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alisdairr
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July 15, 2026
Question

Game Stolen & Worried.

  • July 15, 2026
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My name is alisdairr, Lead Developer of Fever Dream VR, and to be extremely clear I am referring to: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/feverdreamvr/26451641771161792/
(Official Store Page which releases TODAY)

For the sake of people not hovering over checking authors, I will clearly list which is the real and which is the fake.

This is the direct link to the fake: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/1186461474543857/

Lumination Studios is a small studio, worried that meta may deny my IP Takedown Request due to theirs releasing before ours, even though we can supply copyright documents, they reuse old horizon store pages, before it became a copy of our game it was a copy of Lethal Ape, which there's about 50 of, even I have the project now, Its opensource at this point and the owner never wanted that, did you know, NONE of them on the store are real, the original creator kept them stored in her server, this was back in 2023, its 2026 now, she quit her online presence cause she felt so **bleep** about it.

If any meta representatives are listening, something needs to be done, this happens to almost every developer I know, they get an APK via a beta test or even just downloading off their headset, or with plugins like DownQ, then running it through their own IDA's or AssetRippers, stealing assets and assets worth of models, scripts, sounds and shaders, and claiming it as their own, this has to be some form of digital thievery, just look at the games their making, someone at meta needs to do something about it, and needs to do it fast, this is stupid, no developer should have to ever worry about their game being posted on the horizon store.

Thanks for reading, I hope all turns out well, and if possible could anyone at meta reach out to me and help me in this, I would greatly appreciate it.

20 replies

Honored Contributor
July 15, 2026

OK, firstly in a small show of support, I've added your game to my wishlist! 

Secondly you might not be aware but since the end of 2025, Meta are no longer monitoring or are involved in this forum. It's users only. 

Now, I know it's very easy when messaging Meta to get stuck in the AI response doom loop and get nowhere. 

The link below are ways to get in touch with an actual human support person at Meta who can hopefully help you.  I'd start with the WhatsApp route if I were you. Good luck and I hope you get it resolved. πŸ€πŸ€ž 

https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/support/?g1=5960237440706837&g2=26500769372871399&g3=none&et=none&sg=skip

 

alisdairr
alisdairrAuthor
Participant
July 15, 2026

Thanks so much, I forgot meta had this option, I will be talking to them now.

steve40
Honored Contributor
July 16, 2026

The link to your game doesn't work. I think this is your game??? (Edit: nope, someone used that name even before you... πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”)

I reported the fake app to Meta using the "Flag this app" link on the store page. That app definitely looks suspicious.

 

Honored Contributor
July 16, 2026

Did you get the links the wrong way around? The link to the game you said is fake, is still up. It has a 3.4 rating on the store.. The link you gave to what you say is your game is no longer there. It's gone from the store. 

Choleni
Honored Contributor
July 16, 2026

I don't think so, Maccyb123​ 

If you go on the web site of the available game link there is literally nothing..... except of the privacy policy.πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

Honored Contributor
July 16, 2026

Choleni​ I clicked on his second link (he said was fake) and got this. Got nothing on the first one πŸ€”πŸ˜ 

 

alisdairr
alisdairrAuthor
Participant
July 17, 2026

This is a very bad predicement for our game, we are currently very popular on platforms like TikTok in the VR community with our supporters making edits and such of early footage we had on the game, a beta tester leaked an APK and OBB file and now look where we are haha, any questions, I am extremely happy to answer.

One thing worth noting is that meta denied my support tickets and guided me back to the form I filled out, which I cannot find a status on and the game is still up, I have supplied copyright evidence but I refuse to give up on this.

I also reached out to Enver the creators of 'Scary Baboon' to help in this mess due to the organisation that owns the app containing a copy of 'Scary Baboon' aswell.

Honored Contributor
July 17, 2026

OK, good luck to you, it seems like we cannot do anything more than sympathise and hope you get it resolved. 

Btw, please keep your comments within one post. You have just posted 5 times in less than 5 minutes, this could be flagged as spam by the forum and get your account banned. 

alisdairr
alisdairrAuthor
Participant
July 18, 2026

No worries, its helping me a lot here since Meta seems negligent when it comes to this.