I mean, you're using AI box art for all the games you're advertising, including one that seems to be unlicensed use of the Zork IP, and the name "ink" is shared with arguably the most popular IF scripting language despite no apparent connection. This could be a neat project, but I have questions.
I continue, Zork is not a registered trademark, and the game does not infringe copyright.
The Ink Console brand is a registered trademark, Ink obviously stands for ink, like the screen it has.
With the name, I don't mean to give the impression that there are legal issues with the name Ink (I agree there's not!). But, among game devs who hope to use your platform, I think there's going to be (reasonable but unintentional) confusion that they can use Ink to make games for the Ink Console.
If your arguments are "it's fine for all of my marketing materials to use AI, my FAQ says that games that use AI will be flagged as such [but are not currently]", and "making a new 'Zork' game is technically not IP infringement, so it's chill", we just have incompatibly different values as creators.
Yes, that is what I referred to. There are not currently labels, and every single piece of box art you are prominently featuring on your website appears to be using AI art.
It's also a policy that makes me want to not engage with your platform at all, either as a consumer or creator.
But we don't have the Gamebook Store enabled yet! That's fine, I didn't expect everyone to like the console. I built it for my son, basically, and I shared it in case anyone else likes it. Everything is open source, hardware included, so if you're skilled, you can build it yourself. That's all.
Has anyone had the sense to look up Singular 9 Limited in the Hong Kong registry and confirm the address?
What does the use of AI on some of the covers have to do with the veracity of the project? All game images have been created by hand, and the AI usage policy is in the FAQ.
Using AI to generate game covers is dumb and hurts your company's credibility, surely that shouldn't be hard to understand (unless you live in a bubble where GenAI is considered "cool")
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The Ink Console brand is a registered trademark, Ink obviously stands for ink, like the screen it has.
It's also a policy that makes me want to not engage with your platform at all, either as a consumer or creator.
What does the use of AI on some of the covers have to do with the veracity of the project? All game images have been created by hand, and the AI usage policy is in the FAQ.