Game plagiarism is a very serious problem.
From the point of view of the person whose game has been copied, this can be quite painful, since the game that they worked so hard to come up with and put into shape is being imitated.
In particular, if a major company plagiarizes a game from a small or medium-sized business, it is a big threat to the original developer who came up with the idea and brought it to life. This is because, in terms of marketing costs, it could end up being more recognized by the world if it was plagiarized.
In June last year, a game very similar to the popular game “Animal Tower Battle” was released under the name of a well-known company, causing controversy.
Yesterday, June 4th, an app game released by Million Doubt called “Manga Taro Baba Tower Battle from The Little Prince” is causing controversy. “Manga☆Gataro Babata
2018-06-05 04:27
Something similar happened again.
From the popular Unmu TOKYO Kuso Game Center
Let me show you a little bit of “Poop Race”.
There will be more than 200km of poop flying around. pic.twitter.com/81hdSlhInh
— Unko Museum (@unko_museum2019)August 9, 2019
It’s safe to say that this game is very similar.
For those who can’t view Twitter embeds, here’s another gif animation just in case.
*These gif animations were created from the tweet videos above.
This was yesterday, August 9th.Tweeted by the Unko Museum’s Twitter accountIn the video,
This was yesterday, August 9th.Tweeted by the Unko Museum’s Twitter accountIn the video,
This isTweeted by developer ksym on January 15th of this year.
There is no doubt that they are very similar to each other to the point that you can call them imitations.
Mr. ksym, a game developer,
At first, I was planning to stay on the sidelines, but when I saw a tweet from someone involved in the development that said, “Tofubeats played it and said, “You should release this for home use!” The point is that by putting up a signboard, a fait accompli may be created as if the content is original content.
I was concerned about the possibility of competition for home use, so please give me a break, so I tweeted a mild warning. I thought that was the end of it, but then all the tweets from people involved in the development disappeared all at once, and then they were removed (I was originally followed, so I don’t think it would work to say “I didn’t know”).
It appears that there was no prior contact with him.
The issue of games being similar is a difficult one due to the fact that there are many similar games out there, and almost all games are based on some element of an existing game. .
In this case, Mr. ksym said,
There are many other games where things other than cars run, so I don’t see that as a problem.
He does not criticize the similarities themselves.
However, in this case, it goes beyond the level of resemblance and good points, the concept itself has been imitated, even if it is said that the running target was changed from “sushi” to “poop”. The problem is that they are unavoidably similar.
Another problem is that this is being done (or seemingly) by the major companies that operate the “Unko Museum.”
There are also tweets that the Unko Museum game production side is deleting tweets and likes.
If this is true, it is an action that calls into question its true intentions.
It may have started when people saw the original “Sushi Running” and thought, “If we did this at the Unko Museum, game fans and customers would be happy.”
Or, even if you didn’t think about it that much, you may have had a strong impression of the “Sushi Running Guy” video you saw earlier, and you may have unintentionally imitated it. That’s a bit of a difficult interpretation. Even so, some kind of explanation should be provided regarding this matter.
The issue of game copying, resemblance, inspiration, and respect is a difficult issue with ambiguous boundaries. However, it is not good at all to lean on difficult issues to the detriment of the interests and feelings of the initiators.
I look forward to the sincere response from the Unko Museum.
Added on August 10, 2019 22:20
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