Grizzy Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 So as I am creating this design docket for my coder, one thing I am striving for is uniqueness in my classes. Some things I've noticed are very similar to LOZ… Small example would be the warrior has a rage spell where if someone is casting a spell at them they can swing in defense and send a spell back at the casting mage... Which is something that can be done in many Legend of Zelda games.. So my question is do you think small things like that, if I make them unique enough to be my own, is something I should worry about with copyright issues and such? Just curious on some other people's opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daneta Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 as long as it has nothing to do with LoZ such as story, characters and such then u should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonello Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 As long as it doesn't look like it, doesn't have the same story, and doesn't have the same characters or names you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnGod Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 yes there is copyright problem.also you need to avoid using the following in your game as they have been used in other game2. health potion3. health points4. magic points5. experience points6. points7. swinging sword hurts monstor Im going to be using magic in my game so dont use it in yours or il copyright you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 > trololol -snip-Lmao, those are generalized things. Thats like saying you can't have a cat in your game because a cat exists in other games. Not true, they care about copyright when its something significant, such as Pokemon Cyrus Online which was literally the Pokemon series with his own twist of mapping, and online, where he literally took someone elses entire idea and made it online. Thats copyright. Taking bits and pieces from what you've experienced in games is not copyright. Many game developers often use ideas from other games to stem and branch off into their own, better, and more resourceful ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaXtc Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Spell deflection/reflection has been used in thousands of games. As long as you don't use actual property or assets of another company, you can use the behavior as you please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris6310 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 > Lmao, those are generalized things. Thats like saying you can't have a cat in your game because a cat exists in other games. Not true, they care about copyright when its something significant, such as Pokemon Cyrus Online which was literally the Pokemon series with his own twist of mapping, and online, where he literally took someone elses entire idea and made it online. Thats copyright. Taking bits and pieces from what you've experienced in games is not copyright. Many game developers often use ideas from other games to stem and branch off into their own, better, and more resourceful ideas.He's joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 > He's joking.I know this, hence the trololol -snip-, however I didn't want Grizzy thinking he was actually serious..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnGod Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 OO> He's joking.He knew I was joking, you got trolled by the trolling on my trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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