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WOW! this sucks...

Posted by MakeItSoGames - September 4th, 2008

I just need to make a statement really quick!!

I never knew the game Rocket Car existed until just now when I saw Rocket Car 2 in the Portal. It's a great game, but there's something I want to clear up. My platformer, Solo Man (it's name as of now), is coming out late 2008 and shares similar features and gameplay such as the rocket (mine's a jetpack), the fuel, and the reverse gravity.

I've been working on Solo Man for quite some time now and just wanted to clear up that when it does finally come out - I did not copy! Although my game is totally different, it shares some main concepts with Rocket Car which was not intended. I was totally shocked when I just first played Rocket Car at the similarities.

Any-hoo.... great job with Rocket Car guys! Look forward to Solo Man coming in a few months! Check out previous posts to look at some pictures of it.

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sorbitol 2008-09-04 00:08:43

It happens. Don't worry.

MakeItSoGames 2008-09-04 00:08:43

It's weird... I'm very confident in Solo Man and I'm pretty sure it will be successful and I'm pretty sure no fingers will be pointed, BUT it was totally shocking to see such similar concepts... so I am a little worried, but I think I'll get over it.

This post is kinda like proof.... I just wanted to get this out ASAP.

Joelasticot 2008-09-04 00:39:51

lol don't worry about it. Some people will review your game for what it is; others will review it for what it could have been or compare it to other games. When I published my game Battlegrounds 2, I was told that it was a rip-off of every existing RTS game (most of which I had never even heard of).

Try to add some more features to make your game unique; something that really stands out will keep the simple-minded reviewers from noticing the similarities with Rocket Car.

Good luck!

MakeItSoGames 2008-09-04 00:39:51

awesome, thanks for the support!

JonBro 2008-09-04 07:32:21

"Best Friends Forever" and "Scoregamites!" were submitted to Newgrounds one right after another, and they're close to the same thing!

JonBro 2008-09-04 08:24:25

*of course it was coincidence, but it was a very strange coincidence.

Solo Man is going to own.

MakeItSoGames 2008-09-04 08:24:25

thanks!

I-smel 2008-09-04 12:16:27

I've never heard of either of them, but the same thing happens to me ALL THE DAMN TIME.

doppler73 2010-11-17 18:59:15

Well, it's a little good.

WOW! this sucks...

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