14 DAY TRIAL // Greenheart Games is an indie developer that chose to use its most recent release, Game Dev Tycoon, to comment on the effects of piracy and try to educate those who get games via illegal means.
When the new title was launched, the team also seeded a torrent that included the same overall experience with one little twist: a message that shows how a small developer can be impacted by pirates in negative ways, driving the company out of business.
The entire experience of the team is detailed in a blog post that includes some pretty interesting reactions from those who pirated the game.
The team at Greenheart Games states, "Over 93.6% of players stole the game. We know this because our game contains some code to send anonymous-usage data to our server. Nothing unusual or harmful."