>you're ripping off Stardew ValleyShut the Fuck up, shut The fuck Up. Stardew Valley was a rip off in the first place so it's fair game to steal from it. You can't "own" farm aesthetics with bright colours.
>>729750648okay OP, I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you
You're not wrong, but this is a little too on the nose.
>"cozy"red flag that the game is shit
you STOLE
I took that inventory screen from Resident Evil fair and square and you did too? That makes you AI artwork! I will not buy this.
Ape doesn't give a shit if you rip off SDV. Super Zoo stole his assets, that's why he complained.
no you can't fucking DO THAT
>>729750648That is VERY reminiscent of Stardew Valley.
this screenshot could be a point and click adventure and you'd still be accused (accurately) of just lifting visual elements of another game. the fact that it's the same genre means you're liable for infringement laws now.
>>729750648You probably stole this post from reddit
>>729750864bug fables is literally paper mario down to the shape of the overworld grass you can shake for items. no one bitched about that
>>729751093except the post just above yours says the complete opposite you dumb dumb motherfucker.
>>729750648What did Stardew Valley rip off?
>stealing from rando japanese companyi sleep>stealing from a single billionaire that stole from said japanese companyREAL SHIT?!
>>729751505Harvest Moon and Rune factory. Everything except the character models
>>729750648C'mon man...
>>729750648Stardew Valley wasn't a ripoff. It had it's own look in the farming simulator genre. It wasn't trying to look exactly like Harvest Moon, or even feel like it. And it succeeded in being unique.This? This is absolutely a ripoff. It's trying as hard as it possibly can to look JUST like Stardew Valley.
>>729751724It stole literally nothing from those games.
>>729751408>Paper Mario invented the shape of grassThere's a difference between wearing your inspiration on your sleeve and shamelessly ripping something off.BF does unique things with its gameplay systems using PM as a foundation to build off of, thats why non-schizophrenic people didnt complain.
>>729751830NOOOOOOOOO THE DOCK IS SHORTER AND THE ROOF IS DIFFERENT COLOR AND THE LIFE PRESERVER IS BESIDE THE DOOR INSTEAD OF ON IT THAT MEANS IT'S NOT A RIPOFF STOP NOTICING THINGS
>>729751724Character models are from TerrariaWhich I guess were themselves heavily modified SNES FF sprites but still
>>729750648>Stardew is a good game with an awful artstyle>I know, let's make a game with an identical artstyleWhy are chinks so retarded? I mean if you are gonna go the shameless route, at least copy a game that looks good.
>>729751830>be chinks>not include anime tiddiesWhat a wasted ooportunityEnjoy your flopped subproduct i guess
>>729751901>IT'S OKAY WHEN APE DOES IT!
>>729751830this game looks better than stardew valley desu
>>729751901The question was what it ripped off, not what it stole.
>>729751929paper mario invented the assets they used specifically in their game, yes. bug fables uses the same model.
>>729751975Ape never stole. All his assets are 100% original. He even uploaded his design process while working on the game. He has loads of documentation of his progress for both SDV and Haunted Chocolatier.
>>729751861>It wasn't trying to look exactly like Harvest Moon, or even feel like itit looked and felt exactly like harvest moon, dude. except with less soul.
>>729750648>be Chinese>steal
>>729751950nah, stardew valley looks like chrono trigger
>>729752092It didn't rip off anything from them either. Having farming and romance doesn't make it a ripoff, and that's all it shares with either Rune Factory or Harvest Moon.
>>729751975Show us, side by side, what he stole.
>>729752115That's just A Link to the Past (the best Zelda game until Tears of the Kingdom)
>>729750648TEMU Stardew Valley
>>729752143It really takes talent and effort to make the final product look exceptionally worse in all cases than several previous designs.
>>729752182Turns out stealing works when you don't get punished for it. China has been shamelessly ripping everybody else off for decades and no one stopped them.
>>729752167>lookedI wish, Harvest Moon actually looked good.
>>729752143OG Shane will never fail to make me laugh
>>729752043it doesn't have any excuse not to be
>>729752371he uglified maru and emily
>>729751150This clearly has a different visual style and a different setting thoughever
>>729752217Every single aspect it has is taken from a harvest moon game.There's the obvious farming and romance, which mechanic wise works the same as harvest moon.There's the mine, which aside from having enemies also works exactly like harvest moon.There's fishing, also works similar to harvest moon, but they used a different minigame for it.Junimos are basically Harvest sprites.Stardrops are basically power berries.Mermaid's pendant is basically the Blue feather.The writing is all over the all, every aspect of the game is the same as harvest moon, only the names changed, the functions are all the same.
