Flora Corner is a cosy idler game in which you care for houseplants and decorate your living space. Wishlist now on Steam!
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Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the feedback about Flora Corner. I'd like to publically make an apology to
@KenneyNL
, upon seeing everybodies reaction to the game I can definitely understand that I've stepped over the line with taking inpsiration. (1/3)
Over the coming weeks I'm going to work more on finding a more original art diriection and visual design for Flora Corner that will allow the game to stand on its own merit (3/3)
It is definitely not my intention to make a rip off of his game and I understand that as it stands to similarity in ui and overall direction makes it appear so. For that reason I'm going to be making changes to the art direction in the most offending areas. (2/3)
Finally got around to implementing this today - you can now modify the floor and wall colours of your room. Which other colours would you like me to add?
@KenneyNL
@_NATSU_KAZE_
Thanks for saying this. It's fine to give your opinion but using personal insults or telling me to kill myself is unacceptable.
@KenneyNL
I'm really sorry this has happened and for the hate you're getting. And if you're reading this and you're sending hate to Kenney on my behalf, stop. Please just stop.
@dave_at_hat
Thanks for the support. I do wish we could have resolved the matter privately instead of him throwing his 100k follower weight at me. But I have no ill will towards Kenney, he's making a great game and there's space in this world for both games.
@benhegel86137
@rafterninja
@KenneyNL
Christ just let it go. I'm sick of seeing these petty arguments in my notifications. Keep flaming each other in DMs if you have to.
@Lion_GameDev
@KenneyNL
The game will be better for finding it's own identity, and this saga has hardly killed my game - quite the opposite, it's generated a lot of interest.
@HornsOnHalos
@dave_at_hat
It's not a copyright issue. You can debate about whether or not it is okay from an ethical perspective, from but the law is pretty clear that while assets can be copyrighted, things like mechanics, ideas, visual design cannot.
@UKMattHarris
@KenneyNL
@EdMechGames
It is a bit much... I know emotions are running high here but there isn't inherently anything wrong with making a pokemon-inspired game. And if we're taking that route there's also plenty of games MakeRoom has also taken from. That's what game dev is - games inspiring other games
I'm curious, how much interest is there for modding in Flora Corner? I've been considering adding some tools to make it easier to add things such as custom items, if I did this would anybody be interested?
@ploicekiller
@Otome_chan311
@edibudimilic
The sounds game from free and paid asset packs on itch. It's not inconcievable that we've both used similar sounds from the same packs. This is normal practice in game dev - it doesn't mean anybody stole anything.
@Russell_W_Hamer
@RBoi128theGD
@ANDRES381656992
@KenneyNL
Again please stop perpetuating misinformation.
@KenneyNL
never accused me of being a thief - it was everyone else who did that. If you actually read his original tweet he never bashed of bullied me. Again, it was everybody else who did that.