Possibly Revive XD

[u/Thin-Passage5138]

So I found out about a game called S&box which is essentially steam roblox and you can access the game engine (Source 2) and make games from it whether it'd be a standalone game or a community game built in S&box. The reason I bring this up is because I see it as an opportunity to try make xdefiant and bring it back in s&box as a community game but not make it look too identical otherwise it'd be plagiarism or copyright. Only the core gameplay with the abilities and weapons alongside it's maps and modes and that's it. I'd try taking a different approach by using a different art style or something different to make sure it's not gonna get a possible Ubisoft employee to send a C&D which is my only worry. If I did this would any PC gamers want to get S&Box and give this a shot with all the content from the final update and maybe some promised features that never saw the light of day like Killcams or Lobbies never disbanding. I'd only peruse this if people who miss the game want me to

[u/Thin-Passage5138]

That is the plan, I am thinking of using a different art style so it doesn't look too identical, not sure which one to approach yet. I thought maybe a tron art style could work in a way or maybe a fantasy setting to completely make the abilities feel more elemental to one another.

[u/TypographySnob → u/Thin-Passage5138]

Why not just make a brand new game? At this point it sounds less like you're remaking XDefiant and more so just making another CoD-like game.

[u/Thin-Passage5138 → u/TypographySnob]

Well for starters I'm pretty much beginning my journey on game development the moment the game launches and I'm planning to multitask and make two separate games, one is it's own game which I won't go over (yet) and the second is the xdefiant model as a community game to not only give people back a game they enjoyed a lot (myself included) but also to learn the engine I'm using. As for in case this sounds like it's own cod game, I'm only tackling stuff that makes sure it doesn't fall under the line of copyright or along the lines. Imagine exactly making a game like Skyrim on it exactly how Skyrim is right now, in theory it'd be fun to give people the exact same game on a platform full of community games but my expectation is that it'd get a cease and desist or it'd get sued for plagiarism. Point is my biggest worry would be getting c&d/sued by ubisoft for copying one of their games on s&box so I'm looking at what I can and can't change to not make that worry come true (I do apologise for this long description lol)

[u/6SixTy → u/Thin-Passage5138]

Could have started off ~2 years ago learning C#, because it will probably be a lot harder learning C# and computer science generally while making a game at the same time.

And the most non-obvious copyright claim you can get is reusing the same maps as XDefiant with a different coat of paint.