http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/archives/infringing-on-inspiration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infringing-on-inspiration Where ideas grow and bloom Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/archives/infringing-on-inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Wallaby Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:48:24 +0000 http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/?p=11#comment-15 It sounds to me like you are musing over the difference between creativity and imitation. Between inspiration and regurgitation. Taking someone else's idea and modifying it it not very inspiring and seldom memorable. It's the new and the interesting that will capture the imagination. That said, though, something too novel can be unwelcoming - there's a lot to be said for a little familiarity. So it seems to me that the creativity should not be in what you create/introduce, but how you introduce it. Take the humble turnip for instance - everybody's favourite vegetable, surely, but how many games can you think of that have incorporated it, hmmm? If I have my way SoN will be discussed as "...you know...that awesome game with the turnips!" It sounds to me like you are musing over the difference between creativity and imitation. Between inspiration and regurgitation. Taking someone else’s idea and modifying it it not very inspiring and seldom memorable. It’s the new and the interesting that will capture the imagination.
That said, though, something too novel can be unwelcoming – there’s a lot to be said for a little familiarity. So it seems to me that the creativity should not be in what you create/introduce, but how you introduce it.
Take the humble turnip for instance – everybody’s favourite vegetable, surely, but how many games can you think of that have incorporated it, hmmm?
If I have my way SoN will be discussed as “…you know…that awesome game with the turnips!”

]]> http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/archives/infringing-on-inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Knight Thu, 14 May 2009 21:00:08 +0000 http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/?p=11#comment-5 Yes, you could just rename things couldn't you? I mean, in TV shows like the Simpsons, they almost make fun of everything but with different names. Is this legal or do they get sued over it? Yes, you could just rename things couldn’t you? I mean, in TV shows like the Simpsons, they almost make fun of everything but with different names. Is this legal or do they get sued over it?

]]> http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/archives/infringing-on-inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Lhooq Tue, 12 May 2009 20:32:14 +0000 http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/?p=11#comment-4 IANAL, but I see a LOT of pop culture references in Kingdom of Loathing, and they don't appear to be suffering an onslaught of lawsuits. I would imagine that if the fuzzy bunny with a vorpal sword is perfectly legal reference, though if the bunny were wearing hotpants with 'Monty Python' printed on the butt, that'd be a different story. Maybe that's the trick.... include the sweet carbonated beverage containing caramel coloring and caffeine, just don't call it Coke. IANAL, but I see a LOT of pop culture references in Kingdom of Loathing, and they don’t appear to be suffering an onslaught of lawsuits. I would imagine that if the fuzzy bunny with a vorpal sword is perfectly legal reference, though if the bunny were wearing hotpants with ‘Monty Python’ printed on the butt, that’d be a different story. Maybe that’s the trick…. include the sweet carbonated beverage containing caramel coloring and caffeine, just don’t call it Coke.

]]> http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/archives/infringing-on-inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Magicraoul Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:27:58 +0000 http://www.flowerpotgames.com/blog/?p=11#comment-3 Does this mean no giant-main-eating-fluffy-voracious-cute bunny in SoN? Does this mean no giant-main-eating-fluffy-voracious-cute bunny in SoN?

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