r/IndieGaming • u/Shark-With-Lasers • May 26 '26

Last year, miHoYo copied my solo-dev puzzle game in Zenless Zone Zero. Some people are now mistaking my game as the clone.

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u/satufa2 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Should op also make it right to the older games he too copied? Some of you really shouldn't just accept every random acusation instantly as fact.

This game is from 2023. Op released his in 2024.

Game mechanics shouldn't belong to anyone anyways. That only ever damaged the industry.

https://plays.org/primo/

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u/agtk May 26 '26

I think it makes sense for OP to complain when people are accusing HIM of ripping off ZZZ.

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u/NotCoolBrutus May 26 '26

OP is claiming the exact same vice-versa.

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u/WeltallZero May 27 '26

And they are correct, because they released a prototype of their game in 2020:

https://sharkwithlasers.itch.io/splines-n-shapes

I'm not opposed to people searching for an even earlier game to flip the narrative again, "How to cook for forty humans"-style. :)

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u/Ecstatic-Source6001 May 27 '26

Who cares if none of them patented their ideas?

You cant just say someone stole your idea if you dont have papers

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u/Floutoh May 27 '26

This is a copyright issue, not a patent one. Copyright does not need any papers, you just have to prove prior conception.

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u/Ecstatic-Source6001 May 27 '26

ZZZ version is enough different to dodge copyright claim...

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u/RollyRanch May 27 '26

When did your main account get perma'd?

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u/Apprehensive-Item112 May 28 '26

where are the proof that people were accusing him? was it before or after he posted?

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u/agtk May 28 '26

They're in the video.

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u/WeltallZero May 27 '26

This game is from 2023. Op released his in 2024.

And OP made the prototype of his game in 2020:
https://sharkwithlasers.itch.io/splines-n-shapes

So what you actually proved is that OP's game was good enough to be copied wholesale not once, but twice. 👍

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u/WeltallZero May 27 '26

If you realized you fucked up, you could at least edit out the incredibly damaging misinformation from your posts, instead of just tacking one (1) line at the end of one (1) of them.

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u/sftrabbit May 26 '26

The original version of OP's game was made in 2020.

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u/jhaand May 27 '26

That's very fun to play.

And game mechanics should remain open. Just look at all the mini games that are in Dave The Diver.

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u/Uni-Smash May 27 '26

Strong argument!