Bleak Faith devs rebuff allegations of using animations from Elden Ring
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Bleak Faith: Forsaken developer Archangel Studios has rejected accusations of stealing Elden Ring animations.
The allegations emerged after a Dark Souls modder using the name Meowmaritus posted a side-by-side comparison between Bleak Faith and FromSoftware's 2022 hit RPG.
Meowmaritus is behind DS Anim Studio, a modding tool that mimics animations from Souls games, among others. However, they said that they don't condone using the software for commercial use.
An Archangel Studios developer responded to the allegations on Bleak Faith's Discord channel, explaining that the animations were purchased on the Epic Marketplace.
They said in part, "We've always been transparent about using the Epic Marketplace for animations that are good and fit our theme (the rest I made – we just needed more variety and I'm not an animator by trade, I had to learn for this game)..."
Additionally, the developer said that they've submitted a ticket to Epic Game's customer service regarding the allegations "as a sign of good faith."
The Archangel Studios team member also addressed concerns regarding the validity of the Epic Marketplace's seller and what it will be doing going forward.
"Regardless of the legal situation, even if it all turns out to be fine and nobody has a problem, and this seller is a legit person/s (which all of the customers were lead to believe by the seller existing on the store for so long and many creators using their work) - I still will spend my time going forward working on alternatives."
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