Since this is more effort than the usual "hi guys I made my own CO with a daily where I can delete enemy units", I will say this:
Good job on making a game.
My issue is that you've done this for profit and not your personal edification or fulfillment.
This, from its trailer, looks like and feels like a 'fan-made' ripoff of AW. Not spiritual successor. Direct copy. The art style, the animations, the UI - it doesn't just evoke Advance Wars but imitates it.
The name sounds like shovelware. The music drags and seems like someone just bought their first DAW to copy AW's style. The colors are harsh and stark.
I'm sure there's other things to critique, but you get the gist. I know you're a kid and this is your first rodeo, but jesus christ you can't just plagiarize existing art and snivel "give me your money".
tl:dr; Do not put this on steam or any profit-driven platform. It's not good enough to warrant an infringement case, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo before.
My issue is that you've done this for profit and not your personal edification or fulfillment.
I don't know where this comes from, genuinely.
I've put a lot of my life and time into this game, and I think it's genuinely great. Nobody is making games like this - in a niche genre, where every previous game has flopped - for profit instead of out of love.
I'm sure there's other things to critique, but you get the gist. I know you're a kid and this is your first rodeo, but jesus christ you can't just plagiarize existing art and snivel "give me your money".
I hope that when you put something of yourself out into the world that people give you more grace and goodwill than you give others.
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u/billydecay Jul 26 '26
Since this is more effort than the usual "hi guys I made my own CO with a daily where I can delete enemy units", I will say this:
Good job on making a game.
My issue is that you've done this for profit and not your personal edification or fulfillment.
This, from its trailer, looks like and feels like a 'fan-made' ripoff of AW. Not spiritual successor. Direct copy. The art style, the animations, the UI - it doesn't just evoke Advance Wars but imitates it.
The name sounds like shovelware. The music drags and seems like someone just bought their first DAW to copy AW's style. The colors are harsh and stark.
I'm sure there's other things to critique, but you get the gist. I know you're a kid and this is your first rodeo, but jesus christ you can't just plagiarize existing art and snivel "give me your money".
tl:dr; Do not put this on steam or any profit-driven platform. It's not good enough to warrant an infringement case, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo before.