All in all this is not a bad writeup of what admittedly is a comically confusing situation. I do need to address a few key points though...ign.com/articles/the-w…
First of all, for the sake of transparency, this is what I replied to Wes...
Who is this 'everyone' talking about a floating Disco follow-up on a stick? Seems like a crowd. Definitely more than just Riaz Moola and his girlfriend, right? With claims of this caliber you probably have a ton of witnesses, a mountain of evidence to back it, correct?
Both Moola and myself are equal parts minority shareholders in Dark Math Games.
I did not work in GoGrammar as a consultant for Longdue's game. Longdue was founded two days after I gave in my resignation in GoGrammar -- look for yourself on the their Companies House page.
Here's the list of demands Longdue *actually* had ...
Also, why on earth would I sign under threat of legal action something that prevents me from talking about the predatory practices I experienced in my short collaboration with Moola? Silencing people is what he does according to many statements in GlassDoor and Reddit threads.
Like DMG and Kaur I am not holding on to the past. We hashed out our differences a while ago and -- I repeat -- have no conflict. Eyes on the road, not the rear-view mirror.
One more thing... Longdue and the mysterious Disco veterans allegedly working there. I call bullshit. I believe that despite me not working a single minute for Londude, Moola's intent was to silence me with legal threats and then use my name to promote his project.
I have a pretty good idea what most of the Disco vets are doing atm -- I tried to put the Hammer back together after all with SE -- and word of Moola's desperate attempts to secure *anyone* with a Disco credit has reached me from multiple sources. He seems unsuccessful so far.
So what makes a 'spiritual successor'? If you have no one from the original team, no rights for the IP, mandate of the fans, it's your first attempt at making any kind of game, then what makes *you* a 'spiritual successor'?
If it's just 'calling dibs' then I'm working on spiritual successors of the Holy Roman Empire at the moment.
God I hope I don't have to write any more of these....
Court documents themselves should be (or soon become) public and if someone is interested you may be able to request the documents using the info here.
Thank you everyone for your support in these mad times! It will get better and we will make games again!
Arx out
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