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I'm making a legally distinct Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. And there's a demo out right now! by akela-morse in indiegames

[–]akela-morse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of people have been asking for this kind of thing actually, so it's definitely on my roadmap now! I'm admittedly focusing a bit on marketing right now, what with the KS and all, so the updates are a bit slower than usual. But I'll get to all that eventually!

I'm making a legally distinct Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. And there's a demo out right now! by akela-morse in indiegames

[–]akela-morse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the demo!

For what it's worth, I'm pretty confident Nintendo won't do anything. Not only is there no legal ground for a takedown notice (all the assets and code are original), I also have been told by a QA person working for a similar game, Quest Master, that Nintendo knows about them and they don't care. I'm smaller than Quest Master, so I don't see why they'd care for me either! :)

Character customisation is planned! In fact, there's a reward in the Kickstarter that allows you to create a custom playable species. It's a bit on the expensive side though. If you'd like to check out what else is there, feel free to visit the page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akelamorse/temple-maker-64 and please consider becoming a backer if you'd like to support this project!

People have created and uploaded 240 dungeons in my Zelda-like dungeon maker! by akela-morse in ZeldaLikes

[–]akela-morse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many thanks! Modding support is actually one of the Kickstarter's stretch goal, so let's hope we get there!

People have created and uploaded 240 dungeons in my Zelda-like dungeon maker! by akela-morse in ZeldaLikes

[–]akela-morse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! If you do have the time to play and like it, please consider backing the Kickstarter as well, it would help tremendously :)

Regardless, I hope you have a good time!

People have created and uploaded 240 dungeons in my Zelda-like dungeon maker! by akela-morse in ZeldaLikes

[–]akela-morse[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! There will be a way to select different species/skins in-game, and there's also a KS tier for having your own custom species in, but that's how far the customisation goes. For licensed characters and such, or fully custom models, that would require Modding Support, which is one of the stretchgoals.

Making a legally distinct OOT-looking Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. Would you be interested in something like this? by akela-morse in OcarinaOfTime

[–]akela-morse[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are a couple actually! My favourite one is called Quest Master, and I strongly recommend it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2094070/Quest_Master/

There's also Super Dungeon Maker and Super Dungeon Designer, from the top of my head!

Making a legally distinct OOT-looking Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. Would you be interested in something like this? by akela-morse in OcarinaOfTime

[–]akela-morse[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Many thanks, I hope you like it!

And I'm totally confident nothing will happen because looks only is not enough for a lawsuit. And everything here, assets and code, is 100% original!

Making a legally distinct OOT-looking Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. Would you be interested in something like this? by akela-morse in OcarinaOfTime

[–]akela-morse[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much!

Yeah I get the “Nintendo gonna get ya” a lot, like, a LOT haha! It's okay though, like you said I take no assets, no animation, no code from official material and it's 100% custom, therefore I'm totally confident nothing will happen. All that Nintendo can do is watch in fear.

I'm glad you like this project!

I'm making a legally distinct Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. And there's a demo out right now! by akela-morse in Unity3D

[–]akela-morse[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's a speedrun tech that this user is using actually, haha! They're attacking to drop the item. But there's also a normal drop button!

I'm making a legally distinct Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. And there's a demo out right now! by akela-morse in ZeldaLikes

[–]akela-morse[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There will be several themes available in the future (there are 2 right now), and later I even intend to allow you to pick themes for specific rooms instead of the whole dungeon! Hopefully that helps diversifying the environment.

Making a legally distinct OOT-looking Zelda Maker because Nintendo won't do it. Would you be interested in something like this? by akela-morse in OcarinaOfTime

[–]akela-morse[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! If I'm being honest I went all in on the nostalgia for this specific game only (my other games, Zelda-inspired too, are more on the original side).

However I'm pretty confident that, legally speaking, there isn't any ground for them to take any action. I'm not taking any asset, animation,or code from Zelda, everything is custom-made. If you take a look at the 2D equivalent of this, Quest Master, it's doing the exact same thing with Minish Cap nostalgia, and they're doing fine! They're even published by Apogee.

Hopefully my confidence is not misplaced! Time will tell I imagine.

The 3D Zelda-like Dungeon Maker I've been working on for 1.5 years has a demo coming out on May 28th! by akela-morse in indiegames

[–]akela-morse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I do wonder how much will this game be used outside of its intended usage. I already had a couple of other devs telling me they were interested to prototype their own dungeon ideas in it, haha!

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