This year is, probably, the hardest one ever for KishMish Games. Only in the first half of 2022, we faced lots of challenges which we neverd dealt with before. You already know about problems with payments due to restrictions. But also, this spring we received a complaint from one of the companies related to transport. They require us to pay a fine and remove content which is used illegally, in their opinion. We are still trying to insist that we aren't violating any copyrights, but it isn't a quick routine, and of course it takes money, time and mental health. It is still unknown what will happen in the end of this story.
In this regard, we took a decision that the new train in Metro Simulator 2 will look unlike any real train to minimize the risk of receiving more complaints. You can see its look on the screenshots (but not everything is set up, so this is not the final look). Anticipating questions about licensing a real train: our probability to negotiate on acceptable conditions is very low. We have some experience in working with lawyers in this sphere and representatives of transport companies. Unfortunately, situation with patents and copyrights in sphere of transport is very complicated: areas of responsibility of employees are blurred, taking decisions lasts for a long time and finally, they are not interested in cooperation with small studios like us due to non-comparable level of companies.
We understand that many of you may be disappointed with this news, but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it now.
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