Make a game involving candies

Consider using the word "candy" several times, also "scroll", "memory", "saga", "apple" and "edge" might give bonus points

CandySwipe wrote an open letter to King, check it out : http://www.candyswipe.com/king.html

King is ripping-off games.

Scamperghost & Pac-avoid (King)

Bust-a-move & Bubble witch saga (King)

Bejeweled & Candy crush saga (King)

Peggle & Papa pear saga (King)

They have trademarked the word "Candy" in Europe and are waiting for approval in the US. In other words, this trademark will allow them to prevent rip-offs of THEIR rip-offs!?



Is trademarking common words that ridiculous ?
In a perfect world, maybe not. It's a common thing and only about protecting intellectual property while saving money for both the company and the government.

1) But during 5 years, the company has to agressively defend its trademark towards related and even unrelated games. It has been the case for "The Banner Saga" and Benjamin Hsu, this is about smaller game developers potentially losing time, money, and value.

2) Protecting a common word means that you're creating an aura around it. If Benjamin Hsu can be bullied for infringing, this becomes a freedom and creativity issue.

So, is it a problem about King or the system ?
The system encourages companies to protect their trademarks that way, King is using the system like many others do.

Unfortunately, King is not bad at only one thing : King clone games while making millions over it. King bullies smaller game devs. King use curious monetization tactics. King is disingenuous enough to say that "The banner Saga", a game about vikings and well... sagas, is a "deceptive" name. All of this screams unethical behaviour.

The Candy Jam is a protest against both the system and those abusing it : King.

Ethics matter !

Some screenshots have been taken from Nerd Alert channel.

Good summary of the story

Read Rock Paper Shotgun article

Read Rock Paper Shotgun article 2

Read Polygon Article

King copying Junkyard Sam's game

Matt porter's side of the story

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