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Hmm nope i dont think youre missing something. Hard to say if this crosses a legal line, but it certainly seems like its in bad tastes. Way too similar to machinarium to be ignored.

Lady Kestrel - 02 August 2017 02:48 PM

He does reference Amanita when describing the game:
“A twisted take on the adventure game genre inspired by works of Amanita Design & LucasArts as well as various Sci-Fi writers because our modern society seems to be devoted to the destruction of Earth and Robotics are closer than ever.”

That makes it worse IMO.. that theyv played machinarium and decided to mimic its style so closely.
But.. oh well. The goal of the kickstarter is to put together a tech demo, so theyr clearly veery early on. Maybe they’ll find more of their own look as they grow.

You know its ok when MaxPayne can get a pass as Punisher

Not sure how copyright works, but Amanita should have the right to sue this for copyright infringement. They mimicked everything, from the protagonist to the aesthetics.

This is nothing new. Remind me again how many Monkey Island/Myst/King’s Quest ripoffs have their been ? We love plaigiarism.

diego - 02 August 2017 11:17 PM

Headycakesofdoom - 02 August 2017 06:04 PM

This is nothing new. Remind me again how many Monkey Island/Myst/King’s Quest ripoffs have their been ? We love plaigiarism.

None in which the main characters look exactly the same.

Blatantly similar, but I wouldn’t say exactly the same.

The protagonists of Myst and Rhem, on the other hand, looked absolutely identical.

Phlebas - 03 August 2017 06:22 AM

The protagonists of Myst and Rhem, on the other hand, looked absolutely identical.

I don’t recognise either of them anymore.

diego - 02 August 2017 11:17 PM

main characters look exactly the same.

How?

When you add the similar level design and art style as well as fragments like the walking icon you get a total rip off. I read that Amanita doesn’t mind the release of this game as long as they don’t use their assets/sounds/names etc. But I think the only thing these developers will get by copying so much from Machinarium is the negative reaction of the community (especially Machinarium fans).

Seriously, even their beginning is the same.

Futurust:

Machinarium:

badlemon - 03 August 2017 11:57 AM

When you add the similar level design and art style as well as fragments like the walking icon you get a total rip off

All that also applies to

Quest for Infamy,KQ5,6,Quest for glory

nomadsoul - 03 August 2017 12:23 PM

badlemon - 03 August 2017 11:57 AM

When you add the similar level design and art style as well as fragments like the walking icon you get a total rip off

All that also applies to

Quest for Infamy,KQ5,6,Quest for glory

 

All these use an art style that had been well established by many titles so they are just following a general trend. And I don’t consider games to be rip offs just because they share a common setting such as medieval fantasy.

On the other hand, if you copy an art style that’s unique and emblematic such as let’s say Kentucky Route Zero (and on top of that use similar setting, characters, story etc.), then you are crossing a line imo.