That was a reference to GDT, when the game tells you that some ‘devoted fans’ made a free game using assets from your own game but aren’t making a profit, and asks you what do you want to do…
Side note: A joke is like a frog: if you dissect it, you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process.
While yes, it does look similar, but there was a more, direct rip-off before it was taken down. UnOfficial Game Dev Tycoon Mobile, by some Chinese company.