Re:Amit's Game Programming Information
by bitwize on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:23PM
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It is inadvisable to start with Tetris. The Tetris Company LLC owns the copyright to the game concept; any falling n-omino game is potentially infringing, especially for n=4. Yes, I know that copyright law theoretically doesn't apply to game concepts; that won't stop TTC from suing you and winning by attrition (TTC has enough money to litigate well after virtually indie developer has gone broke).
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Re:Amit's Game Programming Information
by jeffreyrogers on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @01:02PM
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I don't think most people plan on selling the first game the make. They probably just want to get some experience writing games and Tetris is one of the most gradual ways to get into it.