Game developers and publishers estimate that the most annoying thing is piracy, but what they didn’t expect is that some anti-piracy measures will have “unexpected effects.” Recently, the developer of a business game “Burgie’s Cozy Kitchen” reported the “surprise” he experienced.
· Mr. HeyNau, who developed this work, talked about the piracy countermeasures of introducing "Burgie’s Cozy Kitchen" and its impact on the Reddit forum. Stopping piracy is not easy, and big studios are struggling. He has put effort and humor into piracy countermeasures and tried to make them part of the game.
·According to HeyNau, this game has prepared about 10 triggers that can detect signs of piracy. Furthermore, if it is judged that these simultaneous actions indicate that the probability of being pirated is high, the guest will forcibly appear as a pirate from about an hour after the game starts.
Pirates will only give one coin when paying and leave comments such as "Pirates don't tip" and "Pirates don't allow tips". Since there are very few coins available, it will become difficult to progress. It can be said that it is a satirical performance that worries about "users who do not pay."
·Such a "humorous" countermeasure is indeed very strange, but the insult is far greater than the harm, and it has attracted the attention of a large number of such players. The author said that especially the surge in the number of players in China has led to a surge in the popularity of the game, which is really unexpected.
