Question to the Developer...about the game

[FU]

Does this game infringe or not on the copyright or whatever of the original ASTEROIDS game, just wondering if you needed to get any legal stuff done in order to publish this.

[geoff.nagy]

Originally posted by onwaaard:

Does this game infringe or not on the copyright or whatever of the original ASTEROIDS game, just wondering if you needed to get any legal stuff done in order to publish this.

That's an interesting question!

No legal setup of that kind was undertaken for Asteroids Millennium. While I'm not overly familiar with copyright law, my understanding is that game mechanics ideas themselves are non-copyrightable --- specific expressions of such ideas are, but the way Asteroids Millennium expresses such mechanics are obviously different from how Asteroids does.

Also, given the number of similar games on Steam containing the word "Asteroid[s]", I wasn't too worried about the name, either, and assumed it was safe to use that word in a title.

Are you planning on developing and releasing an Asteroids clone? :)

[FU]

I was just curious. I'm not a developer, just always enjoyed a well made video game.
Thank You for ASTEROIDS MILLENNIUM. It's become one of my all time favorite video games.

[geoff.nagy]

Originally posted by onwaaard:

I was just curious. I'm not a developer, just always enjoyed a well made video game.
Thank You for ASTEROIDS MILLENNIUM. It's become one of my all time favorite video games.

No worries! Thank you---I'm very glad you enjoy it so much!

[curtyuiop]

I would also like to say thanks again for the very well made game!

[geoff.nagy]

You're very welcome!

If you're interested, I have another more recent game, called Hypergate. The Steam Store page is here. I'm currently working on the 2nd big content update, which should be released in a month or two. Previews of new upcoming content can be seen on my Twitter page: https://twitter.com/geoff_nagy

[curtyuiop]

Thank you for this info!! on it...

[FU]

Thanks for the heads up!