I kind of want to make a game where you play as Nintendo, and have to go around suing smaller developers. That guy made a yellow electric creature? Lawsuit. You made a ball that opens when it hits something? Lawsuit. You win when you have successfully stifled all creativity #gamedev#indiegamedev
I have the feeling you would get sued, which would be an amazing irony haha
Name of the game is "Lawsuit Larry"
If you do, you'll be sued by them for using the brand. That's how they get you.
I'm sure you're gonna have a level for suing people who own both a "Small indie company" AND a Crypto Company.. right?
Don’t forget the bonus level where you fight against emulation then use emulation to celebrate Mario
You could also have it go beyond direct references and in the final levels you are suing people based on standard game play mechanics. Does your video game use a controller with 4 face buttons and a d-pad? Lawsuit. Top down exploration eith secrets? Lawsuit.
I think it's safe to also blame copyright law. Moonchannel on YouTube made a very enlightening video about. youtu.be/P5Cj-1tN-lY?...
YouTube video by Moon Channel
And you constantly generate and register new patents to every game mechanic every your employee can think of. At the last levels you don't need to develop good games, you can develop with minimum effort just to claim your patents. Or if it possible - don't make anything at all, just lawsuits.
Simulators are all the indie rage right now... You could make: Nintendo Lawyer Simulator... make it a parody game... and have a field day. Then you just wait for Nintendo to sue you, and give you all the free publishing you need.
This is the only reason games exist