Thats my game-idea! What to do when my game idea is copied?

How to deal with idea-clones and the fact that your idea has been realised by someone else

 

Idea-clone = A project similar to your own  – which you thought was based on an unique idea.

 

No doubt you and every other designer has experienced the depressing feeling when you stumble upon a game which is exactly the same as an idea or game you have been working on. Some will think their idea was stolen, but many know that it is simply a dark, unlucky coincidence.

 

There’s a reason behind all of these so-called “coincidences”. This article will discuss how you should react to the new facts and what you can do.

 

idea-clones

 

Don’t be thrown by the exaggerating examples in this article.

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