Indy Dev Calls Zynga Out Over Plagiarism
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Well if you want to get into semantics I am a fan of Yoot Tower myself. Its named after Yoot Saito the designer for SimTower and is basically the post-Maxis direct sequel to his first game.
What do you know? That game was ported it iOS aswell.
Not as stylized as other Tower games but the OG certainly has its appeal. Since it is borne from an Elevator Simulation program its stressed vertical logistics a lot more than others.
What do you know? That game was ported it iOS aswell.
Not as stylized as other Tower games but the OG certainly has its appeal. Since it is borne from an Elevator Simulation program its stressed vertical logistics a lot more than others.
Sim Tower is a deeper simulation game than tiny tower, the only thing similar about the two is the genre, Tower Sim, Zynga however has copied all elements of the Tiny Tower game. Tweaking the graphics and maintaining the gameplay.
An updated sim tower would be cool.
An updated sim tower would be cool.
except that Infiniminer disappeared into public domain and was abandoned(not to mention Notch basically remade the game and SERIOUSLY revamped it) and Crush the Castle was a flash game, wich was not exploited economically, not to mention that Angry Birds while adopting the same ish gameplay, put incredible difference in the narrative tone and graphics of the game. the only problem in games is when two games are incredibly similar, both in tone and in gameplay, and are in the same competing market, in this case mobile gaming. this is because to avoid rip offs damaging the produce coming from the original piece. a game by Zinga is far more advertised than this lil Tiny Tower, and seeing as they are so similar, selling Zingas game will affect Tiny Towers sales.XMark said:
TLDR this is very bad and suable i believe because this particular rip off will damage the original one financially.
this is of course, my amateur opinion. dont take it for fact.
that being said, i still dont think itll be suable. rip off is VERY well accepted, and almost always never leads anywhere.
This.Eric the Orange said:
And judging by the fact that in no news post about this is there any mention of Nimblebit suing Zynga and by the fact that they released that picture (if they were planning legal proceedings one would imagine they would have just kept mum) I would say there's no chance that Zynga will be held accountable on a judicial level. Not instigated by just Nimblebit anyway, for the above reasons.
Embarrassing Zynga publicly seems to have been their only feasible recourse and an entertaining one at that.
hahah ah thanks, i do remember the show...oddly i remember his quotes and voice more than actually what he looked like, but definitely lul'd about it once i realized who it was.The_root_of_all_evil said:gmaverick019 said:When you're less well known than Pedobear (does he have the Brit. Spelling as well?), then you really have to question whether your show made an impact.vansau said:
Nice. It's high time that a consortium of small developers pooled their legal resources to kick this fucking anal parasite into the dust. If not, then bad pubicity may sway a sufficient amount of Zynga's customers.
Is it just me or is Zynga just plain terrible at at least copying things well? The art style in their game is such an ugly, unreadable mess in those pictures that I think it qualifies as being almost as offensive as their general lack of talent and originality.Psychemaster said:
Its more of a case of just stealing THE ENTIRE EXACT CODING AND GAME, but adding a different cheesy texture pack to it. Alot of developers gain ideas from previous similar generations of games, but the moron running Zynga is just blatantly stealing games.viper3 said:
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OT: I hope this goes public and helps sread the word of Zynga's BS to their fanbase. Something needs to happen to knock Zynga off it ledge as a popular game "developer."
Oh give me a break. This is nothing but underdog syndrome and indie worship.
Where's your Medal of Honour copied Modern Warfare article?
Where's your World of Warcraft copied Everquest article?
Where's your League of Legends copied Defense of the Ancients article?
Where's your every first-person shooter since Doom copied Doom article?
Where's your every game ever copied every other game ever article?
(I'm not saying I agree with any of these statements, but two games looking and playing the same is hardly anything of a revelation and don't act like this case matters.)
One company saw there was a market for a type of game and they made a product to compete in said market. This is how every industry works and if you want to go around taking shots at Zynga, you will also have to take them at everyone else, lest you be biased or uncertain of your own standpoint.
Where's your Medal of Honour copied Modern Warfare article?
Where's your World of Warcraft copied Everquest article?
Where's your League of Legends copied Defense of the Ancients article?
Where's your every first-person shooter since Doom copied Doom article?
Where's your every game ever copied every other game ever article?
(I'm not saying I agree with any of these statements, but two games looking and playing the same is hardly anything of a revelation and don't act like this case matters.)
One company saw there was a market for a type of game and they made a product to compete in said market. This is how every industry works and if you want to go around taking shots at Zynga, you will also have to take them at everyone else, lest you be biased or uncertain of your own standpoint.
Hold up, you should have quit while you were ahead. Medal of honour is much older then the entire call of duty. If anything that should be reversed. It would be much more correct to say modern warfare copied halo because halo was the first hit game with regeneration and two weapon slot mechanics. your also evading the point, what your taking about is taking game mechanics from other games but also changing important things such as story. This article is alluding to the fact that this is the same exact game in everyway except graphics.Grey Day for Elcia said: