Dude, it's a legit question. Because at the moment, everything is word for word the same dialogue as the original (barring all family references). Including the inclusion of the annoying, pointless breakfast and diner conversations. So, it's easy to see how someone could ask that question since nothing new and original has been written (other than a step ladder).
As for your condecending reply, I did read the first post. The only mention that it's re-write is at the bottom, hidden under the dev note spoiler. Nothing at first glance even hints at anything other than a re-make of the original.
Well, I just thought it was a little bad that the game was in the same dialogues as the original. I expected an introduction and dialogues of their own, as for the script, I prefer to keep it as the original, after all, the developer can adopt many ideas throughout the game since Darksilver made a point of abandoning his own game instead of completing it after years.
Also:
1. There's no deviation of the plot yet, so that's not new. As I said before, it's word for word the same thing. That's not a new concept. If I re-wrote a book, and it was the same thing, word for word, except for the ending, it would still be plagiarism and copyright infringement.
2. Still his intellectual property.
3. DS was forced onto this forum because he had a large fanbase here (that he alienated through is attitude), and I doubt he browses here on a daily basis. I'd be very surprised if he knew about this project.
4. WORD FOR WORD THE SAME DIALOGUE. As well as the same models, location, names and events. That's not "background".
5. I draw a mean ass Spider-Man. Still doesn't mean I can publish a comic with Spider-Man. Making fanart is one thing, using the exact same assets of a game to make a new, "original" game, is a completely different beast.
So yeah, DS has ground to claim for copyright issues on intellectual property (never thought I'd use that word in regards to DS) and likeness of the characters.
I followed the Aleksey90 project a little bit, he is also or was a BB fan, He did the identical renders of darksilver, dude, it was quite perfect, and then decided to take the darksilver game and try to build and finish it, since the game had been abandoned.
I don't know if darksilver didn't like it or was complaining, but after a while aleksey90 decided to create his own game in Ren'py version since Unity is a little more complicated.
I agree with you at one point, it’s a bit annoying that we copy a person’s project, it’s like copying a colleague’s homework. However darksilver abandoned his game instead of at least completing it. But that doesn't mean that people have to plagiarize their work, maybe you're right but on the other hand it depends, if you take the examples of the weapons, some weapons stopped being manufactured or were abandoned, and other countries ended up taking the model and making changes. It is the same thing that happens a little with this game, or better, with the title of the game. Even if any developer creates the same Big Brother game, identical, people will know whose author created the story and the original game. But you can make your own game, with the same narrative and script but with your own style, you can make changes or give new content, and then people will say, the BB of X developer is better. Anyway, I expected the author to at least change the dialogs a little bit, as you said, there are a lot of boring dialogues from the original game and that needed to be changed for the game to have a new face. In this, I fully agree with you, but about plagiarism, well, if the guy abandoned the project, maybe he must have solved it with the owner and reached an agreement, I honestly would have no problem if I abandoned the project and someone copied it.
There must be about three or two BB clones, they all didn't do very well, so I don't see why people fight. I hope the developer brings a great quality BB, as this work will be for orphan fans who were unable to enjoy the full content of the original game.
