DMCA's Sky
{{Short description|2016 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = DMCA's Sky
| image = File:DMCAsSky-title.png
| developer = ASMB Games
| engine = Unity
| platforms = Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
| released = {{Video game release|WW|30 August 2016}} {{small|(as No Mario's Sky)}}
{{Video game release|WW|5 September 2016 {{small|(as DMCA's Sky)}}}}
| genre = Action-adventure
| modes = Single-player
| series = Mario (unofficial)
| alt =
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DMCA's Sky (originally released as No Mario's Sky) is a 2016 open world platform game developed by ASMB Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. As No Mario's Sky, it was a fangame of both Super Mario Bros. and No Man's Sky.{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Adi |date=30 August 2016 |title=No Mario's Sky is the inevitable child of Super Mario Bros. and No Man's Sky |work=The Verge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/30/12709270/no-mans-sky-super-mario-bros-procedurally-generated-mashup |accessdate=6 September 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Kamen |first1=Matt |date=30 August 2016 |title=Mario meets No Man's Sky in this fiendishly fun fan-made game |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/play-no-marios-sky-game |accessdate=6 September 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Kain |first1=Erik |date=31 August 2016 |title='No Mario's Sky' Is Exactly As Great As It Sounds |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/08/31/no-marios-sky-is-exactly-as-great-as-it-sounds/ |accessdate=6 September 2016}}
Gameplay
DMCA's Sky combines gameplay elements of side-scrolling platform games like Super Mario Bros. and open world space exploration games like No Man's Sky. The player controls an astronaut named Finn who uses a futuristic spacecraft to travel between procedurally generated planets.{{Cite web |title=DMCA's Sky by ASMB Games |url=https://asmb.itch.io/dmcas-sky |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=itch.io |language=en}} Gameplay primarily takes place on these planets, where Finn can run, jump, and find collectibles in a similar fashion to the Super Mario series.
Development
In August 2016, soon after the release of No Man's Sky, No Mario's Sky was created by ASMB Games, a team based in Australia, for Ludum Dare 36 in 72 hours. The team consisted of Alex McDonald (art and sound director), Sam Izzo, Max Cahill, and Ben Porter.{{cite news|last1=McMinn|first1=Kevin|title=No Mario's Sky Team Responds to Takedown Notice With DMCA's Sky|url=http://nintendonews.com/news/general/no-marios-sky-takedown-notice-dmcas-sky/|accessdate=13 June 2017|work=Nintendo News|date=5 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Prabhu|first1=Vijay|title=In protest against Nintendo's legal threats, developers rename the game "No Mario's Sky" to 'DMCA's Sky'|url=https://www.techworm.net/2016/09/protest-nintendos-legal-threats-developers-rename-game-no-marios-sky-dmcas-sky.html|accessdate=13 June 2017|work=TechWorm|date=6 September 2016}}
= DMCA removal and re-release =
Nintendo sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice to Itch.io on 4 September 2016, requesting that No Mario's Sky be removed due to it infringing "Nintendo's copyrights in its Super Mario video game franchise, including but not limited to the audiovisual work, images, and fictional character depictions".{{Citation|url=https://itch.io/takedowns/82746|title=Takedown notice for 'No Mario's Sky'|last=Sniffen|first=Brian|work=Itch.io|date=4 September 2016|access-date=1 July 2021}} In response, the official page for No Mario's Sky was updated to indicate that the game was no longer available, and the downloads for the game were replaced with a link to the DMCA notice.{{Citation|author=ASMB Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904035528/https://asmb.itch.io/no-marios-sky|url=https://asmb.itch.io/no-marios-sky|url-status=live|title=No Mario's Sky by ASMB Games|work=Itch.io|archive-date=4 September 2016|access-date=1 July 2021}} On 5 September, the game was re-released as DMCA's Sky, with all in-game elements and terms that directly referenced Super Mario replaced with non-copyrighted counterparts.{{cite news|last1=Donnelly|first1=Joe|title=No Mario's Sky parody game blocked by Nintendo lawyers, DMCA's Sky takes its place|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/no-marios-sky-parody-game-blocked-by-nintendo-lawyers-dmcas-sky-takes-its-place/|accessdate=6 September 2016|date=5 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Alex|title=No Mario's Sky Taken Down, Replaced With DMCA's Sky|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/09/no-marios-sky-taken-down-replaced-with-dmcas-sky/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907192735/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/09/no-marios-sky-taken-down-replaced-with-dmcas-sky/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 7, 2016|accessdate=6 September 2016|date=5 September 2016}}
= ''Deep Sky'' =
ASMB Games released a prototype called Deep Sky as a spiritual successor to the game, later stating that further development had been stalled due to lack of funding.{{Cite web |title=Deepsky (Demo build) by cannonbreed, Max Cahill |url=https://cannonbreed.itch.io/deepsky |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=itch.io |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|url=https://asmb.itch.io/dmcas-sky}}
{{Unofficial Mario media}}
Category:Video games about extraterrestrial life
Category:Open-world video games
Category:Science fiction video games
Category:Video games developed in Australia
Category:Video games set on fictional planets
Category:Video games using procedural generation
Category:Unauthorized video games
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