Game Designer System
Plagiarism Game Cup Head

In Punk's office, Maxim is playing a game called Robot Adventures with a relaxed expression on his face.

Horizontal shooting games are not absent in Aquamarine, on the contrary, there are many more.

However, it's basically a matter of changing the soup without changing the cure, either to make the skill really cool, or to ignore the pixel style and make the image as beautiful as possible.

Like Cup Head, nothing combines a horizontal shooting game with retro animation, jazz, etc., and at the same time increases the difficulty of the game.

That is why Cup Head became so popular among players after its release.

But in the same way, it is very easy to copy Cuphead, or learn from him.

Not to mention, with Misty Asgard and similar game editors, the timing of the appearance of advanced games will be greatly shortened.

Robots Adventure is just the first advanced game, but it is definitely not the last.

On screen, Robots Adventure also moves closer to retro style, and at the same time makes a clear distinction from Cuphead.

So if we really want to break it down, we can only say that both games have the same style, but that is not plagiarism.

And the gameplay is not protected by copyright law. There are many similar horizontal shooting games, and it is impossible to say that the other party is plagiarizing.

Except for the beautiful materials used in Robots Adventure, such as BOSS, monsters, and scenes, copied directly from Cuphead.

In other words, the code Robots Adventure is a copy of Cuphead.

Otherwise, it can only be said that Robots Adventure is a popular advanced game, even if it is a lawsuit, it is impossible to beat it to death due to similar images.

“Brother Max, why do you still want to play games?” Punk asked a little depressed.

“Brother Punk, I am a game designer. When I see competing games, of course I have to try the other depth,” Maxim said with a smile.

Although he only played for half an hour, Maxim was convinced that this Adventure Robots was absolutely impossible to succeed.

Maybe the designer of this game just looked at the surface of Cup Head, thinking that as long as his painting style was retro and dynamic music was added, it could sell for a good price.

But the other party had no idea that Cuphead's flavor operation was the top priority of this game.

At first, to make Cuphead feel smooth, Maxim had no idea how many times to perfect it, and even used the title of Player Number One, completing the level with high intensity, he said, and almost brought Half-Life into it.

Therefore, when playing Robots Adventure, Maxim is well aware that although the feel of the game is not too soft, the game is not exceptional.

If you rate two games, the nuances of Cuphead operations are nine points, and Robot Adventure is at most five points, not even a pass.

The core isn't as good as Cuphead, and no matter how good the surface effort is, players won't buy it.

After all, this is a game, not a cartoon.

And to take a step back, Robots Adventure's style of painting and music can only be said to be acceptable, far from eye-catching.

If taken out on its own, it might give people a sense of freshness, but with Cuphead pearls up front, it seems Robot Adventures is a low-class.

You should know that even the Head Cup attracts the attention of the players due to its pioneering retro style.

If there are too many games like this, players will definitely experience aesthetic fatigue.

Whether it is external or internal, Robot Adventures is not as good as Cuphead, Maxim really can not think about it, how can this game be successful?

With marketing? Or rely on a gaming platform?

Although the Flower gaming platform on which Robot Adventures resides is an ancient gaming platform, its user numbers are several times that of the steampunk gaming platform, but so what?

No one really thinks that gaming platforms have a lot of users, and whatever the game is, it can sell well, right? Not likely? Not likely?

"Then how do you try, Brother Max? Do you need me to do something?"

"Sister Punk, don't worry about this game, it won't be able to make waves"

"No matter, the harder they promote it, the more they are scolded by the player."

Speaking of which, Maxim asked curiously a little, "Sister Punk, what's wrong with you today? You seem to be in a hurry."

Despite not hanging out with Punk for a long time, the other party was the boss of the gaming platform.

But today, Punk feels anxious towards Maxim and there still seems to be a sense of reluctance.

Punk seemed to react as well, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Max is just a joke, because I have touched on a bit of past grievances, so I can't hold my breath."

“Does our platform have a grudge against the Flower game platform?” Maxim asked.

"There is no hatred. Only Adventure Robots game designers leave our platform."

"It turns out like this ..."

As Maxim said, he opened the Robot Adventures sales page and found the name of the designer - Alex Kim.

Looking at Maxim's slightly changed expression, Punk couldn't help but ask, "Brother Max, your expression is a little strange, what's up?"

“Nothing, I just feel that the world is quite small.” Maxim tells Punk about Alex scolding him on the Internet.

Initially thinking that the other party was looking down on the horizontal shooting game, and envious of his good looks, so he wrote down the small composition.

But now it seems the other party is creating enthusiasm for Robot Adventures and wants to step on Cuphead.

This is a little bad.

After listening to Max's words, Punk couldn't help but slap the table and say, "This is so good! Back when he was on our platform and making a name for himself, the platform gave him a lot of resources.

We also gave him favorable conditions. I just hope that when he develops new games in the future, he can give us a part for the platform, and not ask for exclusive use. But after he made use of the platform's resources to become popular, he left our platform like a jerk.

After running into the Flower gaming platform, Alex Kim often openly bombards our platform and also tricks some newcomer game designers, do not come to our platform, it is just a white-eyed wolf! "

Maxim really did not expect that Alex was not only bad, but his character was very irresistible.

He quickly comforted her: "Brother Punk, don't get angry, there's no point getting angry for someone like this" After taking a deep breath, Punk regained his composure.

"Brother Maxim, is it really impossible for the Robot Adventure to succeed?"

"Of course, you might even be scolded by players!"

In fact, as Maxim said, due to the intense promotion of the Flower gaming platform, the sale of Robot Adventure sold 50,000 copies in a short period of time.

Although this result was much lower than Cuphead, it was already the best result among all of Alex Kim's games.

Just when Alex imagines that he can use this game to become a two-star game designer, Robot Adventure ushers in a wave of refunds, and, and players who do not return the game money give bad reviews for the game.

"What the fuck? I think it's a contender from Cuphead, but I don't think it's even worth it to bring the boots to Cuphead!"

"His hands feel unkempt. I advise designers to study with Cup Head, can't they copy homework?"

"We're here to play games, not to watch cartoons, and your cartoons aren't good!"

"I don't know what the Flower gaming platform is thinking? Games like this can be recommended on the homepage."

Faced with bad reviews from players, the somewhat arrogant Alex became enraged.

Almost losing his mind, he immediately said angrily on the Blog: "Fans of some people have no quality at all. To promote their sibling's game, they really did everything they could, nasty refunds and bad reviews, Just like a mad dog, it'll bite whoever it catches."

It would be fine if the contents were just this, Alex could argue that he was talking about someone else.

But he didn't die, so he had to end. In the end, Aite won, and instantly blew up Maxim's fans.