Quoting: F.Ultra...a large AAA "Choose Your Own Adventure" game...

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Quoting: SalvatosPeople who make CYOA-like books and their derivative digital versions have already come up with a variety of non-infringing terms for them. Off the top of my head, there’s gamebook, adventure book, interactive fiction/story/adventure/novel, choose your own ending/story/path...

The CYOA company is probably just angry because unlike Kleenex and others, a lot of people don’t even realize that it’s a brand and not a generic term, so they don’t get as much promotional value from other companies keeping the term alive.

Keep in mind too that the lawsuits and threatened lawsuits are pretty recent. The books themselves were published back in the 1970s and 80s, and it wasn't until about 2003 that the original author started a company to re-publish them and make new ones that it became an issue. Notably with a lawsuit against a car company for using the phrase "Choose Your Adventure" in its advertising.

All that makes it look like something a bit more shady than due diligence.

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It's a pity that "Varytale" was already used by an interactive Fiction engine. That would have been a great genre term.

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It's notable that they're picking on smaller creators without the financial resources to resist a lawsuit over the issue.

I do note that they're also going after Netflix, which suggests the company might have gotten involved with a lawyer (or firm) that's using this as an opportunity to grab some settlement cash.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI still have a very low opinion about developers trying to milk their customers in that way.

Come, come now. It's not like they're connected to the people who made Fortnite...OH WAIT!

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Oh, it's got support now? For quite a while it didn't have the Linux icon on it's coming soon page on Steam, although the original demo ran great.

Guess I'll have to re-add it to my wishlist.

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Mosaic is that soon? Tempting, so tempting...

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I'll be honest, there's nothing in there that's inconsistent with the previous games. Especially where Dr. Watts is concerned.

I'm assuming that this will finally give us some concrete insight into just what the weirdness surrounding him has been since the end of the first game.

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They refer to a piece of concept art, but all I'm seeing is a screenshot. Is there a link to the original post or something that shows it?

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Not terribly surprised they met their goal. Can't wait for it to come out, it sounds like the sort of thing I could get very absorbed in.

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