Heyo! I’m creating a game called, “Bakery Simulator”, but there is a game already called Bakery Simulator outside of roblox:
Would my game get taken down because of the name?
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Is your game directly ripping off the same exact concept?
If the name is copyrighted / trademarked, you can’t use it
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The game I’m making isn’t completely ripping off the actual game, but it has the same concept. For example the game has things like upgrading you bakery, I would have the same, but on the other hand it shows orders and people siting a tables, and putting things in oven and making everything step by step, that I won’t have.
tl;dr: no, it’s not ripping the game off, just has the same concept.
What if I change the name to something similar but diffrent?
These are all very common game mechanics that can be copied without legal consequences. You would need to check trademark registers to see if the name is protected. But ‘Bakery Simulator’ seems to be a generic name that would be hard to protect or claim. There’s ‘Baking Simulator’ and countless other games just like it, so none of them appear to be unique or have a brand that can be easily infringed. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
If you were to be making ‘Farming Simulator’ I would say that is a name that cannot be easily claimed either, since it is extremely generic, yet a company has gone and built a franchise out of it. Avoid infringing protected brands like that since they have built something you could damage with your Roblox game.
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Ah okay, so I’m basically in the clear with the name Baking Simulator, correct?
worse case scenario If it wasn’t than you’ll just be slapped with a warning realistically than be obligated to change the title + remove “Baking simulator” from advertisements,thumbnails, and icons.
I’m not a lawyer nor should this be taken as legal advice yet I’m rather doubtful anything will happen to you if jailbreak hasn’t been fined.
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Just because it doesn’t happen to Jailbreak (which there is no reason for it to frankly), doesn’t mean it can’t happen to another game. Every entity will respond differently to content similar to or directly derivative from their work.
Developers need to stop using this justification of “if it’s not happening to anyone else, it won’t happen to me”. It is the absolute poorest kind of justification in regards to analysing situations involving especially legal scenarios. Every case is different and will receive different response based on the circumstances.
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It’s not intended to be legal advice as I specified above, to clarify I referenced jailbreak to give this thread a different perspective. I understand where you’re coming from Colbert however all it’s doing is striking fear into those that are obsessed with trying to avoid any copyright claim no matter how little or big the penalty may be.
While there’s always the risk of;
I don’t believe it’s worth stressing over until the project has proven itself to be financially successful. Originality whether it be a title or concept art isn’t the easiest to pull off which is why very few bother to do so until it’s an obligation on their end.
If lando only got a slap on the wrist for ripping off assets from Pokémon in PBB, than it’s safe to assume using a potential copyrighted title will at minimum result in a warning. Unless lando had a lessened punishment due to favoritism however that’s highly unlikely to had occurred as favoritism doesn’t exist on this platform.
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It’s an irrelevant perspective. Every case will be treated differently based on the circumstances around it and who is involved. It has no standing here.
I don’t understand how any of my response is intended to “strike fear”, I am simply giving the circumstances straight and without sugar coating or beating around the bush. Every case is different and another game’s circumstances cannot be used to justify your own. It simply does not work like that. The relation between obsession with avoiding copyright claims and my response is a matter of perspective.
I will parrot myself again here: you cannot use PBB’s circumstances as a basis for this. Every entity will respond differently based on the circumstances. Nintendo issued a takedown request for Pokemon assets across Roblox; that was their response to Pokemon games on Roblox and their potential earning. The entity behind Baking Simulator may be upset with a Roblox game using the same name or might not respond at all.
It is not safe to assume that you’re simply getting a stern warning for one thing because another game “did something worse”. Other circumstances are not appropriate justification for your own.
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If it’s copyrighted, yes.
Maybe a different name like Scythe’s Bakery Simulator? It is similiar but not the same.
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