Yeah they absolutely ripped my game and made more money than I did through free to play or hoping for any help with donations lol... well it is how world works, the crooks win.
I think all the games sold by this guy are stolen!
it's really sad to see this :-(
You should report this crook to Envato (https://help.author.envato.com/hc/en-us/requests/new), because your game is sold with the source code and a distribution license... So honest people or honest companies can buy a license and distribute your game thinking they are in compliance with copyright which is not the case...
And maybe you could also sell your game on CodeCanyon (I would definitely be interested) :-)
They asked me to file a DCMA, did my best now it's up to Envato to take action. They got 2 of my games both here on itch.io. The even more bad part is the asset creator I based my work on.
They're basically re-selling his assets too, I paid for my free use fee. But it says clearly in the contract I can't just rework and sell his IP. They're infringing both me and this guy:
Got pretty much all the space shooter assets from Lazers in a recent bundle ... learned a bit of Colyseus for multiplayer, hopefully sometime in the future I can do a nice multiplayer 2 player arcade style.
The problem I consistently face is monetizing my HTML5 work. Perhaps the guy can't steal Unity or if the game has ads in it (which might mean popular arcades will reject it). Animating the assets using Spine takes pretty long, since this needs to be animated with mesh and it's pretty painful. If anyone knows a way to animate static assets with tools like blender I'd be down to learn the skill.
Also help with marketing would be welcome, I do these games in between contracts or w/e I can find. Nowadays HTML5 is pretty much all casino gaming and it's tough cutthroat business in there, impossible dead lines and occasionally the rude lead that gets you fired soon as the game is ready to ship.
Just the world we live in folks, I'm out of work right now, trying to learn the AI ways using DS, NightCafe is awesome, love SDXL and recommend trying it out if you have the gear.