Palworld modders are taking matters into their own hands and restoring mechanics that developer Pocketpair was forced to patch out due to Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s patent lawsuit.
I know at least one of the factorio devs released a few mods of things that didn’t really fit with being in the base game but are interesting mods, like MIRVs. But that isn’t even a secret, it’s published under the same name.
Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head but every once in a while you’ll hear about restored content or various IP shenanigans getting pushed by definitely-not-the-devs on modding forums.
This is why more games should openly embrace modding.
A “we’re legally not allowed to do this gameplay mechanic” writeup and let the community unofficially provide it.
There are a couple games where it’s an open secret that the “community” modders were the devs
I know at least one of the factorio devs released a few mods of things that didn’t really fit with being in the base game but are interesting mods, like MIRVs. But that isn’t even a secret, it’s published under the same name.
Plenty of indie games on steam that have workshop support usually have a handful of mods from a dev. Usually qol stuff or just fun things to change.
That’s funny! Any particular mods I should look for?
Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head but every once in a while you’ll hear about restored content or various IP shenanigans getting pushed by definitely-not-the-devs on modding forums.
Pes has relied on players to recreate real teams they don’t have licensing for for years