Episode 210: Please Don't Clone This Podcast

Waypoint Radio

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4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The concept of game cloning is about as old as games themselves, but there's new, tricky territory to cover here in 2018. Inspired by a few tweets and a GI.biz article profiling Voodoo—the mobile publisher behind Hole.io, a game that sure takes "inspiration" from indie darling Donut County—we discussed the situation this week on Waypoint Radio. Join Patrick, Natalie, Rob, and Danielle as they look at the complications that separate genre and mechanical inspiration, the ethics of farming game ideas with a big checkbook, and the fear that this could have a chilling effect on the spirit of sharing and creativity in the indie space.

Discussed: Hole.io, Donut County, Threes, 2048.

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0:59.0	I guess ripping off someone's game and then charging zero dollars for it is
1:03.0	quote taking it to the next level now.
1:05.0	Unquote.
1:06.0	Fuck that disingenuous bullshit.
1:08.0	That is a quote from Zoe Quinn on her Twitter.
1:12.0	And that is commenting on a GI DUP is interview with Voodoo.
1:16.0	Titled The Searcher Creativity at Voodoo's New Berlin Studio.
1:20.0	I'm Danielle Riendo and this is Waypoint Radio episode 210.
1:25.0	Joining me here today are Natalie Watson.
1:27.0	Hi, hi.
1:29.0	Patrick Kleppick.
1:30.0	Hello.
1:31.0	And Rob Zachney.
1:32.0	Hello, hello.
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