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Anon is a gamer (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Is there any other notable example of this?

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (4 children)

Didnt knew any besides that one before found this article.

For those who do not want to click:

Nemesis mechanic by WB (expire 2036)
Mini-games during loading screen by Namco (expired in 2015)
Ping system - like pinging on the map so your team mates can see or pay attention to it. EA (expires 2039) FUCK EA
Dialogue wheel like in Mass Effect - fuck EA (s 2029)
Direction arrow - racing games, Crazy Taxi style - Sega (expired in 2018 but doubt it will be ever used again)
Pokemon's fight and catch for later fighting mechanic - fuck Nintendo and Game Freak
Active Time Battle - not sure, I dont play JRPGs but this one was introduced in FFIV - Square Enix (expired 2012)
Guitar as a controller for Rocksmith - Ubisoft (2029)
Mouse controlled flight for aircraft games - Gaijin (expires 2033)
Plastic musical instruments - Harmonix that was fighting with Konami for the rights (expires 2032)

Nemesis system is probably the most notable because it was a great mechanic that everyone liked. And it is only been used in 2 games and never again.

Edit: Ubisoft and Rocksmith instead of Guitar Hero.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Wasn't the Pokemon ones ruled as invalid or not registrable with big N fight with Pal World?

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 22 points 5 hours ago

I wonder if we could make a gamejam game that violates all of these.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The Guitar Hero one is crazy. They patented pressing buttons?

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 33 minutes ago

But its GUITAR SHAPED!

LOL

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago

Correction needs to be made. Albeit picture in the article is Guitar Hero, that point talks about a real guitar as a controller for Rocksmith. Patent is probably for a cable and a technique that is used in game to detect notes (basically a smart and fast tuner).

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

Some games can take 10 years to make, someone should start now

[–] SitD@lemy.lol 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

yep, minigames on loading screens.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires

pointless in the age of direct storage and high SSD speeds.

if you've lived before that: corporate thanks you for patiently waiting while counting their unrealized gains and lost potential on spreadsheets and ppts

[–] los0220@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So minigames when shaders compile?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Or when waiting in a multiplayer lobby.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

Splatoon was really good at this one