How do I make my game unique?

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#1

Hello Developers!

I was recently creating a game, that was kind of a mix between Slap Battles and Item Asylum. Now the thing is that my game is SUPER similar to slap battles, and I don’t want that. If you want to know the full game mechanics, I’ll give a rundown.

Game Mechanics

Controls:
CTRL: ShiftLock
SHIFT: Sprint

When you spawn in, you have 0 Gold Chips and 0 Chips. You get the basic “Punch” tool. Every time you hit someone, you gain 1 Chip. Every time you do something big, such as breaking the table, or killing 3 people in a row, you earn 1 Gold Chip.

Punching someone ragdolls and pushes them back. Depending on your speed and the tool, you will deal a set amount of damage and knockback.

If you have other questions, just check out the game itself.

Now my idea is that I make them “purchase” the tools. But the problem with that is that I’ll have to make an entire saving system for their tools. Or I could use the slap battles method where I just save the chips (which I currently have implemented) and just equip the tool if they have enough chips/gold chips for it.

Link to game: Rag-Batle - Roblox
Link to previous post related to game: Could this be a successful game?

Any Ideas are Appreciated,
OceanTubez

#2

Your question can be answered with the fact that you’re directly inspired from a certain few games. These games are already popular, and if you really want yours to stand out, add something randomly unique that no other game has as an additional feature. Don’t change the core loop of the game, because we can see that’s already worked with other peoples projects.

Your game won’t be successful unless there’s a reason people want to play it over the other many options.

#3

Whenever you create works that are inspired by others,you should always think to yourself

Why should I play this game instead of the real one?

You can change anything,from core mechanics to really small details.But everything will go back to that one question.
Anyways,you will find this answer by yourself.You can’t really ask people on how to make your game unique and still be something that YOU personally want.Try and think about what makes the games you like fun and see if there’s anything you’d change if you were making the game.