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[–] Buttons@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Name a game you have enjoyed that isn't a ripoff.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Tetris.

pentomino Would like a word.....

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good call, the shape arranging mechanic existing in board game form before Tetris, and the "challenge approaching from the top of the screen" thing was a staple of many many Atari and arcade games.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Nothing is ever completely new and that should not stop people making things.

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