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Featherweight Games has "a good chuckle" at Ice Ski Downhill [Update]

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Featherweight Games has "a good chuckle" at Ice Ski Downhill [Update]
Updated on June, 25th at 15:28: We reached out to Dylan Bevis at Featherweight Games who had already seen Ice Ski Downhill the day before and had "a good chuckle."

Bevis: "We downloaded the game and it really didn’t feel like they’d cloned Skiing Yeti Mountain as much as just ripped the assets and made the quickest possible game to try and get some downloads.

"We’re kind of looking at it as a bit of a mark of success. If they’d actually made a proper clone of the game it might be a different story but because it’s such a hatchet job we’re not worried too much."

We're still awaiting a response from Campbell Tech.



This isn't Skiing Yeti Mountain.

A game called Ice Ski Downhill - Mountain High Adventure launched today, and it looks awfully similar to last month's Gold Award-winning Skiing Yeti Mountain.

It was developed by Campbell Tech, whose previous work includes Crossy Crosser - Cross The High Road Game and Tank Titans. We'll leave you to guess which games they unmistakably resemble.

Cloning isn't a new phenomenon on the App Store, and while there have been a few controversial cases, the issue is so endemic that most knock-offs go unnoticed.

However, Ice Ski Downhill - Mountain High Adventure is vulnerable to criticism because Skiing Yeti Mountain, on the success of which Campbell Tech appears to be attempting to capitalise, is a charity title, with half of its proceeds going to help survivors of the recent earthquake in Nepal.

We've reached out to Campbell Tech and Featherweight Games for comment.

Chris James
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