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Slightly unrelated to the original point of the article: has anyone heard of Kairosoft and Game Dev Story [0]? It's ironic the OP wrote an article about irony. Having said that, it looks like they have elements not seen in GDS, but the premise is similar enough.

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Dev_Story

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The screenshot is basically a direct copy of Game Dev Story down to the perspective.

They claim that was their inspiration, but the gameplay is very different. [0] I don't think we can judge that from the screenshot.

[0]: http://leviathyn.com/games/pc/2012/12/04/interview-greenhear...

he's been accused of copying kairosoft's game a couple of times already, you can read his response here (he's ppakl):

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1cn8yi/game_dev_tycoo...

yes, they've been inspired by it but "their version" does have different and more complex gameplay mechanics. a lot of people like greenhearts take on the subject more.

i've played neither, but i guess i'll give game dev tycoon a try - after not being totally happy with kairosofts ninja village, i guess ghg deserve a chance.

Ah, I was thinking I can't be the only one thinking that. Thanks for pointing it out to me. I can understand his side of the story. ghg definitely did not "Zyngify" GDS.

In any case I'm gonna buy a copy of GDT to see what it's like!

Some anti-piracy zealots would dare to say they pirated their game idea from someone else.

Totally agree, it's copies many elements directly from Game Dev Story including the game selection process, resource allocation, critics reviews etc.

Double standards much?

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