Strange that you can patent a game mechanic in software. What's next, the superhero landing? The vpose with a bent leg? Running a certain way with a gun between waypoints?
this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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What's next, the superhero landing?
A different branch on IP law but for decades Marvel and DC had a shared trademark on "Super Hero".
If either felt they could argue it was a unique trade identifier they would have claimed it exclusively but instead they claimed shared ownership and used it to lock out competition in the space from 1979 to 2024.
We are still suffering the effects of bad software patents. Tons of garbage patents were granted in the form of "common everyday thing, but on a computer." A notable one was the digital shopping cart that was eventually invalidated.
I believe Microsoft has a patent for launching different functions if a button is double clicked versus a single click.
What if they just single click twice, instead of double-clicking?
make a shitty game in godot with all these things and file for patents before all the big players do
I am copyrighting the T pose for player characters and will sue everybody who ever shows it.
I wish they would just switch the spheres for a scroll and mark the summon spot on the ground at point of view with a summoning hex. Also make other scrolls for one off uses for you to use a pal fruit skill.
Also, F Nintendo...
The issue is it’s not a copyright on the ball, it’s a patent on aiming to summon a creature.
a patent that was issued after palworld came out. its a sham
Damn.
This change is actually really annoying. Being able to summon Pals far from you was great in fights so that you wouldn't both be in range of the same AoE, and some Pals like Croajiro have have skills that benefit from being able to decide where you place them (Croajiro can act as a launch pad to help you gain height in the early game before you have a flying Pal saddle).
I was cautiously optimistic for Pokémon Legends Z-A but I'm definitely skipping it now, fuck off Nintendo.
Use cubes.
Pika pika, mofuggas
This is how gaming as a category gets ruined.
I hope someone mods it back in.
They will.