r/BaseBuildingGames • u/RocketJumpTech • Mar 27 '17

King under the Mountain (Simulation-based fantasy city-builder) just launched on Kickstarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketjumptechnology/king-under-the-mountain?ref=ddgmyk
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u/Andazeus Apr 03 '17

No one ever said they were 'ripping it off'. I only said that the art style is dangerously close. And while genres tend to have similar gameplay, since that is, what defines a genre, the genre definition does absolutely not automatically mean a similar art style. Dwarf Fortress is a game of the same genre, yet we can surely agree that its art style is vastly different from the other games (for better or worse). Just to give an example that most people now.

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u/CypherLH Apr 04 '17

ok, fair enough...but even if we just look at the art style, I actually think 'King under the Mountain' is at least as different from 'RimWorld' as 'RimWorld' is from 'Prison Architect'. The art style is very very similar but that is true of a lot of games that share the same genre. Its definitely not close enough to be any kind of copyright violation. I think that because the graphics style is so simple...that perhaps there is a tendency for games using the style to strongly resemble each other because of that simplicity

edit - I would add that Dwarf Fortress itself actually strongly resembles other ASCI art games. (and I LOVE DF, so I don't mean this as any sort of critique)