So recently I was checking my LinkedIn late in the evening, which I hadn’t done in a long time. I saw a post by someone I met 5 years ago, in 2021. He was my old boss/supervisor at my first ever internship. It was a tiny little game company of 2 recent graduates of Breda University of Applied Sciences. I spent a semester there making many game prototypes, and eventually released two: Klackerballs (also called Boom Bounce) and Simon Stacks.
These games were once on the App store and Google Play, but since a few years back they got removed. Likely because of the new rules on Google Play forcing developers to remain active, or else risk being deleted. I assume that’s what happened, because they hadn’t released anything new after I left.
They dissolved their company (and thus my game with it) and went on to chase the blockchain wave instead. Now in 2026 it seems one of those old bosses has moved on to the next big fish: Churning out vibe-coded slop apps!
One of his many new projects included a game. One that looked a little… familiar. A game called “Klack: Bounce & Dodge”
Here is that game I made 5 years ago, for reference:
Could you consider this a ripoff? I’m pretty sure this is perfectly in his right to do. The old game was made for his company after all, and it’s not like the game even exists anymore in any meaningful way. This just feels… weird. Like, did you really have no other ideas? Couldn’t think of anything better than the game your intern made 5 years ago? It’s almost insulting. Like, at least slop together something unique, I would’ve just not cared instead.
But whatever, I guess.
I hope my future blogs are a bit more normal than this one.