>>729752143This many iterations for every character, and not a single one of them look good. Talentless hack
>>729752143>>729752371go ahead, tell me i'm wrong. I dare you. make yourself a fool.
>>729752371All of the guys look best in their final iterations except for Harvey, but Ape had to make a bachelor for the older ladies so he gave Harvey his 'stache.
>>729752537The only ones you're correct on are Leah, Abby, and Shane.
>>729752092I wouldn't say it ripped Harvest Moon and Rune Factory so much as it just kind of filled a void that needed to be filled>people want Harvest Moon and Rune Factory on PC>fucking devs/publishers drag their heels porting that shit>some dude comes along and basically just makes his own Harvest Moon/Rune Factory game for the PC>PC ports of Rune Factory and Harvest Moon finally get released and they're half assed shit so Stardew Valley continues to rein supreme
>>729752537I can’t believe I’m saying this, but summertime saga looks better
>>729752531>There's the obvious farming and romance, which mechanic wise works the same as harvest moon.They're a bog standard farming and romance system. Hell, the farming is a lot closer to Rune Factory than Harvest Moon. There's not much Ape could've done to differentiate either mechanic without drastically changing the focus of the game. >There's the mine, which aside from having enemies also works exactly like harvest moon.So it's completely different from Harvest Moon, gotcha. >There's fishing, also works similar to harvest moon, but they used a different minigame for it.>It's exactly the same except for being entirely differentFucking lmao
>>729752719it did the opposite of what I wanted. I wanted a fun farming rpg but with less of the tedious babysitting mechanics, stamina, and dumb shit like fomo quests, instead it doubled down on it
>>729751408Those type of indie ripoffs are usually made when there exists a vacuum of the game they're ripping off. i.e., Bug Fables was made as a blatant Paper Mario clone because the devs wanted more Paper Mario games with rpg-centric mechanics, which Nintendo wasn't making at the time. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is another example; a blatant Jet Set Radio Future clone made simply because the devs wanted another game like that, and Sega wasn't making any. People respond more positively to these type of projects because they want that gap filled just as much as the devs do.Stardew Valley is still being actively updated, which means its toes still exist to be stepped on, which means people are going to call out any shameless clones that may pop up, since they obviously only exist to leech off the still-active game's popularity.
>>729750648What is even the point of doing something like this? I mean nobody is gonna mistake it for actual Stardew Valley and buy it by accident, and now nobody is gonna want to play it since it's so obviously a lazy and sleezy hackjob.Feels like the ol' tricking grandma into buying a "Fony PayStation 2" for her grandson on Christmas doesn't really work with digital distribution.
>>729750865>cozyThe same way there's "queer" cinema. Doesn't have to be actually good, can simply include abc and it's a 9.5/10 somehow
NO YOU CAN'T, THE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS MUST BE QUELLED.
>>729752805Everything you described is a fucking skill issue. A skill issue in Stardew Valley of all games
>>729751150looks better than stardew characters but that's a short order
Xi didn't even need to pay a penny for all the Wumao wannabes here.
>>729752941Copying =/= the free exchange of ideas.
>>729750648As long it's not AI it's not stealing and soulful.
>>729752767Every Harvest Moon has a different mechanic on fishing, no two of them are the same, but the end result ends up being the same, even if the way you catch it is different.>No you see, your press X instead of Y to catch the fish, it's totally different you guys!!
>>729750648>chinkshit>literally copypasted the stardew valley art yet made it worse>RPG maker tier movementLMAO why even bother
>>729751408>no one bitched about thati bitched about it here every day for weeks
>>729753025being able to do it and wanting to waste your free time doing are two different things
>>729752941>exchange of ideas
no no no no no
>>729753083By that logic, Harvest Moon ripped off its fishing minigame from Link's Awakening.
>>729753141I’m sorry, king. As you were.
ARGH
what is this autistic thread
>>729752531>There's the mine, which aside from having enemies also works exactly like harvest moon.multiple of the bad 3d harvest moons that no one played have enemies in the mines, usually things like moles that pop up and do an AoE which drains stamina and that have to be hit with the hammer first.
>>729753203>pretty soon publishing heh
(this one actually looks cool I'm definitely buying it)
>>729753135i double checked stardew valley after opening this thread to be sure, but stardew valley is far uglier than the game in the op. I suggest taking a second look
>>729753360It's a Chink trying to launder his SDV clone past accusations of plagiarization. Not like there aren't a couple dozen other SDV clones out there already.
