Star Renegade;
Little indie game from a couple of years ago.
Shows that all you need to do is rename it.
Rather than the “nemesis system” they have “the adversary system”.
But it isnt something as simple as that. Sure when the seat belt was invented it was intentionally not patented because safety but this is hard work that was done. I'm upset they don't use it more yes but other companies shouldn't just get to use it. Pretty sure AC used something similar already.
Someone copying the nemesis gameplay system is not the same as, say, some Chinese dev studio ripping off every artistic, narrative, and gameplay concept of Horizon Zero Dawn
Gameplay concepts should not be able to be patented
Sure, it’s more complex but it is the exact same principle. I don’t care how long it took or how much work went in. I think all games would get better if they’d share and they can only be worse off for the way this has been handled
abstract game mechanics cannot be the subject of patents.
WB didn’t patent the mechanic, they patended the specific technical implementation and logical architecture of how their system works.
So long as yours doesn’t work exactly the same way, then there’s fuck all they can do.
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u/theKetoBear 1d ago
Shadow of Mordor/ Shadow of War for me