It doesn't matter if you use original assets or not. Duplicating the heart of a work, in any way, is copyright infringement. Even streaming a video game, agains

It doesn't matter if you use original assets or not. Duplicating the heart of a work, in any way, is copyright infringement. Even streaming a video game, against the wishes of the copyright holders, is copyright infringement. Recording of playing a video game is not your own work. U.S. copyright law is absolutely gross, we are used to these companies choosing to not enforce infringement and targeting specific people/projects.