I still say it's a bunch of krap that you have to change your game to make someone who hasn't clue about audio games happy. if it were me I would refuse.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement > Hi Dark, > Actually, their Montezuma's Return game was a full fledged 3D FPS > shooter. The character was a guy, and the story was quite a lot > different. Never-the-less I agreed to remove the name from my game, > which they were cool with, and I am going to modify the levels some so > they aren't exactly clones of Montezuma's Revenge. > > > Dark wrote: >> Hi tom. >> >> well, I hope they see reason, ---- especially if their game is >> significantly >> different. >> >> Even if it isn't though, unless they have a main character with the same >> name (highly unlikely), I don't think you should change anything more >> than >> the name if necessary for the reasons I mentioned. >> >> Besides, as far as I understand game copyrights, it's the source code and >> graphics that are copywrited along with the name, not the concept. >> >> I remember reading on one site that you could quite happily create a >> clone >> of a game with the same concept, game elements and even similar graphics >> and >> sound so long as you did it all from scratch not ripping things from the >> original. >> >> The fact that this other montizumas return was not an accessible game and >> thus vastly different in nature to begin with makes such arguements even >> more pointless. >> >> Hopefully though, this can be got around with as litle fuss as >> possible, ---- and at worst another name change. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.0/1268 - Release Date: 2/9/2008 > 11:54 AM > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
