NetEase accuses Honor of Kings of design plagiarism
NetEase accuses Honor of Kings of design plagiarism. NetEase’s plot romance mobile game "The Painted Traveler in Time and Space" posted on Weibo that Honor of Kings has plagiarism. . At the same time, "Painted Traveler in Time and Space" posted two pictures, and NetEase accused Honor of Kings of plagiarizing the design. NetEase accuses Honor of Kings of design plagiarism 1
Honor of Kings has been online for so many years and has always been the leader in the mobile game industry. There are many games that copy Honor of Kings, even in non-game fields, but most of them It's just a side effect. After all, if you use it directly, you may be sued.
However, I have never seen anyone in the same industry who plagiarize Wangzhe. Wangzhe has exposed quite a few plagiarism incidents.
The most impressive thing was when Princess Yaoyao met the sacred deer skin that year. The original painting of the deer shape was directly taken from the work of an artist, without even processing, including the antlers. The fork can be restored 100%. For this, the King's official blog apologized, and it was hung up on the official website for several days before the incident was quelled. However, it was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the players. I thought this incident would sound a wake-up call for the artists of the King. , I didn’t expect something similar to happen again.
First of all, the various designs of the King are not all from Tianmei Studio. Many of the original skin paintings or materials are made by outsourced studios, so it is difficult to guarantee that the works have no reference. Therefore, even if we try our best, To avoid it, there are still some things that cannot be avoided. On April 21, a game owned by NetEase was torn apart on the official blog because of the material of an announcement.
The game is called "Painted Traveler in Time and Space". Before knowing this, I had never even heard of this game. The suspicion of popularity, but everything must be true, there is no smoke without fire. Is the king really caught in some pigtails?
This is the Weibo announcement of the official server adjustment of Honor of Kings on April 14th. The material used on the cover is similar to the material of the game on June 27th last year. Therefore, the game team used a playful attitude to post on Weibo. There is only one difference. He slapped the king on the face, pointed at his nose and shouted, "You are shameless."
In the words of players, if they really think it is plagiarism, then they should use legal weapons to protect their rights, or negotiate sternly. Weibo's dirty tricks feel like a villain.
So are these two materials suspected of plagiarism?
It cannot be denied that the styles of these two materials are almost the same. The color matching of the background, the floating branch sign on the main page, and the embellishment materials on the logo are all very similar. Of course, the king of background materials The logo has been replaced with a vaguer one, and the stars are placed in different positions, which have been modified.
Preliminarily, Wang Zhe’s material is indeed suspected of plagiarism. After getting the original manuscript, he revised it and continued to put it on the shelves. Therefore, although I don’t want to admit it this time, it is really Maybe the artist of Wangzhe plagiarized it.
Fortunately, it is just a thinner announcement cover. If it had been the original painting of the hero, it would probably have triggered another round of public opinion.
All I can say is, if you do something wrong, you can’t blame others for being weird. If the review is stricter, if you don’t do something like this, others won’t be able to take advantage of you. What do you think? NetEase accuses Honor of Kings of design plagiarism 2
On April 21, NetEase’s story-based romance mobile game “Painted Traveler in Time and Space” posted on Weibo that Honor of Kings had plagiarism.
"Painted Traveler in Time and Space" shouted to King of Glory: "Bao, last time your new product used other people's materials, you said it was a problem with the supplier. This time it is the same. You make so much money to hire someone." What an original designer, I feel bad just looking at it!"
At the same time, "The Painted Traveler in Time and Space" posted two pictures, pointing out the "Hero Adjustment" released by King of Glory on April 14th! "Intelligence" poster may be plagiarized.
In response to this, another NetEase game "Nishuihan" came to comment and suggested the establishment of an 'anti-goose office'.
Tencent Games' "Plagiarism" is no longer an unknown secret, and everyone has even become accustomed to it. Most recently, Honor of Kings IP's new open-world game "Honor of Kings: World" was accused of plagiarizing "Monster Hunter: World". Negative materials such as the plagiarism of "Genshin Impact" poster materials and non-real-machine demo UIs have been exposed one after another. If Tencent had not had strong public relations capabilities, it is estimated that this matter would have expanded. What's even more interesting is that Tencent also happens to be a Nintendo Switch. Agent of the Bank of China.
Information shows that "Painted Traveler in Time and Space" is a plot love mobile game with a world view based on the concept of "parallel universe" developed by NetEase. It has invited many outstanding painters at home and abroad. Participated in the creation, the game was released for public testing on all platforms on October 23, 2020. NetEase accused Honor of Kings 3 of design plagiarism
According to news from the official Weibo and the player community, at noon today, NetEase’s Otome mobile game " "Painted Traveler in Time and Space" officially started a group on Weibo, saying that the cover social media of "Honor of Kings" publishing "Hero Adjustment Information" on social media was suspected of plagiarizing its own game, and declared on Weibo:
“The last time a new product of Honor of Kings was suspected of plagiarizing and using other people’s materials, it was explained as a supplier problem. Is it the same this time? "It makes me feel bad to make so much money and hire an original designer!" ”
At present, the points involving plagiarism are:
The layout is similar,
The layout of both sides is the same. :
First, the first line is small English characters, the second line is the pattern LOGO representing the role, the third line is the main title text, and the last line is the subtitle. The first line of text does not say anything. The king designer should change the font at least. , I don’t even want to pretend to be lazy, so I just tilt it to distinguish it;
As for the pattern LOGO part, it adopts a rectangular frame pendant design (the rectangular frame has a star link pendant from the top of the head), and the shading is all It is a square rhombus with a blue gradient effect. There are many ways to express the LOGO, including centering or exposing half of it, but the all-round copy design by Wangzhe Designer is really dedicated.
How should I put it? I can’t say it’s very similar, I can only say it’s exactly the same.
Currently, the party claiming to be responsible for this outsourcing has issued a document admitting the mistake and stating that it will proceed. Modified.
However, what is interesting is that this is not the first time that Tencent and NetEase’s game products have launched a group on Weibo; NetEase has repeatedly questioned Tencent’s games on Weibo about plagiarism. And the issue of misappropriation of materials, including the last time mentioned in "The Painted Traveler in Time and Space", that the movements of King Glory Yao copied the dance of Onmyoji Jinyu Ji. Later, King apologized on his QQ site and said that it was an outsourcing problem.
At the same time, there are also many team-building champions in "Decisive Battle at Heianjing", "Three Kingdoms Strategy" team-building in "The Coast of the Land", etc.;
However, On the other hand, NetEase is really keen on starting Weibo groups to create hot searches, and I think the official account should be more serious when dealing with similar material theft or plagiarism incidents, or make a statement and release lawyers. A stamped notice? This kind of unclear words really has no other effect than stimulating players' emotions and making hot searches.