Hey, I need some help/advice on this: So I got in contact with a good friend of mine, and we were discussing game ideas, and he said people could get banned for copying a view of a game and could get banned for plagiarism. Even though none of this makes sense reading the Roblox T.O.S., maybe I am missing something, or this is a false threat. Examples of this could be like: Jailbreak, Madcity, RedWood, Prisonbreak situation, even for current R.P. games, you may also consider the High School game copies or yet the Natural Disasters trend. How can one be banned? Is this misconception? Is this perhaps a threat? Can a game creator get someone forbidden because they have contacts?
No, you cannot get banned for having the same game concept as somebody else. What you can get banned for, though, is if you leak the game and it’s models/scripts and publish it as your own. But simply getting inspiration/ideas from another game would never get you banned.
Think about it, Jailbreak and Mad City literally have the same concept, but neither is getting banned since they both made their games from scratch. If Mad City had stolen the Jailbreak map then that would be a problem.
If getting ideas/inspiration/concepts from another game was a bannable offense, then so many games wouldn’t exist today. Only 1 obby would exist, 1 car simulator, etc.
What game are you aiming to gain ideas from? If the game you’re aiming for is very popular and good, then you can take ideas from it but I also suggest you create your own unique ideas/concepts. Think about it like this: Why should somebody play your game when there’s another game that has the same concept but it’s much more popular and is higher quality? You can use a similar concept as another game, but always be sure to come up with something that will draw players into your game.
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I already made the game and planned to release earlier this week but this topic delayed it terribly. I plan to make a game called “Elite Business Center” it will be a center where you can
-Advertise your game with ease
-Recruit for your Group
-Sell assets with ease (Beta features)
-Trade with RAP features
mainly specialized for developers and designers. I never have seen a game with this type of idea specialized for selling and development. It has a different concept. I will promote this later on, but thank you for your response!
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