The accustomed ball amidst Korean flat Ironmace Dark And Darker Gold and Nexon can be traced aback to August 2021, aback a Nexon agent accepted as "Leader A" was bent aperture assets for a activity with the alive appellation "P3". Leader A was accursed from Nexon as a consequence, and a afterwards analysis showed that they had leaked bags of the project's files to an alien server. Anon after, associates of the P3 aggregation abdicate Nexon to accompany Ironmace in developing Aphotic and Darker alongside Leader A. Nexon contends that Aphotic and Darker has been congenital on baseborn assets from P3, which has resulted in accustomed activity and alike a badge arrest on Ironmace's studio.

An Ironmace admin declared Luci on Aphotic and Darker's Animosity server arise an attainable letter and accustomed that the aggregation wasn't acquainted they'd be authoritative the post, which declared for the association to abutment Ironmace's accustomed activity through a GoFundMe campaign. The letter said that Nexon about affairs to "bleed [Ironmace] dry" with big-ticket cloister fees and that Nexon alike declared a tutorial bang-up in its latest MMORPG "Leader of the Silver Sun - Terence" to apish the Ironmace developer. The attack acceptable upwards of $46,000 adjoin its $500,000 ambition in beneath an hour afore it was taken down.

Ironmace admin Graysun commented on the situation, acknowledging that the GoFundMe attack was launched "without approval due to a amorous affiliate of the aggregation demography affairs into his own hands." Ironmace appears to be planning addition GoFundMe in the future, as Graysun told admirers to attending out for a approaching advertisement annual how the GoFundMe will be handled. Aback Aphotic and Darker has been removed from Steam, Ironmace is activity to accept to await on crowdfunding cheapest Dark And Darker Gold if the flat is to accept any adventitious at absolute an big-ticket accustomed activity with a close as ample as Nexon, which publishes above titles like Maple Story, Mabinogi, and dozens of others.