A Game of Thrones Inspired FM and Potential Legal Issues

[Sir Taffsalot]

I was thinking of making a TDM FM that was inspired by Game of Thrones. However, I don't want to spend months working on this only to find out that it can't be officially supported by TDM. Based on my understanding of of how TDM handled the legal issues with Eidos, things like names of characters and places are intellectual property and cannot be used eg Garrett and Hammers. The FM in question would take place at Castle Black and you would play the role of John Snow so I would be making the following changes:

• Castle Black - Castle Dark
  
• The Nights Watch - The Dark Watch
  
• John Snow - Jason Frost
  
• The Crows - The ravens
  
• The White Walkers - The Snow Walkers.
  

Also I do not think that my mapping skills are good enough to create an exact replica of Castle Black ( I'm not even going to attempt to build The Wall. That would be a garanteed Performance nightmare in TDM) there will most likely be a lot of simularities. Would this also cause any potential problems? In the FM release thread if I stated that "This FM is inspired by game of Thrones, not based on." would that clear up any potential problems?

 

Please advise. Many thanks

Edited March 31, 2014 by Sir Taffsalot

[SirGen]

I can't help with any legal advice, but I just have to say that this has me very excited. Your fan missions are great, and Game of Thrones is easily the best show ever created. The combination of my favorite game and my favorite show being made by a great mapper... Exciting stuff! I hope it works out.

[PranQster]

You could put an elevator 'inside' the wall...just an ice shaft to ride up. Then have a fog layer just below the top of the wall, in a room at the top of the elevator shaft, which would hide everything below. Similarly, have a fog layer above the castle, obscuring the (pretend) wall from view.

If AI could be re-sized, you could make a dwarf, pissing off the edge.

Edited March 31, 2014 by PranQster

[PranQster]

And make it a really, really long elevator shaft, with a painfully slow ascent.

...And near the lower end, put some dead walker corpses, barely visible, sealed into the ice.

Edited March 31, 2014 by PranQster

[PranQster]

After spending a few minutes experimenting, I can say the following item is going to be a pain in the ass to make, if you want to do it any justice.

[Sir Taffsalot]

You are too kind SirGen.

[Sotha]

That would be a garanteed Performance nightmare in TDM) there will most likely be a lot of simularities. Would this also cause any potential problems? In the FM release thread if I stated that "This FM is inspired by game of Thrones, not based on." would that clear up any potential problems?

 

Please advise. Many thanks

 

It is perfectly okay to take inspiration from other works.

 

Don't copy anything. Refrain from making silly close-enough name conversions. Make your own character. Don't call them "white walkers" or make silly conversions to "snow walkers", which sounds like guys walking with the silly shoes. Just call then zombies or undead.

 

Just look at the geometry seen in GoT and make your own stuff. Don't make any direct replicas. Castles are usually pretty similar to each other.

 

Just take inspiration and make your own work. It is that simple.

 

As for the performance, you know the limitations of the doom3 engine. Outside areas can be faked like I did in LQD opening scene. With a good skybox you could easily fake a location similar to the Wall.

[lowenz]

After spending a few minutes experimenting, I can say the following item is going to be a pain in the ass to make, if you want to do it any justice.

LOL!

[Loa4ever]

I find the idea very interesting.