here come the first copy pasta games

[IchigoMait]

Sexy Mystic Survivors
go find it yourself, because people get offended because they don't like to know that people are already making lookalike games

[TerrestrialXtra]

I just want to know if it's really sexy.

[Vexblackheart]

Nothing about Vampire Survivor is original. From its early assets to the game-play loop, 100% is copied from other games. Look up the mobile game "Magic Survival". It's exactly the same and was out for at least a year before "Vampire Survival".
And it probably wasn't the first either.
The brain-dead people here defending this copy/paste game as "original" makes me weep for humanity.

[Keter]

Escrito originalmente por Vexblackheart:

Nothing about Vampire Survivor is original. From its early assets to the game-play loop, 100% is copied from other games. Look up the mobile game "Magic Survival". It's exactly the same and was out for at least a year before "Vampire Survival".
And it probably wasn't the first either.
The brain-dead people here defending this copy/paste game as "original" makes me weep for humanity.

Were you the one braindead flopping on a issue so hard it got banned cuz you just kept saying the same thing and over again? lol

[Chromeshellking]

Escrito originalmente por TerrestrialXtra:

I just want to know if it's really sexy.

So from the near eagle eye vantage you do not seem to see any jiggle physics so my gut is going with no.

[Vexblackheart]

Escrito originalmente por Keter:

Were you the one braindead flopping on a issue so hard it got banned cuz you just kept saying the same thing and over again? lol

Nope. The Dev locked the thread because they can't handle being called out for "Purchasing" ripped sprites. :D

1:1 Copy = https://i.imgur.com/Z6quG3l.jpg

The facts are indisputable, but hey, I get you gotta whiteknight for this copy/pasta game. You do you, bro.

[Caz]

If you're saying games similar to this are "copy pasta", then I've got some bad news for you....
https://youtu.be/aOVA2Axxfdk

[KellyR]

Escrito originalmente por Caz:

If you're saying games similar to this are "copy pasta", then I've got some bad news for you....
https://youtu.be/aOVA2Axxfdk

There's a difference between "Twin stick shooter" which is what Robotron was, and "one stick shooter where your character auto-fires that has 30 minute timed runs and persistent upgrades and unlocks", which is what all these clones are.

That said, it's just a new genre is all.

[Caz]

Escrito originalmente por KellyR:

Escrito originalmente por Caz:

If you're saying games similar to this are "copy pasta", then I've got some bad news for you....
https://youtu.be/aOVA2Axxfdk

There's a difference between "Twin stick shooter" which is what Robotron was, and "one stick shooter where your character auto-fires that has 30 minute timed runs and persistent upgrades and unlocks", which is what all these clones are.

That said, it's just a new genre is all.

It's still the same genre.

[SillieBillie~]

When the first bullet point of said game in the first post is:

• Vampire Survivors with sexy anime waifus, high-quality 3D graphics, and eye-candy VFX!

I get the whole doing it because the other games did whilst making it your own hence why we got things like Doom, Unreal etc but don't literally shoot yourself in the foot with "Yeah it's the same but waifus"
10 Mins till dawn is quite good also ngl.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

It's the nature of the industry.

Infiniminer gave us Minecraft. Doom clones spawned a lot of fondly remembered games, and eventually inspired new sub-genres. Virtually every beloved game took mechanical or other inspiration from something that came before it. If a clone is blatant enough of course, then there are avenues of recourse available to creators. But beyond that, it's just how it's always been. And proving a work is derivative can be challenging.

This is why we have IP, patent, and trademark laws to protect likenesses, unique ideas, etc. but rarely any enforceable means of protecting genres or broad, amorphous concepts. No one really owns a genre (thankfully, so far) and the problem is, games that are distinct feeling tend to end up creating genres. (Such as the Battle Royale online shooter sub-genre you alluded to by referencing PUBG.)

This has always been the way of things. The particularly blatant or low quality clones will get largely overlooked (or if they infringe on IP will get taken out if a creator has the means to do so,) whereas those that add something people find compelling or - more often - an innovation that is transformative to the design, will spawn further sub-genres. Think of it as generational evolution, or a family tree.

Though, some companies have begun trying (and succeeding) to patent game design systems (notably Warner Bros. with the Mordor series' Nemesis system) which I suspect may cause problems somewhere down the road.

[Mharr]

Escrito originalmente por SnowMew~:

don't literally shoot yourself in the foot with "Yeah it's the same but waifus"

Honestly I can't see that doing them any harm. Have you *seen* the Steam new releases list recently?

[SillieBillie~]

Escrito originalmente por Mharr:

Honestly I can't see that doing them any harm. Have you *seen* the Steam new releases list recently?

I look at it all the time when I need a reminder that Valve opening the floodgates was a bad idea.

[Raelic]

Until they prove they can keep up with the patch cycle of this Dev, I think they're missing the most important component.

[Deathraven13]

Escrito originalmente por IchigoMait:

Sexy Mystic Survivors
go find it yourself, because people get offended because they don't like to know that people are already making lookalike games

I see no problems here, they've bought assets like Vampire Survivor did apparently and it even have "a plot" it seems, so it's not a clone especialy since that one contain adult stuff and look way better than VS.

[catromaji]

I tried the demo for this game, and it's bad. Maybe the final version will be better, but it was slow, clunky, glitchy, and just not very fun.