Probably not much if anything as it could be used against them. Something posted on a piracy forum isn’t going to look the best.
It looks like they're getting some artists the dev has screwed over together though which is good, makes him look like even more of an asshole.
Amusingly, he is gathering screenshots from this very thread as "evidence" that I am "malicious".
Based on the fact that I "used legal action INSTEAD of solving things civilly"... after repeatedly ghosting, blocking and dodging me for 6+ months, AFTER ~18 months of stringing me along, giving half promises and "he'd get around to it", AND being given a 3 month deadline to get his shit together, that expired on new years. This is all PROOF that I simply didn't "give him a chance!".
So, yeah. If someone worked on the game wants to contribute, feel free to toss me a message. As, I don't think it would be "relevant" enough to share in the thread, rules wise.
He has screwed over some artists, animators and whatnot. His current claim is that he has done EVERYTHING himself. Every single piece of art, animation, dialogue, etc. Which, is funny considering a certain artist is the ONLY one credited for BG and CG art. And I have testimonies from several artists that he hired them to do art/animations. (But as said: More ARE welcome.) It certainly pokes holes in his story.
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But, the main person affected is me. I CREATED Hole House. I let him borrow Gloria to use in the game. He was given notes and the second draft of Gloria's game to build around. I wrote the dialogue. Suggested characters, gameplay, playtested, all that. It was a handshake agreement. He had to respect ONE rule with Gloria. All was in good faith. He'd simply make me some Gloria content every now and then in return. (AND credit me. Which he coincidentally "forgot" several times. Even argued that he couldn't put me above high patrons.) It was even planned out. Was likely gonna be a three/foursome with her using her portals. But, cue said 18 months of "I'll get to it", "Gloria didn't poll well on patreon", "Look! I have Gloria's new model from the new artist!". And then: I found out he had BROKEN the agreement on Gloria, repeatedly, and LIED about it. (I know, I didn't spend 50 minutes each update to unlock all the scenes. I should have known. /S)
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His response? Delete her from the game and replace her. And go "See? I'm not in violation." and not to worry. He'll TOTALLY add her back later. It was just a coding issue that made it impossible to keep her.
Also can't overlook his STELLAR defense regarding all the dialogue I wrote. "It's not CURRENTLY in the game. And any SIMILAR dialogue cannot be copyrighted!". Deleting it and asking chatgpt to reword it and then copy paste it into the LATEST release is surely a flawless legal defense. Using it for 3 years prior
surely has no effect.
"See, your honor. I know I am 28 months late on the rent. But see: I MOVED OUT last week. So... WHY should I have to pay rent?" flawless logic. /S
(And for those wondering: Yes. I DID tell him not to do dumb shit. Like: How many adds and where to place them. He basically went "I saw this GREAT idea in Ready Player One, hold my beer!". Then got himself banned from F95 all "Don't worry about it.". Like... it scares me a bit that this guy just repeatedly committed fraud and abuse, but my idea was just SO idiotproof, that it persisted regardless of how many time he tried to self-sabotage. Without me, he'd still be on Newgrounds trying to create his magnum opus: "Fuck Lois Griffin as a demon guy".)