>>729753337>You play as a 12-year-old boyThis diddy ahh game was made by a pdf file unc bruh
>>729750648There's a difference between making a game in a then niche genre that only really had 2 franchises to it and lifting a single game wholesale and this is the latter. It's pretty much identical, even the girl in your OP looks like Penny.>>729752167I loved HM and didn't really click with SDV, the whole feel of the game is different. It always felt more like one of those really autistic Minecraft mods to me in its progression for some reason.
>>729753537Out of 10!
okay it was funny at first but you guys seriously have to stop ripping off stardew valley
>>729750648What's the appeal of these games?
>>729751830Willy is better.
>>729753734manipulation of others, vicarious ownership of property
>>729751830lmao
>>729753626stardew, like many western 'comfy' games, turn away from "wide as the ocean" design over time and turn every progression branch into self-contained linear grinds. Better farming doesnt make you better, it makes farming better. Better fishing doesnt make you better, it makes fishing better. Someone who spent 1 day farming and 9 days fishing is better at farming than someone who spent 1000 days fishing and 0 days farming. In the end it just turns into a series of content treadmills that are all ultimately ignorable because none of them have any game-wide benefits that you miss out on.
>>729753992Hey man, it's COZY so you're not supposed to actually criticize this videogame like you would any other videogame
>>729754083autism isn’t cozy. it’s a serious genetic illness. if you enjoy wasting inordinate amounts of focused time for no physical gain there is something wrong
>>729753734Progression. You can both see and feel your progress. You unlock a bunch of new things throughout the playthrough and it feels like getting a snowball rolling down a hill. That also makes them highly replayable, since you learn something new to expedite the process of the snowball rolling downhill. Every run offers a new chance to beat your personal best snowball up to that point. On top of that, the games give you several different romance options to encourage repeat playthroughs. With the games being low-intensity, it also makes them perfect for dual-screens setups where you have a documentary or YouTube video playing on your monitor. I remember watching through all of Walking With Dinosaurs last year while doing my yearly playthrough of SDV.
>>729754157meanwhile the people working for less than 25$ an hour
>>729753992>. Better farming doesnt make you better, it makes farming better.That's not true in the slightest. Farming is for 3 things - money, gifts for NPCs, and food. Money obviously bankrolls your other skills by allowing you to buy better gear. Food also greatly helps your other skills since the food buffs are really good for fishing, fighting, and mining. There's not much more that could be done to make farming intertwine with other skills.
>>729753734For me, management/tycoon style gameplay but with an actual world and characters to interact with.Too many tycoon games goes for the autistic German lifeless void approach to these types of games, so it's nice to play something that feels more personal. It motivates me a lot more to keep going.
>>729753992Yeah, that's how it's supposed to work, because you're not supposed to like every single thing on the planet. They include a wide variety of activities and you just do the ones you like and ignore the rest.For me, it's cooking, generally. I do stuff like get every museum item, but haven't even gotten the basic "10 recipes cooked" after 700 hours. Other players don't do mining at all because it's boring to them.You are a stupid, dumb little freakshow who never realized that 100%ing games is not fun and only freaks like you do it.
>>729754238I had this in mind when typing my post, yes
>>729754157>if you enjoy wasting inordinate amounts of focused time for no physical gain there is something wrongSo basically all video games.
>>729752143>1st rendition of ShaneGets me everytime
>>729750648So?The faggot himself admitted to stealing shit and hiring external devolopers when he used to post in the agd threadHe's a fucking successfull thief and other sshould follow his footsteps
>>729751150Sunkissed City was made by Mr. Podunkian, the guy who worked with ConcernedApe during the update 1.5, and uses an engine that was supposed to be utilized for Haunted Chocolatier and future projects before Mr. Podunkian had a melty and Ape gave the engine in full to him. Hope that helps clear things up.
>>729754538not necessarily. any games that are casual, provide you tangible compensation, or are otherwise relaxing are fine. games that are just work simulators are the worst
>Farmsim>No marriageWhat's the point?
>>729755047I don't pay attention to these idiots names
>>729755094that’s right wing extremism
>>729751150>cozy farming games>takes place in a soulless paved over city landscapeThis retard is comepltely tone deaf
>>729751150>Let's see what this game is about>"funky vibes and quirky characters"
>>729753898>>729754224>>729754431Thanks, probably not for me, but I guess I'll try it sometime.
