When Your Indie Dream Becomes A Corporate Reality

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When Your Indie Dream Becomes A Corporate Reality

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OH MY GOD, THE INDIE DEV NIGHTMARE JUST GOT REAL! 😱 This poor indie developer thought they were being SO ORIGINAL with their Armored Core-inspired game, only to have FromSoftware drop AC6 and then MECHA BREAK with the EXACT SAME MECHANICS they spent years building! The emotional journey from "I can figure this out" to "OH NO THEY STOLE MY WHOLE IDENTITY" is just *chef's kiss* devastating. And that final panel? THE RCS SYSTEM IS 100% IDENTICAL?! That's not just getting sniped by the competition—that's getting your soul harvested by the gaming gods themselves! The indie dev market is truly the hunger games of programming, and this poor soul just got CANNONED.

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