The game is called "Hiker: Heropack Creed" made by "Easy & Fun Casual Games"
Game link(DO NOT DOWNLOAD. I do NOT condone downloading it, as it is STOLEN. This is so that the developer can find and take down the game.): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warrior.hikeradventure
How much of a game can be copied or reimagined? Because Backpack Hero itself borrows from Slay the Spire. There are hundreds (thousands) of games that look and play just like Tetris, and many even copied the name of it. Speaking of wich. The tiles used in our very Hero game look suspiciously like all the Tetris blocks for some of the characters.
Having a deck builder not use cards, but space and item shapes, is that forever reserved for Backpack Hero? Is Bph even the first to do this?
That copycat of course copies a bit too much, imho. Even the dungeon view looks like a copy, or the bricks. The events are a bit different, but it might just have been copied from an earlier version.
But once you have the idea of: make slay the spire, but with inventory management, instead of deck management, you pretty much have a clone of backpack hero already.
My guy its a one-to-one copy of the game, they changed one sprite and added advertisements and a scam in-app purchase, it doesn't "borrow" ideas and it wasn't a coincidence. Look at the google play page, it's completely ripped from Backpack Hero.
Edit: removed quotes around "coincidence", idk why I put them there to begin with.
You should re-read my post. Especially the third block.
I never used the word coincidence. And when I used the word borrow, I was talking about bph borrowing from slay the spire.
But it led me to the question, how much could be imitated. A game like tetris is even copied with the whole name nowadays. And can you imagine what would be the result, if I put a devteam on the task: make me slay the spire, but with inventory items instead of cards.
The thing is, this is more a game mechanic. It is rather seldom seen - for now. It is a little bit more comples than match3, but has about the complexity of rpg maker core rules. The current setting is very slay the spire, but I hear they want to add some kind of story or story mode. If bph gets very popular you might even see rpgmaker games with inventory mechanics instead of japanese turn based attack, special, guard etc fight mechanics. Just like you saw match3 implemented in several games. I remember puzzle quest ;-)
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Maybe you should be the one re-reading my post. I never said that you said "coincidence", but you implied it, or at least implied something similar; I have several disorders in which I often struggle to understand what other people are meaning. Anyways, the game has since changed its sprites, very slightly, but it is still an almost complete copy of the game. I understand that you can't copyright an idea, but when you take the sprites, idea, animations, interactions, probably even the code, all of the items, all of the enemies, all of the mechanics, etc., etc., etc.; you don't leave much left to be very... not... stolen? I cant find the right words to end that sentence. I'm going to re-read everything you have said and respond to them individually.
Edit: changed the last part of the message because I would've been lying if I left it.
At least you did realize that I do not dispute that the other game is a copy. The fanbois voting my comments down did not. Or they are pissed because I pointed out, how much of bph is basically a copy of slay the spire... ;-) (And since I bought both games and have sunk quite some hours in them, I think I know what I am talking about)
Oh, and ... called it! I already found a game, that is not a shameless copy. But it does incorporate a quite familiar inventory management and a growing bag. It even has the same mechanic with holding an item with left mouse button and rotating it with right button. You also have to place items near each other in certain combinations to make them better. Since I do not want to promote other games here (beside the game bph had as an inspiration), lets say, it is one of the many games you can find by searching for backpack. I expect, other games will emerge too, that do have that kind of inventory mechanic.
