• L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    16 hours ago

    Just change it to a Pal Cube or some other shape that’s more fun than a fucking sphere. Problem solved.

    ETA: Also, fuck Nintendo.

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      20 hours ago

      Literally, read some of their patents. Its all shit like “System For Switching From Character To Vehicle In Top-Down 2D Environment”. Like how tf can you actually patent a model and (software) controller swap? Shits basic AF I have done that before.

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        15 hours ago

        At one point didn’t a company have a patent over an interactive loading screen?

        Which is why loading screens in games have been boring for years, because actually having any kind of thing to do while the game loads is apparently banned.

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          8 hours ago

          This wasn’t as general as many people think:

          1. It applied only to “auxiliary games” so anything using the primary engine was ok e.g. running in the fog for assassins creed or practicing moves in a combat game.
          2. It applied only to US and Japan so anywhere else was unrestricted. The entire PAL region was unaffected.

          But also:

          1. The patent was held by Namco / Bandai Namco, they are a prolific publisher but made very limited use of their ability to use loading screen mini games freely.
          2. The patent expired in 2015, despite this very few games have used loading screen mini games since.

          https://patents.google.com/patent/US5718632

          I can only conclude that the industry just wasn’t that interested in the idea.

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        Patents are about how you achieve a goal, not the goal itself. You can have multiple parents on “switching for character to vehicle on top down 2D environment” as long as the means to do so are not the same.