Dear Alchemists,
We would like to share some information about why Alchemy Factory was removed from Steam.
On December 13th, some players noticed that some music we added in Alchemy Factory Early Access version bore significant similarities to music from Jagex's RuneScape. Upon observing this feedback, we took immediate action. At 8:14 PM Pacific Time on December 13th, we removed the infringing content, which was provided by a third artist, in Build 21179267, and issued an apology to Jagex and affected players via Reddit.
However, due to major update v0.4.1.3754 pushed last weekend that caused game crashes and save file losses, our 3-person development team was entirely focused on emergency fixes. This prevented us from promptly checking and replying the DMCA copyright complaint email sent by Valve on Friday evening, ultimately resulting in Alchemy Factory being removed from Steam this morning.
We are deeply sorry for using the wrong music. As this is our first indie game, this incident has made us aware of the importance of copyright compliance in game development. We would like to once again apologize to Jagex and all affected players. We invite your continued oversight, and we will learn from this incident, more focus on copyright compliance to provide a better gaming experience for everyone.
Currently, we are actively in touch with Valve to relist Alchemy Factory. If you have already purchased the game, you can continue playing.
Gamirror Games & D5 Copperhead