Your comments make no more sense than calling FPS games clones of each other because they both feature people walking around and shooting guns. The games are in the same genre nothing more. You can get a patent for novel game mechanics, but there is nothing suggesting that Tarn has done so, and besides which, most (if not all) of the mechanics applicable to a dispute with Gnomoria would not be valid for a patent since they had existed prior to Dwarf Fortress (meaning that even if he did patent the fortress management mechanics of the game, for example, then those patents would simply get nullified in a lawsuit once evidence that the mechanics had already existed was presented). Ideas and game concepts are not generally protected as intellectual property normally, it is just the actual game code, art assets, and story that are under copyright (and, as none of those were copied, there isn't much room for a legal dispute). it's kind of obvious when you're just talking trash on Steam, since we can all clearly see whether or not you have played the game), there still wouldn't be much that Tarn could do about it. Why? Even if Gnomoria were an blatant ripoff that changed nothing at all from Dwarf Fortress (hint: it's not, which you would realize if you actually tried the game. Benemuel™ a écrit :i should inform toady one about this and see what he has to say
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