Immediately bought it, played it and like you mentioned already, jotted down everything I thought was interesting.
Also stashed the biz contact for later because these folks might be interested in crossovers and such like.
Couldn't know until you ask, right?
Awesome. I feel like it's a really good thing to find these similar games. Sure, it gives you a little bit of an uneasy feeling at first.
But it's a valuable peek outside of your own development bubble. Especially so in genres where the supply is scarce.
There is a saying. "Talent works, genius creates".
However in the game industry the saying has been slightly modified to "Talent creates, genius steals".
Take any inspiration you can and use it for yourself. Path of Exile did and created a game better than Diablo. No shame in that.
Yeah I’m going to play it tonight and make some notes of differences I can make. I think the biggest part is that their version is just so smooth and pretty and polished and I just feel so far away from that.
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Also stashed the biz contact for later because these folks might be interested in crossovers and such like.
Couldn't know until you ask, right?
But it's a valuable peek outside of your own development bubble. Especially so in genres where the supply is scarce.
However in the game industry the saying has been slightly modified to "Talent creates, genius steals".
Take any inspiration you can and use it for yourself. Path of Exile did and created a game better than Diablo. No shame in that.