The law can only guarantee that a game will not be widely copied, but it cannot prevent others from creating new games with the same ideas.
After Minecraft, similar survival building games emerged one after another, but none of them can be called plagiarism.
After the first time-travel novel was published, did everyone stop writing time-travel stories?
it's out of the question.
Following trends and imitating others is an inevitable occurrence.
The true definition of plagiarism, in the context of literary works, is adapting "a series of original plot contents" and then claiming it as one's own original work, or directly copying and pasting a passage of the original text without acknowledging its use.
In music, this means that approximately 15% of the melodic segments completely overlap.
For games, this means extensively copying the design of a certain system or profession, or directly stealing other people's assets.
The reuse of a meme or idea is generally not considered plagiarism unless there is concrete evidence of deliberate copying.
Because the world has such a large population, if one person can come up with an idea, it's almost certain that another person can also come up with it.
There have been many instances in the scientific community where the same thing was invented at the same time.
Another question is whether the initial idea was really that essential to the game.
People who don't understand game design might easily mistakenly think that making games is just a matter of making a brainstorming session—"Oh, I want to make a 100-player battle royale game."
Then came the phenomenal game that became a global phenomenon?
No, that's not the case.
The reason why an idea becomes popular is that it itself accounts for 1% of the factors, while the remaining 99% is the contribution and cooperation of the entire production team.
This 1% is certainly crucial, but the remaining 99% determines whether it works.
Just like a gacha game on Earth back then, its idea came from another mobile game that had already become popular in another country and had countless imitators.
However, most people have never even heard of these imitators.
For a game to succeed, its core concept is only one of the necessary but not sufficient conditions, but it is by no means the whole.
It wasn't the creativity that boosted the production team; rather, it was the production team that made the subject matter popular.
For example, the first book about time travel became a hit, and time travel was indeed its core trope.
But will all time-travel novels become popular in the future?
No, it doesn't really depend on the creator's own abilities.
The author who first came up with this idea is truly amazing; he started from scratch and single-handedly created a hot new subject.
He said, "It would be great if they could develop this product category even better in the future."
Li Sheng's lips trembled slightly; he looked at Ming Yan, speechless.
He actually saw the demeanor of a king in this young man!
When he said that, he wasn't placing himself on an equal footing; he was looking down on the entire gaming industry.
It is with a condescending attitude that it observes its successors stumbling and learning their way.
—But on what grounds? Who does he think he is?
—A deity?
...
After this matter was over, the Lunar New Year holiday finally arrived.
This is a unique custom in the Sixth Star Province; it's the only place in the entire Chaoyang Alliance where people take long holidays.
Due to factors such as interstellar migration, not everyone celebrates holidays.
However, Mingyan said he came from Earth, where there are very similar customs.
Nowadays, the entire planet Blue Star has lost its sense of seasons and no longer knows when the Lunar New Year is. Therefore, Mingyan regards the Lunar New Year here as the festival of his hometown.
In the previous few Lunar New Year holidays, he would eat a simple meal at his adoptive parents' house.
This is the first holiday he's spent alone; he's spending the Lunar New Year by himself in his single apartment.
Ming said he made the dumplings himself and then handed them over to an intelligent robot to cook.
The room was warm, and the glass was fogged up.
Mingyan wiped the glass and suddenly noticed a black sports car parked downstairs.
At that moment, he suddenly felt something and felt an inexplicable impulse—
Mingyan wiped his hands, walked to the door, and opened it.
Outside the door, Xia Cheng, who had dressed up carefully, straightened his collar, smiled broadly, and was about to raise his hand to ring the doorbell.
Unexpectedly, Mingyan opened the door at that very moment.
Xia Cheng blinked twice, his hand frozen in mid-air.
The two looked at each other for a second, and then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Did you see me?" Xia Cheng asked.