>>729753201>the chinks are so shit at jet design they had to bring back canardsit'll always make me laff
>>729753203Looks like ass
i played stardew for the first time this past summer. i had a ton of fun with it, think i sunk 800 hours over maybe 2 months. did one playthrough vanilla then did a modded playthrough. even got all the achievements. in some ways im glad i waited 10 years to play it, but looking back at older releases i was surprised to find how much of the game was available on launch. im looking forward to a new playthrough again maybe sometime next year. okay thanks for reading bye bye!
The only farming sim game i'm looking forward to is the one made by Sunless Sea devs
Maybe I'll get ShineHill next, I like the plot hook in that one.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889890/Shinehill/
>>729750648No Emiliy = No buy!
>>729755094Women are split on the romance. Some of them really love it, the others hate it. That's why Krobus is so popular among women (he's actually more popular than any of the bachelors. Yes, even Sebastian). He's basically just a roommate rather than an actual marriage partner, and the romance-averse women flock to him.
>>729750648Who cares if it's a ripoff or the assets are stolen? Is the game fun? That is literally all that matters.
>>729756368Never pay for asset flips
>>729756428>pay
>>729756368>Is the game fun?The fact that the dev(s) are lazy and impassionate enough to just copy paste another game says it's probably not.
>>729750906Boss Baby vibes.
>>729756368The fact that it stole from Stardew Valley indicates it's probably fun. Stardew Valley was fun. If you'd stolen from a bad game, maybe not.
>>729756708they didn’t though, they made it look better than the original and that counts for something. so you could argue they put even more effort into it than the original developers
>>729757175>they made it look better than the original You aren't fooling anyone Chang, we have eyes.
>>729750648UI is too similar. >>729750906I don't get this statement. What does this guy want?>Yea I stole art from another game; cry about it.He opens himself up to all sorts of legal trouble if he admitted to (or not, I don't know) stealing assets.
>>729757340bro I hate all the games in the thread but you can’t tell me the character models in stardew valley aren’t dogshit
>>729757357They probably had no evidence for their accusations because no one on the internet ever presents evidence. It's normal to treat idiots like idiots.
>>729750648Typical chink behavior of copying a games graphics and most of the gameplay straight up. It's all the chinks can do
>>729756117Looks like ass. Dude just forgot shadows exist
I don't think you'll ever realize the irony of the statement you just made. Probably because you're an american and those guys are immune to that sort of thing
>>729757872kay well I don't give a fuck about shadows I can play games just fine without them okay? you can go away now dumb bitch. go sit in your own shadow.
>>729757436The portraits look slightly nicer. Everything else looks flat. It's clear by anything that isn't a near 1:1 copy that the artist far worse at shading, detailing and using colors.Not to say that Stardew itself looks especially nice, but you can at least see traces of a developer making something out of passion and not just for a quick buck.
>>729750648There are worse Stardew Valley ripoffs out there.
>>729751408yeah but bug fables had soulthis one is a bootleg
>>729758181it was ok. I wish I had more of its own identity though. it was so close to paper mario I just wished I was playing paper mario the entire time. I didn’t feel like it improved on anything substantially enough
>>729758063Honestly I was tempted to play this, since Stardew in 3D sounds like it could be nice. But I just can't get over those portraits.Leaving aside the woke stuff it's just so offensively ugly. It's like an Tumblr artist mixed Disney with lifeless corporate clipart or some shit.
>>729750648this is literally just stardew valley retard
>>729753337That's a hm snes ripoff, not a stardew valley ripoffwhy don't you play some games instead of scouring steam for random shit
>>729758348It was very much trying to be another Paper Mario, but considering Nintendo has refused to make a new one since 2004, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
>>729758383I've seen gameplay, and let's just say the quality of the visuals and of the gameplay match perfectly.
>>729756368>Who cares about plagiarizationShut it, fool.
>>729758404I play more games than you do. I'm a top 1% gamer out of anyone here. You cannot possibly match me. gtfo
>>729758998Disallowing "plagiarism" is to deny iteration on an existing idea and therefore denying its ascension to a higher state of being.If someone can make "Stardew Valley but better" and wants to use your existing assets to do so, then they should be allowed to since clearly the creator isn't able or willing.
>>729759438and a ching chong nip nong to you young lady
>>729759682If your idea is so good, then you should have no fear of plagiarists.The only reason you're upset is because someone might do better than you and make a more perfect version of what you started, and this hurts your pride.The idea's perfect, idealized form should be what drives you. Your selfishness and desire to be the center of attention has held back great ideas for centuries.
