Ayyyy lmao ːpepedetectiveː

On September 25th, we have received DMCA copyright strike from Matt Furie's lawyers, regarding "Pepe The Frog" character's look in our game. While branding images did somewhat represent "Pepe The Frog", it wasn't trademarked by Matt and his lawyers, but we still felt more comforatble with changing it either way. As far as our game character goes, it did also get changes. We are currently thinking about customization of Papi, where player can set any color he or she wants. I will think more about it and see what I can do.

That's being said, DMCA strike is now dropped. It's been 14 days since I have sent counter-reply and literally lost all 14 days of sales due to this situation. Most importantly, this seems like a big "troll" from Matt and his lawyears; I'm saying that because within those 14 days since I sent counter-claim, they haven't got back to me. But "just in case", I had to make changes to characters look and branding of the Vaping Simulator.

I am currently looking for people from Youtube/Twitch/Gaming websites who would like to create a coverage for what have happened. I will be willing to share all the information and would like everybody know how it all went down. But I gotta say, I'm happy that the game is back online!

^^^ For those that would like to do that, please shoot me a message:

business@berdyev.com

ALSO: I've released Update 1.7 last Sunday (10/8), which includes:

Added Loading Screen for both levels.
Optimized the f*ck out of "the City" level.
Upgraded city map with new house, objects, etc.
Upgraded/tweaked a few vehicles.
Changed Papi's character look.
Minor fixes/updates.

Caution: Currently, due to the limiting draw calls when game is initialized, it might take a little longer to load "theCity" level. I will look what I can do with it today.

Thanks everyone!