> I think a system like this could really work well
Too bad, it's patented! https://www.eurogamer.net/shadow-of-mordors-brilliant-nemesi...
Fuck software patents and every single person who has ever filed one.
Too bad, it's patented! https://www.eurogamer.net/shadow-of-mordors-brilliant-nemesi...
Fuck software patents and every single person who has ever filed one.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1iyrbzd/clearing_up_...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10926179B2/en
The patent was filed in 2016 and granted in 2021. If the system was so useful we would’ve seen it in another game before then, or a very similar system after.
Kinda like the dialogue/story paths in something like hades, where IIRC they made a whole system to manage it, but the reality is that system only matters when the tree is suuuuuuuuper complex. or maybe it was disco elysium, or both ...
The patent system benefits the uber-wealthy at the expense of everyone else, so no, that won't be happening.
To be fair, in this specific example executors of the idea were already compensated by selling a well-received game with a cool new mechanic.