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Post by the panopticountolaf on Jun 30, 2022 7:48:46 GMT -5
I did tear up when I saw my name in your pitch! It was so kind of you guys 😭 not to gang up on the lad, but re: semblance, yeah, VFDBound is an Earthbound clone — but it’s a really really good EarthBound clone! Copying another game is absolutely fine if you do a good job of it/incorporate your own work, which Team 1 absolutely did.
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Post by bryan on Jun 30, 2022 15:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by Black Bert on Jul 7, 2022 10:39:02 GMT -5
As an indie game dev and someone who has specifically tried (and failed) to make a 667 RPG, I found this thread immensely entertaining. Team 1's pitch did a really good job of outlining the game idea and the pitch itself was really solid, but... Certainly. I also commend our approach instead of taking an already popular video game series. For this reason, Team CV won it in my mind by a country mile. Absolutely no reason whatsoever to piggyback off of a popular Nintendo IP and it ruins the entire thing. If you change the name, absolutely nothing changes about the game. This was a poor decision. Have fun with your DMCA request, Nintendo is incredibly fond of them. Team CV's game, while less detailed, is well thought out and original. EDIT: Also, Earthbound already has a sequel; it's the second game in the Mother series.
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Post by bryan on Jul 8, 2022 16:25:31 GMT -5
yeah we were already v in the weeds of the task but Mother 3 is great and I want a fan gba cartridge of it in english very bad. anyway copyrighted content has actually been an internal topic of discussion within my teams. aka, does it matter. the one time I abided by totally original content we won by default so it didn't come into play at all. thankfully we are nowhere near market so there's uh time to tweak and avoid lawsuits lol
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Post by Black Bert on Jul 9, 2022 10:23:05 GMT -5
yeah we were already v in the weeds of the task but Mother 3 is great and I want a fan gba cartridge of it in english very bad. I'm assuming you already know this since you're a fan, but they're not very expensive if you don't mind waiting a month or four for it to come from China. anyway copyrighted content has actually been an internal topic of discussion within my teams. aka, does it matter. the one time I abided by totally original content we won by default so it didn't come into play at all. thankfully we are nowhere near market so there's uh time to tweak and avoid lawsuits lol It would be an automatic DQ from me (though I think copyrighted artwork is fine as a placeholder, especially since this isn't... you know, a real thing). I'm in no way important though, just a random dude with a weird stick up his ass about copyright infringement after an unpleasant experience with Funimation. I really enjoyed the presentation overall and it was a neat idea, but the fact that it was labeled as a Mother game grinded my gears for slightly irrational reasons that I am incapable of explaining.
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Post by Esmé's meme is meh on Jul 9, 2022 11:50:43 GMT -5
Copyright when we talk about million dollar companies is the stupidest thing ever. There, I said it. Sue me.
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Post by the panopticountolaf on Jul 9, 2022 12:35:13 GMT -5
yeah we were already v in the weeds of the task but Mother 3 is great and I want a fan gba cartridge of it in english very bad. I'm assuming you already know this since you're a fan, but they're not very expensive if you don't mind waiting a month or four for it to come from China. anyway copyrighted content has actually been an internal topic of discussion within my teams. aka, does it matter. the one time I abided by totally original content we won by default so it didn't come into play at all. thankfully we are nowhere near market so there's uh time to tweak and avoid lawsuits lol It would be an automatic DQ from me (though I think copyrighted artwork is fine as a placeholder, especially since this isn't... you know, a real thing). I'm in no way important though, just a random dude with a weird stick up his ass about copyright infringement after an unpleasant experience with Funimation. I really enjoyed the presentation overall and it was a neat idea, but the fact that it was labeled as a Mother game grinded my gears for slightly irrational reasons that I am incapable of explaining. yeah, but with a simple artstyle and name change it would have been fine. ig why you're concerned about this (and potato funimation man) but respectfully i hardly think this is enough of a reason to throw out the whole project. i think i'm turning into bear this sounds so serious 😳
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Post by bryan on Jul 10, 2022 2:56:24 GMT -5
yeah we were already v in the weeds of the task but Mother 3 is great and I want a fan gba cartridge of it in english very bad. I'm assuming you already know this since you're a fan, but they're not very expensive if you don't mind waiting a month or four for it to come from China. oh actually I did not know they were this cheap tbh haha, I thought they were rare for some reason so I never really looked. well I appreciate the heads up
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