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No game mechanic in Minecraft, Dark Souls, Baldur's Gate 3, etc is new. Their success comes from a well-executed mix of known features. Trying to create a game
by alpaca128 3y ago
No game mechanic in Minecraft, Dark Souls, Baldur's Gate 3, etc is new. Their success comes from a well-executed mix of known features. Trying to create a game with a new mechanic is like writing a story with an unknown plot device: theoretically possible but quite difficult and the result likely won't be any better in terms of quality.
Try and name just one game released in the last decade with a completely novel game mechanic.
- voz_ 3y agoWell written.
- justinclift 3y ago"flOw" certainly seemed novel (and really nice) when it was released back in 2006 (not the last decade, obviously): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTVDSOnPLns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTVDSOnPLns It's a pity nothing else since seems to use the same mechanic / concept.
- GalahiSimtam 3y agoThen I doubt you would approve as a novel game mechanic anything that Nintendo attempts to patent within that claim. An exemplary new mechanic recent decade game is Baba Is You. It isn't obvious. If it was, someone would come up with Baba Is You pretty soon after Sokoban was made 40 years ago.
- alpaca128 3y agoOh, Baba Is You is a good example, I'd say that counts.
- michaelbrave 3y agoI also don't think nintendo should be granted the patents it is seeking, other games have done similar enough before that it feels wrong to give it to the bigger company because they asked.