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What makes a game a rip-off? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk
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I'm not a game developer but if I were to make a game, the only ideas that come to mind seem to be "I'm gonna remake my favorite game but change these things I didn't like about it!" but I heard that's a bad idea usually.

I'm wondering how much change, and to which aspects (gameplay, mechanics, theme, etc), do you think is needed to make a game inspired by something instead of a rip-off?

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Right, therefore the looks and theme should be massively different (like sci-fi when the original was medieval, etc.).

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