I tried the constructive dialog approach with them, but they blocked me so I can't see the original post. I believe the point he was trying to make is that anyone can pick individual components and claim it's been ripped off.

I explained to him that we didn't steal his work and he blocked me. I showed him all of our references and everything.

We took inspiration from multiple sources, including your work. I understand your concerns and appreciate your talent. Our design was developed independently, tailored to our game's needs, and not simply a copy. We'd still love to collaborate with you.

I am working on my own chatbot with my own models. Using ElevenLabs voice for now but will train a voice model of my own later. I think I like the direction I'm going so far. Next up is adding the ability to switch between this conversational mode and project mode where we can code together. #AI

They rejected our game from Steam Scream Fest 3 because it wasn't horror, but our reviews, refunds reasons and tags say otherwise.