Slay the Spire devs should know about this.

[Zero]

Its a mobile rip off of Slay the spire. I would say its a almost 1 to 1 clone even down the individual cards being the exact same. They dident even try they just ripped off Slay The Spire.

I understand when games use simular mechanics. But this game is over the top, its way to simular. All the cards and relics are exactly the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrHoRejB3M

[MrBarskih]

STS is that u?

[空.明]

Originally posted by Zero:

Its a mobile rip off of Slay the spire. I would say its a almost 1 to 1 clone even down the individual cards being the exact same. They dident even try they just ripped off Slay The Spire.

I understand when games use simular mechanics. But this game is over the top, its way to simular. All the cards and relics are exactly the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrHoRejB3M

damn.... that actually looks BETTER than the current PC STS!

[Bishop]

From the video it does not use any of this game assets directly, so what's the problem?

[Zero]

They may not use game assets but they are copying the IP of sts.

[johnruby80]

I prefer StS artistic style. This one looks a little bit too distracting.

[Kamamura]

If they renamed everything and created their own gfx and sounds, nobody will be able to sue.

I even like their graphical assets better, sure, they are pretty mediocre, but Slay the Spire is actively, deliberately ugly.

[Nixmachine]

I like (or in other words, feel disgusted) how the potions and cards have the exact same effects lul

[johnruby80]

Originally posted by Kamamura:

If they renamed everything and created their own gfx and sounds, nobody will be able to sue.

I even like their graphical assets better, sure, they are pretty mediocre, but Slay the Spire is actively, deliberately ugly.

That's unfortunate ;-( The reason I would notice StS in the first place is its artistic style. I think its cute, unique and intriguing.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Kamamura:

If they renamed everything and created their own gfx and sounds, nobody will be able to sue.

I even like their graphical assets better, sure, they are pretty mediocre, but Slay the Spire is actively, deliberately ugly.

They dident rename everything, and they did a 1 to 1 copy of the intelectual property. Its takes a lot of time to develop a good set of cards and the synergy they use. They just stole all that form sts.

I bet sts devs would have a good case to file with Google Play.

"Google Play takes copyright seriously. We take swift action when we receive a DMCA complaint, which the copyright holder can complete here. Additionally, we’re constantly improving our systems to provide a better experience."

https://youtu.be/pg_sxSql1dk

[Craven7]

Originally posted by Kamamura:

If they renamed everything and created their own gfx and sounds, nobody will be able to sue.

I even like their graphical assets better, sure, they are pretty mediocre, but Slay the Spire is actively, deliberately ugly.

Your post needs a nice big "IMHO" at the end of it.

[Zu]

They've known about this and other ripoffs for a while. It's sorta common on the mobile market.

[Timbermaw]

Yeah they have been fighting against these things but there's always another one popping up

[stel]

good thing sts is a commercial success. im only mad when the ripoff outsells the original and the inventors stay broke

[Kamamura]

Originally posted by 𝕮𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓7:

Originally posted by Kamamura:

If they renamed everything and created their own gfx and sounds, nobody will be able to sue.

I even like their graphical assets better, sure, they are pretty mediocre, but Slay the Spire is actively, deliberately ugly.

Your post needs a nice big "IMHO" at the end of it.

Dear sir, any contributions to discussion forums like this contain solely subjective opinions and assessments of the individual contributors, so it's a waste of time and space to write IMHO everywhere. If you are incapable of understanding and accepting this simple fact, perhaps you should not be roaming the wild interwebs alone, unsupervised.

To clarify the many misconceptions of this thread - I was actually beta testing an indie game from the Space Hulk universe when the Cease and Desist letter arrived from the Games Workshop, so I know exactly what they did to avoid any potential problems with the law. They renamed everything - Space Marines became Astro Troopers, Gene Stealers became generic Aliens, etc., they remade all the sprites that were recognizable as elements of the Warhammer universe... and they did not touch the rules and game mechanics at all. And it was enough.

The thing is, Intellectual Property does not automatically protect everything your brain spews out via some form of output. It protects unique artistic expressions - that means songs, melodies, pictures, sprites, game visual art, etc. , it protects new GMO plants, it protects industrial designs that are not purely utilitarian, and it protects patents, trade secrets, trade marks, etc.

It DOES NOT, however, protect information itself by default, so if you create a ruleset for a game, or recipe for a bread, and unless you register it as a patent or trade secret, you are not protected. That's why there are so many clones of games like Civilization, Colonization, Master of Orion, Transport Tycoon, etc, that play exactly like the originals, but don't contain any original code, graphics nor sound, and they are allowed to exist - because game mechanics and rulesets are NOT protected by copyright law.

If in doubt, consult your lawyers.