Steam devs faced potential bankruptcy after being scammed for Maya license

The Scholastics, the indie studio behind Wigmund, bought two Autodesk Maya licenses on eMag that later turned out to be counterfeit.

Autodesk found the serial numbers were invalid and tied to another account, then fined the studio €14,742 to avoid legal action.

The studio said the penalty was far above its yearly software budget and nearly pushed it toward bankruptcy.

After sharing the story online, the studio received community support and some of the losses were offset by increased interest in Wigmund.