Comment on A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks agoCopyright infringement, trademark infringement, and patent infringement are all very different.
Comment on A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks agoCopyright infringement, trademark infringement, and patent infringement are all very different.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Cool, but the difference doesn’t matter for this context, the result is the same
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
The difference does matter. Two copyrighted games can have similar mechanics. Just look at literally any pair of games in the same genre. First person shooting isn’t patented, so anybody can make an FPS game. They patented the nemesis system. Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War are copyrighted.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Cool. The result is the same
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s a common misconception. It’s not a big deal. Why are you being so defensive about me correcting it?