Raft
@Developers Illegal copy "Survive on Raft" ?
Hi there,

please pay attention to the following game. It seems to be an illegal copy of yours. I of course have no clue if it is so, but in your interest you may have a look.
Thanks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094000/Survive_on_Raft/
Автор сообщения: Anonymous Helper:
Автор сообщения: lpnlizard27
Well Raft proper has been in development for over 2 years. Not sure when the ftp mobile clone came about, but the mobile market is full of stolen ideas and clone games.

Would not surprise me at all if someone noticed raft getting attention and pumped out a similar game as fast as they could. They even named the game so similar as to cause Google/ YouTube searches to overlap with both titles showing up.

The original Raft prototype was released for free on itch.io on 19th of December, 2016 (it's still available there for anyone interested: https://raft.itch.io/raft). It became so popular that the developers (who were still university students at the time) decided to make it into commercial game so they refined the prototype and released it on Steam.

History of Raft: https://www.raft-game.com/presskit.html

Unfortunately with popularity came dozens of copycats. Most of them have stayed on Google Play store. Currently I'm aware of two clones on Steam: Survive on Raft and Ocean Nomad: Survival on Raft. Feature wise they're closer to the original Raft prototype than the Steam version of Raft.

The developers are aware of them but either they can't or decided it not being worth to sue them (legal battles are long and costly).
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Автор сообщения: -=Ðﮐ=- Arctic Howler
A mobile version?
So I was looking at Facebook and apparently, there's a mobile version from some dev called Treastone LTD? Is that even legit? There's no real information connecting them to the publishers and/or developers of this game, yet there's clearly the same game with downgraded graphics...
There's another dev who is fighting them right now. Seems like Treastone LTD is part of a huge game scam network.
And they tried to get trademark name, same as they did for Raft o_o


https://www.reddit.com/r/Worldbox/comments/jmplqw/the_fight_for_worldbox_or_how_a_game_you_worked/
Отредактировано Lumneskat; 26 янв. 2021 г. в 7:59
Автор сообщения: Lumniskat
There's another dev who is fighting them right now. Seems like Treastone LTD is part of a huge game scam network.
And they tried to get trademark name, same as they did for Raft o_o

https://www.reddit.com/r/Worldbox/comments/jmplqw/the_fight_for_worldbox_or_how_a_game_you_worked/

"It seems so far these guys have been getting away with it because nobody really cared that they are behaving unethically."
That's the problem. Us entitled gamers don't give a damn about devs. Honesty and integrity will always take second place to getting what we want. Thus there will always be suits to exploit and provide.
Автор сообщения: Lumniskat
There's another dev who is fighting them right now. Seems like Treastone LTD is part of a huge game scam network.
And they tried to get trademark name, same as they did for Raft o_o


https://www.reddit.com/r/Worldbox/comments/jmplqw/the_fight_for_worldbox_or_how_a_game_you_worked/

Nice find and interesting read! :cozyspaceengineersc: He and fans of his game managed to dug up lot of interesting information. :lunar2020thinkingtiger:
Отредактировано Anonymous Helper; 26 янв. 2021 г. в 9:26
Raft vs Survive on Raft
Hello all. I was wondering about the differences between the two raft games. Why would you recommend one over the other? Solo and multiplayer? Is it story driven? Is there an end game? what are the limitations--gamewise.
Well one has a 94% very positive user review score.

The other has a Mixed 65%

And is a blatant rip off as it was released to the market almost a year after the... good one.
Автор сообщения: erikh5027
Raft vs Survive on Raft
Hello all. I was wondering about the differences between the two raft games. Why would you recommend one over the other? Solo and multiplayer? Is it story driven? Is there an end game? what are the limitations--gamewise.

Survival on Raft is copycat clone of original Raft prototype available free here: https://raft.itch.io/raft

It tries very had to fool people into thinking it's the real Raft and not a copycat (Raft as title on store page and using small font for 'Survive on' part of it's real name on it's logo.). Raft isn't only game the 'developer' has made poor copies of:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Worldbox/comments/jmplqw/the_fight_for_worldbox_or_how_a_game_you_worked/

It's build for mobile platform and the PC port inherits most of the limitations imposed by it's mobile roots (clunky controls, mobile interface and resolution limits). It makes extensive use of store bought assets.

When originally released, it barely had any ideas/features of it's own (the rainwater collector and couple others IIRC). It has since added islands, air supply drops, trader, kayak, achievements, trading cards and some other features.
Отредактировано Anonymous Helper; 5 мар. 2021 г. в 15:43
One would think after a couple of comments, people had the info they needed. Somehow there are over 100 posts here, mostly saying the same.

Oh well.

Regardless, Stranded Deep was here before Raft. Should we now ♥♥♥♥♥ on Raft for being so much like Stranded Deep? In stranded deep you have to create a Raft. Obvious copy paste! Kill all the fraudulent devs!

I guess this is my way of saying: Who cares? It's mobile... If PC is Master Race, and Console is Peasant.. Then where does that leave Mobile? How can Master Race be concerned with this at all? It's not even a speckle in the wind.
Автор сообщения: Antiga
One would think after a couple of comments, people had the info they needed. Somehow there are over 100 posts here, mostly saying the same.

That's mostly due to any post about the clones being merged into this topic.

Автор сообщения: Antiga
I guess this is my way of saying: Who cares? It's mobile... If PC is Master Race, and Console is Peasant.. Then where does that leave Mobile? How can Master Race be concerned with this at all? It's not even a speckle in the wind.

You did not really read the topic did you? Survival on Raft is not merely similar to Raft, as originally it was almost exact clone of original Raft prototype to the point of it's graphics being so similar that they could've been lifted from Raft itself. They tried to trademark Raft in various countries and try hard to fool people into believing their game is Raft and not entirely different game. It also seems that this 'developers' entire business model is based on making poor clones of other developers games while claiming their game is the original and trying to trademark the titles in their name.
and Anonymous Helper to add on what you just said, this bad behaviour of those "fake" games are the reason of newly developers losing lots of money which it could have support them and their families.

I hope the other developer win the court and stop the "fake game developers" of stealing others works.
Автор сообщения: Antiga
Who cares?

I was going to explain it to you, but then, you probably do understand don't you? You're just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soulless cretin that only cares for himself. Jog on now.
DEVS You may want to protect your IP from these guys
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497000/OceanCraft/

This looks like the most blatant game rip off i've seen in a long time. This is basically your game shoved into a low quality VR version. Might want your legal team to look into this if you haven't already
Yeah, tell me about it this is very much a rip-off of Raft. In fact I thought it was made by the same developers.
Fake raft rip off game
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=463919408184259

So this is like your game just retextured :o
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