Chapter 149: 117 I'm Here (Three More Updates)_1

Chapter 149: Chapter 117 I’m Here (Three More Updates)_1

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Plagiarism is a common occurrence in the game industry.

Many games have even plagiarized their way to classical status, becoming milestones in the history of gaming.

When it comes to plagiarism, as long as there’s no direct use of code, original artwork, or models, then copying gameplay is generally not legally recognized as plagiarism.

In the past year, there have been countless incidents of plagiarism, but only a very few have actually been judged as such by a court.

Tianyi has not been exempt from plagiarism; in fact, one could say they built their business on it.

They have many experienced planners, who can deduce a game developer’s thought process and the remaining gameplay from the game kernel exhibited by a beta version, through clues and traces.

Even with just a test version, or a few minutes of a demo, they can discern the core enjoyment of a game and deduce additional gameplay from it.

Through a brainpower advantage brought by a large planning team, they could even make others’ core gameplay more interesting, and through capital promotion, expand its influence to absurd lengths, ultimately achieving the ridiculous feat of plagiarizing their way to the death of the original.

Afterwards, Tianyi would even use the others’ corpses as case studies, packaging the original clone as competition to cover up their past.

Besides that, they had another major advantage, which was their rich art and programming resources.

After all, Tianyi was a company with decades of history, and it had started laying out 3D a long time ago, accumulating a vast amount of art resources and 3D technology.

Their massive art library contained a plethora of reusable resources— Eastern, Western, classical, and modern. These years of accumulation were the deep reserves of a massive game company, significantly reducing their art costs.

So, although plagiarism was not exactly honorable, especially when the victim was an independent game, if the plagiarism was successful enough to completely outdo the original, players would only remember the victor in the end. Losers do not deserve to be named.

Patting Kongkong on the shoulder, Zhang Ping said, “Go ahead and do it with confidence, the company supports you.”

After a pause, Zhang Ping continued, “But if it fails, someone will have to take the fall. You understand what I mean, right?”

Kongkong nodded.

As a producer who often made others take the fall, he knew all too well how big the ‘pot’ could be if he failed.

This was to be a high-stakes gamble with his past reputation on the line.

It was still not too late to back out now, but he had grown accustomed to sitting on the throne, reigning like a local emperor in his own studio.

The taste of power was more exquisite than anything else, once tasted, it could never be forgotten.

Tianyi was quick to respond.

They decided to kick off the project in the morning, and by afternoon, Kongkong Studio was reorganized.

A group of battle-tested programmers and artists capable of ‘007’ work were transferred in to staff the studio.

Game outsourcing was maxed out as Tianyi once again went all-in on a project, working at an almost insane pace to start production of the new game non-stop.

The game’s code was not complex. Although they couldn’t crack “Dark Builder’s” code through reverse engineering, “King’s Dungeon’s” code and art resources were readily available. By re-skinning the models and adjusting the camera angle, they could create a similar effect.

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