• Rhodamine@lemmy.nz
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    You can’t copyright game mechanics. So, if you replace the sprites with legally distinct ones and write the code yourself, there are no laws broken.

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      Actually, you can, in counted cases Copyright Game Mechanics, see: Shadows of Mordor: Nemesis System and Bandai Namco “Auxiliary Games” (Mini-Games during Loading Screen)

      Creative Outlets as well as Game Developers could be sued if they made from scratch something remarkably similar to those Game Mechanics

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        Those are patents. Patents are not copyright, although they both fall under the general umbrella of intellectual property protection.

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          Not even journalists understand IP law these days. They’re like “the patent was filed so that competing products could be DMCA’d” 🤦‍♂️

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    It looks like the game is part of Chrome but not Chromium, so it would be under Google’s copyright. So if you mean a copy using the same assets then no. If you mean can you create an endless runner featuring a dinosaur, yes

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    Pretty sure the answer is: Yes, since I believe it’s part of the open source project chromium, it would be under the same open source license.

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    Probably legal unless you use their art.

    Could they sue the hell out of you, block the game on app/play store and generally make your life miserable if they felt like it even if it would not hold up in a court: Yep.