Almighty Game Designer

Su Yuyu said: "The store manager, should we sue this company!"

Jia Peng also nodded: "Yes, the manager, send a lawyer's letter!"

Chen Mo shook his head: "It's useless."

Su Yuyu stunned: "Why? You should not be busy with the conclusion of the store manager, let us ask a lawyer to ask."

Chen Mo said: "The reference to the rules of the game is difficult to constitute plagiarism. Game plagiarism is best determined in two aspects, one is similar to art resources, and the other is the same text content of the rules document. If these two aspects are not plagiarized, then Basically, it is difficult to defend rights."

"So, even if you send them a lawyer's letter, most of them will be thrown into the trash."

Su Yuyu said with some dissatisfaction: "But this game is too much like "Plants vs. Zombies", as long as it is clear-eyed, you can see it!"

Chen Mo calmly said: "But this is not enough to convict them."

Su Yuyu is a bit raging, but there is no way to refute it.

In fact, after crossing the parallel world, Chen Mo has done some research on the game industry in this world, especially about the "game plagiarism", and also rummaged through several cases.

Similar to previous life, the parallel world determines that game plagiarism is mainly two aspects, one is art resources, music sound effects, text content, etc., and the other is the basic rules of the game, which is roughly equivalent to the previous source code.

These two aspects are best to determine plagiarism, as long as it is tangible evidence, one is accurate.

However, it is difficult to determine whether plagiarism is the most critical part of the "gameplay".

In the past life, the famous board game "Three Kingdoms Kill" once filed a lawsuit against the "Three Kingdoms" and considered that "Three Kingdoms" constitutes "plagiarizing other people's works."

However, "Three Kingdoms" argues that the work done by game designers, including the determination of design direction, design framework, design rules, is in the sense of copyright law, not the object of copyright law protection.

From the perspective of the rules of the game, "Three Kingdoms" proposed that the entire design idea of ​​"Three Kingdoms Kill" also imitated the Italian card game "bang!" and slammed it.

In the end, the incident came to an end with a grand withdrawal.

There are many examples of past lives. The “learning” and “plagiarism” incidents of the game industry are all over the place. Except for cases with sufficient evidence, most of the “plagiarism” is gone.

Of course, this is not all because the law is not perfect. A very important reason is that the boundary between plagiarism and reference is very difficult to define.

Even the predecessor's famous "Monument Valley" has the suspicion of over-learning (plagiarizing) "Unlimited Gallery."

Of course, the so-called "learning", said that the ugly point is called "plagiarism", but to say that it is good to say, "inheritance" or "tribute."

The same is true in the parallel world. Although people's sense of genuine consciousness and anti-plagiarism are much stronger, they are also easy to infringe, difficult to defend, long in litigation, difficult to prove, time cost and cost of money are high, often leading to litigants. The benefits are much lower than the cost.

Therefore, there are also some cases of "plagiarism" in the parallel world, and ultimately they are no longer.

Chen Mo roughly looked at the content of the game "Moon Wars". The art resources and music sound effects were all refurbished, leaving no shadow of "Zombies vs. Zombies".

In terms of game rules, although it is similar to Plants vs. Zombies, it is obvious that this designer is a design document rewritten from beginning to end. In many respects, it has been specially modified to consciously circumvent legal risks.

It can only be said that this flight limit mutual entertainment is probably a recidivist. It is very clear where the boundary of the law is, and it is a perfect ball.

Therefore, Chen Mo knows that if he sue, if he is definitely one-sided in public opinion, it is basically impossible to take advantage of it.

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However, this does not mean that Chen Mo is helpless, which has long been within his expectations.

Chen Mo downloaded the game and entered the "Moon Defense War" and played two levels.

"Don't worry, this game won't fire." Chen Mo said.

"Ah? Why?" Su Yuyu asked.

Chen Mo handed the phone back to Su Yuyu: "You know it when you play it yourself."

"Can't fire? Can you be sure of the store manager?" Wen Lingwei frowned.

Chang Xiuya also nodded: "Yes, the manager, the picture of this game is quite good, and it is free."

Chen Mo said with a certainty: "I am sure that the fire will not be."

Jia Peng hesitated and asked: "Then, the store manager, are we still going to brush the bad reviews?"

Chen Mo smiled: "All right, with you."

After Chen Mo finished, he turned and went to the second floor.

"The manager, don't leave, you haven't told me why this game can't fire!" Su Yuyu said.

Chen Mo turned and said: "I have to plan a new game. As for why this game can't be fired, you are now a designer. You should have a little judgment."

Chen Mo went upstairs.

Su Yuyu snorted and grinned and began to play "The Moon Defends War."

She is a bit curious, why Chen Mo will be so determined, "Moon Wars" can not fire?

Others are also very curious.

Jia Peng wondered: "The store manager seems to be full of confidence. How does he know that this game can't be fired?"

Wen Lingwei said: "It may be because of the score. You see, everyone is spontaneously boycotting this game. This word of mouth game, even if it is free, how many people will play?"

Another boy said: "I think it may be because of this charging method. The store manager did not use the advertising space to charge when he was doing Plants vs. Zombies, and he certainly had his own considerations."

Jia Peng hesitated: "So, let's go to the bad review..."

Wen Lingwei said: "Of course, come, come and brush with me, and uninstall it!"

Su Yuyu feels that everyone has a reason to say it, but always feel that Chen Mo should have other reasons.

Su Yuyu decided to play this "moon protection war".

The first level, the game guides the player to arrange the energy supply station at the lunar base, and then installs an institutional turret to defeat the Zerg who came to attack.

The second level, the emergence of new Zerg, unlock new defense facilities.

The third level is still constantly unlocking new gameplay...

Su Yuyu played in the past and played the game. When she hit the third level, she already wanted to uninstall the game.

It’s so much like “Zombies vs. Plants vs. Zombies”, so that Su Yuyu feels like she is playing the second week of the “Plants vs. Zombies” adventure mode. Many of the things that have been tired before, the Moon Warfare is still in the air. Guide her to finish.

"Weird, why the game content is very similar to "Zombies", the quality of the game is not bad, but I can't play it completely..."

Su Yuyu could not help but ponder.