[casual_games] Copycats -- What Can Be Done?

[Gabriel Gambetta]

El sáb, 29-04-2006 a las 16:35 -0400, Peter Nicolai escribió:
> Diner Dash was not patterned after Betty's Beer Bar.  If anything we
> were relieved that the games were as different as they were, and so
> could (hopefully) coexist happily.  [...]  They're all about serving
> customers/waiting on tables.  Beyond that though, they all obviously
> have different gameplay features and therefore aren't clones.

Exactly. Adding and improving upon a successful idea is how most games
(and other inventions) are made, it would be ridiculous to expect that
every game created a new genre. I agree that the main problem is the
direct copies, reskinnings of successful games, and I'm aware you've
suffered a lot from these kinds of games lately.

	--Gabriel


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