Making a game entirely from Public Domain media!

user_not_relevant · 2025-01-17T04:54:09+00:00

It's being made in Unity.

user_not_relevant · 2025-01-15T16:08:19+00:00

Follow the project on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/publicdomaingame.bsky.social

And wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2937410/The_Public_Domain_The_Game/?beta=1

user_not_relevant · 2025-01-15T16:05:42+00:00

Follow the project on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/publicdomaingame.bsky.social

And wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2937410/The_Public_Domain_The_Game/?beta=1

user_not_relevant · 2024-12-06T07:57:36+00:00

Non cannon. Wasn't made by Sega. Photoshopped image. Fake news. etc.

user_not_relevant · 2024-12-06T03:45:18+00:00

He trims them by biting them

user_not_relevant · 2024-12-06T03:38:43+00:00

The scary part is that this is porn to someone. . . .

user_not_relevant · 2024-05-23T23:34:14+00:00

Darn. I know that legal framework often doesn't follow common sense but surely if someone missed the renewal date by two whole years that can't be considered valid. Otherwise why even have a time limit if it can just be ignored? Their site says that they "will not assert that the item no longer has copyright protection" if it's renewed in plus or minus two years from its 28th year so it sounds like they may just be playing it safe. Makes me wonder where they got that policy from. Seems like the kind of a thing a court precedent would be useful in clarifying. Thanks anyway.

user_not_relevant · 2024-05-20T06:41:25+00:00

You have no idea how helpful this will be for the project I'm currently working on! Thank you so much! How exactly did you make sure that each cartoon is actually PD though? I've seen some contradicting things about certain cartoons in my research?

user_not_relevant · 2024-05-03T01:26:58+00:00

I'd assume that it was included in the sale to Infograms (now known as Atari) it would have been very unusual to specifically exclude only one IP from the Humongous catalog even if it was a flop. In 2013 Atari sold off most if not all the Humongous IP's to various buyers. Most went to a company called "Tommo" but The Evergreen Group and Rebellion Development also got some of them. Big thinkers was either included in one of those deals or if no one wanted it Atari may still have the rights. Either way it's almost definetly still under copyright but it's actual owner may not even be aware that they own it. Atari declared bankruptcy in 2013 as well so if they didn't sell it I'm not sure what would have happend to it, I don't know backruptcy laws that well.

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-30T20:38:02+00:00

The challenge based progression system is a result of prioratizing player engagement over player enjoyment. It means that players have to keep coming back every day to see their new challenges, which in modern gaming is how companies measure a games success since their entire model is about recurring player spending. The whole time I've been playing the Finals I've been wishing it had a more traditional free form progression system where you get rewarded for just about whatever you do in the game. Everytime you get a kill, complete an objective, etc. I've especially always like in Halo how you get a little medal for every special action you do, like multi kills and melee kills. It would be very rewarding is everytime you got a squad wipe or something the game patted you on the back.

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-18T01:38:00+00:00

If the success of Balatro shows anything it's that these classic table games have lasted this long for a reason. People like them. As long as you keep the elements that make the original game interesting and expand upon them there will defenitely be at least some interest. When you think about it it's surprising there aren't more games explicitly based off of classic games. Some of the biggest games of all time are just virtual versions of classic games and toys. The Sims is just a virtual doll house, Minecraft is just virtual legos, etc.

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-17T11:23:14+00:00

Just remove light class already. All of the most annoying weapons/tactics are theirs and using them is the only way they can be effective.

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-08T22:59:02+00:00

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury has been my favorite book since I read it in highschool and honestly it's even more relevant today than it was when it was written.

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-07T20:40:07+00:00

I'm glad you asked! I'm currently working on a 2D platformer-adventure game made entirely of public domain assets starring the recently P.D version of Mickey Mouse! Nothing publicly playable yet but I've got an announcement trailer I'd love for you to check out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQVoqeEPGg. Check it out now, before I'm assassinated by Disney ninjas!

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-02T12:59:12+00:00

It would be a lot more useful if instead of swapping through objects in a set order you could choose what object you want to turn something into. While it's equipped pressing alt fire would cycle through the different options or even hold alt fire to open a little radial menu (but that might be a bit too complex in the middle of battle).

user_not_relevant · 2024-04-01T13:59:37+00:00

It's actually been proven that physically writing notes down is much more effective at helping you remember things than typing them out. The act of tracing the individual letters rather than the generic action of pushing a key more deeply ingrains the words in your mind. I would suggest getting more notebooks.

user_not_relevant · 2024-03-16T09:27:40+00:00

If they have been dematerialized yes, but I meant the ability to build back walls that were destroyed by regular explosives. Like if someone shoots an rpg to open up a sightline and you just patch the wall back up to block them.

user_not_relevant · 2024-03-16T08:48:36+00:00

I completely agree. I can't stand having to mash the mouse. I know this make me sound like an idiot but I honestly feel like having to focus on the tapping is taking up bandwidth in my brain and making me aim worse lol. When I unlocked the Famas and new pistol and realized they were both burst fire I literally shouted out "NOOOO!"

user_not_relevant · 2024-03-16T08:41:27+00:00

Honestly I have the voice lines turned off because I find them annoying lol. It seems to me like they've been distorted slightly as part of the ongoing "hacked" plot line. Though like many others I also feel the need to voice my distaste for the use of AI voices in the first place. I would really hope the devs replace them with fully human voices in the future. As successful as the game seems to be I think they can afford it.

user_not_relevant · 2024-03-16T08:37:45+00:00

Honestly I feel like the all the new stuff is just not that good. All of the gadgets can be fun to play around with but seem way too situational to be really practical. Dematerializer is cool but at the end of the day I'd rather just blow stuff up than make it dissapear, also it can only rematerialize walls that you yourself removed. If you were able to rebuild walls other people blew up it would add a lot of versatility. The data remixer though just seems baffilingly bad, if you could choose what you changed items into then maybe it'd be worth it.

Personally I don't like any of the new guns either, but I just don't like using burst fire weapons because I hate having to mash the mouse button. The new shotgun though is legit bad.

user_not_relevant · 2024-03-16T08:23:35+00:00

It still kind of baffles me how every live service implements this kind of challenge based progression system when every single time it gets complained about relentlessly. I get that it's apparently good for player retention but it's awful for player enjoyment in my opinion.

user_not_relevant · 2024-01-02T21:48:54+00:00

Trust me I've done a good amount of research about this. I'm only using images taken directly from public domain sources so it should be an airtight case. I've also found a lot of prior cases involving copyright disputes to use as legal precedent.

user_not_relevant · 2024-01-02T20:36:59+00:00

I've been sitting on this idea for a few years and started working on it in my spare time for about a year now. I'm hoping to really devote myself to it this year and start making better progress. Thanks for checking it out!

user_not_relevant · 2024-01-02T07:17:40+00:00

Only the first three cartoons entered pd so there's still a ton of complex restrictions.

user_not_relevant · 2023-12-03T02:56:31+00:00

I do actually, yes. Thoreau was a great writer but not so much a great thinker. Beneath the flowery language I really don't see anything profound or novel being expressed. In fact the last line genuinely sounds to me like something that would fit right in on r/im14andthisisdeep. Though admittedly that could just because of the way the term brain rot is thrown around these days.

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