inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago'If you can’t show your game to the world without fearing it’ll be cloned, something’s broken' says Moonlighter studio on its canceled demowww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down13
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-link'If you can’t show your game to the world without fearing it’ll be cloned, something’s broken' says Moonlighter studio on its canceled demowww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·16 hours agoYou sound like one of those people that get all angsty about some songs having the same chords in them.
minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 hours agoI’m not at all angsty about this, it just looks bad when they say you can’t copy our ‘ideas’ (also all of themwere copied).
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoI think that relies on the assumption that every tower defence game is a copy of the original; same for roguelikes and Metroidvania games. That’s a huge assumption that isn’t really true at all, IMO. There is a LOT of variety within each genre.
You sound like one of those people that get all angsty about some songs having the same chords in them.
I’m not at all angsty about this, it just looks bad when they say you can’t copy our ‘ideas’ (also all of themwere copied).
I think that relies on the assumption that every tower defence game is a copy of the original; same for roguelikes and Metroidvania games. That’s a huge assumption that isn’t really true at all, IMO. There is a LOT of variety within each genre.