Dimma Davidoff created the Mafia get together recreation in Russia in 1986 and says that The Traitors producers by no means reached out to him about crediting him.
The Peacock competitors collection relies on the Dutch collection De Verraders, which splits its contestants into two teams: The Devoted and the Traitors. At the start of the season, host Alan Cumming picks the Traitors that can pit the Devoted towards one another by murdering them one after the other whereas attempting to stay undercover. The Devoted try and uncover the Traitors in a roundtable the place they vote one another out and banish them from the sport.
On the finish of the sport, if there are Traitors left within the recreation, they’ll break up the cash between them. If there aren’t any Traitors left, the cash is break up among the many Devoted.
Mafia, also called Werewolf, follows the same construction, however the gamers are break up into the Mafia and the Villagers.
In a brand new interview with Vulture, Davidoff mentioned he lastly watched an episode of The Traitors forward of his interview.
“They’ve made an entertaining present, however the best way they went about it’s disappointing,” he mentioned.
Davidoff claims producers didn’t contact him and mentioned he “tried to contact them via their web site portal a while in the past however didn’t get any reply.”
“After all, they know concerning the Mafia recreation. How can they not? Should you do any type of due diligence, you see that Mafia is my recreation, beneath copyright. My e mail is correct there,” he added. “After all, video games are an advanced a part of mental property, nevertheless it doesn’t imply they don’t have worth. Recreation designers’ work deserves recognition and reward.”
Davidoff mentioned he’s combating to be acknowledged and it’s not just for himself “it’s an issue as a result of not respecting different creators is unhealthy for everybody.”
“It doesn’t assist recreation designers to create higher video games,” he mentioned. “If even a well known recreation reminiscent of Mafia might be pirated by massive organizations, and a younger recreation designer sees this, they assume, What probability do I’ve? It sends a message that every one of their work is up for grabs.”
The get together recreation creator likened himself to Boston Rob, saying that “everyone assumed I used to be superb and all the time killed me first.”
