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Read about Sandtrix. Read the letter they got. Read about what constitutes trademark infringement. It is not about exact copies. If they can make a case that the combination of elements can make someone mistake your game as a game of their franchise, they probably will sue at some time.

If your game is at a glance clearly not of their franchise, you should be safe-ish. And it is not helping, that you named that shield skill glitched shield skill. As I said, it is the combination of elements.

Maybe read about other games that have parodied known franchises. How far could they go, and were there troubles.

I've already seen Sandtrix case, and the lawsuit was due to 3 reasons:

1. It was previously called Setris, and the lettering font was identical to the logo of the Gameboy version.

2. The design of the tetrominos was also identical to the game, but it was more for texture and not for shape.

3. Using a remix of a feature song from the game.

Despite this, most of the things about the game remain the same.

Glitch is not a protectable term, it would rather be the expression of the same.