Good for Nimblebit. They deserve the respect even though Zynga's game will get more attention just because it is zynga.

Uh, I'm all for indie devs, but this looks like a rip off of Sim Tower to begin with.

Edit: Not so much a rip off as inspired by. Sim Tower is pretty old, and no where near as in depth as this.

Haha, I love a good sarcastic letter that calls people out.

That's awesome. Zynga will probably get angry for some reason, I feel. Still, that's the best way I've ever seen to deal with someone copying your game.

I bet most people who play this game won't even see this letter. And some of those who do will be confused and think Dream Heights was game of the year and tell all their friends about it.

I've noticed that the App Store is a very open market. While that poses obvious benefits for the indie developers out there, it also allows for shameless duplicates of original games. Example: Zynga totally ripping off Tiny Tower. With the multitude of games Zynga already has (and copyrighted, no less) this is just a low blow to the humble Nimblebit. Zynga just lost my respect. Not that one consumer means anything...but still.

BURN!

i lovew this letter

Why innovate when you can borrow the success from others?

I love this. Downloading Tiny Tower now. Also, mailing Zynga a box of poop.

That letter sure is a zinger.

Yeah good luck. When you've got that much money you can steal, make more, and get away with it.

It's just... ugh. That the little guys are always the ones getting stepped on rather than rewarded for their work. Screw you Zynga. Screw you.

It's a common occurrence, of course. Even Angry Birds is a clone with a new coat of paint.

It's a shame that small companies like Nimblebit can't afford to take jerks like Zynga to court.

I mean, as the article states, this is very much Zynga's style. Didn't the head guy at Zynga actually say at one point that he's all about stealing other people's ideas? I think I read that in an article here on GIO, actually.

He said something about how he doesn't see a problem stealing other people's ideas, that he's all about making money, and he doesn't see why he should care about what gamers think as long as they're paying him money. I could be way off the mark here, but I distinctly remember this article painting him in a very bad light.

The guy sounds like a Class A Douchemonger. And his philosophy obviously trickles down through his company.

Tiny Tower is the greatest game in the world. I have never been into mobile games but I cannot put this game down.

Just imagine the power of Gameloft + Zynga...

This happens too often in the games industry.

I'm LOLing as I read this over and over.  Good for Nimblebit for calling out Zynga.  I hope they keep making awesome Tiny Tower content.

now if only we could get all the same features as iOS on android. the android community needs some love too! i'm talking to you NimbleBit and/or Mobage

Good for them to take on the man! I'm glad they're not going down quietly. Zynga does this all the time and it's about time somebody stands up to them.