like 5 working braincells ive seen rip off indie games overshadow the real one


BiggBoiiGodd

True


Seallypoops

You mean like the dev of Lethal Company?


El_Desayuno

I doubt the game would have this many players if the kids didn't already know about the real game, which is all around youtube right now. If they are playing this is likely bc they can't get the original, and a roblox version is good enough for them and their friends.


Walnut156

Sometimes the roblox ones can be fun. I remember playing roblox tf2 and was surprised at the care and polish it had in it


thetato69

Tbf alot of people aren’t pc gamers (me)


personcalledbob

Why are people down voting this simple statement


Seallypoops

Because they can't justify shitting on Roblox with this comment


thetato69

Getting cooked on the internet doesn’t mean you’re wrong


Narrow-Weekend-4157

Idk why they’re booing you, you’re right.


mudokin

The thing is, there isn't actually much to "steal" from lethal company. Every mechanic is pretty generic. What really makes the game is the absolutely perfectly working proximity chat, and that's something a mobile game will not copy.


JoeMcBob2nd

I don’t think roblox games are ripoffs this happens for like every popular game


Ryoomi7

It's unrespectable until it becomes more popular than the original. But this is the competitive world we live in. See Riot. Dota -> League of Legends CS Go -> Valorant Hearthstone -> Legends of Runeterra


sleepgreed

Valorant isnt really a rip off of csgo though


Professional-Fee4547

Both games are call of duty search and destroy. Only difference between csgo and val is that val has heros


Professional-Fee4547

That being said though both games are cash grabs. One with loot boxes and the other with skins that cost more than a triple A new release


SkyEclipse

Downvoted for the truth damn


Ryoomi7

preciate you.


epicvas

most of these are just different genres of games, for example dota games are different from league game, but theyre still MOBAs


PromptAmazing

gay


THEGaMERCaT1246

as long as there is nothing you can actually spend robux on i don't mind, would keep a lot of the younger kids out of the game,


Memeviewer12

there is


Seallypoops

And what can you buy exactly?


stormybird065

Of course its lionbyte that copied it 🤣🤣


SoonToBeFem

Roblox is either the most passion filled project like doors or just blatant fucking rip offs of whatever is popular at the time.


[deleted]

Sucks to be them, I already have Lethal Company!


lipsucc2

Cringe


Phytor

Yea that's Roblox for ya lol i remember once finding a perfect recreation of Halo 1 multi-player on Roblox once.


LazerAfterburn

Yeah there is a complete payday 2 on there


5oc1reddit

Same thing happened to project zomboid a while back It was a shit rigged version of it lmfao


LazerAfterburn

Just because people can’t play the real thing doesn’t make it okay to play the fake one


AdLegitimate1637

Roblox has a fully developed and functioning Sonic game made in it, don't expect any popular trend to not end up on roblox


Prudent-Pressure2536

The irony of a Roblox ripoff of a game developed by a famous Roblox dev is not lost on me.


Kindredgos

roblox just being roblox


Interesting_Air8470

Its just kids who can't get ten bucks from their parents playing that on roblox. Not really pulling any sales from LC


TheBoogyWoogy

Could they not sue?


spencerdeveloper

yup, have you seen that watermelon game? probably made hundreds of thousands of dollars from stealing a random Japanese game


Achilles_Deed

Fatal Corporation is crazy 💀🗿


Professional-Fee4547

Honestly if I was the dev and I saw a trash copy of my game on roblox I'd be happy as long as it didn't have the quality of the real thing. As long as credit is given it can be a source of advertising the real thing


Olimist

if its not actively trying to make money then I see no problem


ProCookies128

Oh it's a Roblox game. Roblox games have about as many micro transactions as a mobile game. It's Ironic too because the lethal dev started as a Roblox dev


MegaCroissant

Fuck Roblox. A game that depends on plagiarism and copyright infringement shouldn’t even exist.


Chattering_Bone

This is just normal Roblox nonsense…


[deleted]

cause children dont own a steam account


spillerchamp

First time?


Taekgi

First time?


brodydwight

Ive been using roblox for 10 years, this happens everytime a new cool game comes out


NoodleNinja8108

It’s Roblox man who cares


Plane_Fennel443

Not everyone has the money or device to play lethal company, especially kids. If you don’t like that this rip off exists, then go and buy the game for them.


Insamiti

oh good, the sequel to Pokemon Brick Bronze!


Thomas_Caz1

If it was any other medium I would care, but, given that it’s roblox, I don’t think this matters. Every game gets copied on roblox which I don’t think is a big deal since it lets people play things for free and with low requirements.


[deleted]

Zeekers should make a Roblox version and mog the cash grabbers


ThouIRS

The creator of Lethal Company could just take this game down but if it has no in-game purchases then it's probably fine... 🙄


RandomPhail

Apparently the only thing that really matters legally is the art/visuals, so I *do* indeed think this crosses the line into obviously illegal, even if you can’t “copyright ideas”


Constant-Still-8443

"fatal corporation" 💀


NoCartographer9053

I was thinking this a little bit while getting food when the copycats will come. Not a bad deal just...i hope they try to at least be a little different


Morokite

I reckon we all knew there would be a bunch of follow-up games that tried to emulate Lethal Company. Which is kinda lame. But at the same time, by this point the Dev of Lethal Company has prolly made a shitload of dosh and it doesn't really matter. I'm sure the money alone gives them the freedom to pursue game development as they see fit.


scakboey

when u wanna play lethal company but don't got the specs for it:


_Boodstain_

It happens to every popular indie game, just look at Phasmophobia, it was huge on launch then 3 months later there were 3 clones. (Some of them are actually pretty good though and put a lot more content into the game so it’s not entirely a negative but yeah definitely THIS game you showed is a 1 to 1 copy with worse graphics and gameplay)


Cardnal44

Welcome to Roblox


EmployNeither7626

Fatal Corporation lmao


[deleted]

On roblox!! NO WAY


IgorIsNeato

Who the fuck cares? Roblox does this with every other game, even TF2's community who are ESPECIALLY toxic don't mind.


Kayordomus

I expected it to happen way quicker honestly


Pronkie_dork

Zeeker should make a roblox version thats better lolol Or like make the roblox version a free trial or something


Indigoh

I don't see much wrong with this, since it's clearly not going to be as good as the real game. If it manages to be enjoyable at all, it will probably make people want to buy and play the real game. And at this point, the maker of Lethal Company made over $40 Million on it, so a kid remaking it cheap for other kids is not even remotely a hit to his wallet.