Quote: "This is a hard one because it be very hard to copyright a name unless you going to make it a trademark, also be hard to copyright the game plot as well because if thats the case nobody be able to make zombie games if someone had copyrighted the plot years ago.
If you used models packs they copyrighted to the maker of the pack so you can't copyright that.
But I'm no lawyer as well so be best to look into it.
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I believe it is possible, and I will use a hypothetical scenario where you could take someone to court. Okay, lets say you create a game with FPSC called Shadow Hunter. You own the dot com domain name, your game has a unique plot, missions, characters, etc. Lets say some other FPSC developer builds a game called Shadow Hunter, and upon playing it, you notice a very similar plot, with maps that use the same layout, characters that have the same names as yours, etc. But lets go further, lets say that this other "Shadow Hunter" game has a .net domain name, while you own the .com version.
At that point, I'd think you'd have a solid case. What are the chances that two FPSC developers would both build a game called Shadow Hunter, and both have similar storylines and characters with the same names? Furthermore, what if the maps look very similar, using identical segments and entities? There are hundreds of segments and entities in FPSC, not to mention mods, there is no reason why two games should have the same name AND the same map design and character names, unless someone is clearly stealing the ideas of the other. In this case I think you could claim copyright infringement. But I agree with you on the Model Packs and things like that.
