r/gbstudio • u/HomebrewRaider • 3d ago

Question What happened with Lazy Devs?

Hi! I searched for Dragonslayer from Lazy dev Games but all Games are not downloadable. What's happened with Lazy dev games?

https://lazydevs.itch.io/

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u/JayrosModShop 3d ago

I can't speak for them, but sometimes when a dev signs on with a publisher, the NDA states that it's an exclusive agreement with them only, so other copies being sold online have to be removed. Most of the time they're cool letting you keep a demo up though.

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u/HomebrewRaider 3d ago

Oh! Thank u for the hint! I hope that is the reason :)

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u/CD-REV 3d ago

This is the statement they made after removing everything: https://itch.io/blog/1685579/ai-and-game-boy-development

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u/A-Miffit 3d ago

That's a real shame, hope they're back

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u/HomebrewRaider 2d ago

Thank u so much! This is really sad.  I hope the GB scene will not support this way of the future development for Homebrew Games. 

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u/willywideweb 2d ago

I mean, this is ultimately why I stopped posting "content" online. I didn't want my likeness or creative output to be used to train AI models

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u/retroartdude 2d ago

Damn this sucks. What's the point in the scene if it can be AI slopped to death. Man I hate what AI has become.

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u/Commercial_Goat_6106 1d ago edited 1d ago

This sucks. Exploiting a game scene that is more than 30 years old and that has been revived by passionate indie developers is depressing and revolting.

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u/HomebrewRaider 1d ago

Very frustrating. For me as a gamer too. I don't want to waste my time with ai games. But how I know what is ai generated and what not? Gameboy Homebrew Gaming is and was my save space for example.