@grime_witch also, historically, Screaming Dude is the perfect icon for a mobile game https://awoo.space/media/xtR52ovJJntmu3BIy4Y
@noiob @grime_witch having worked in F2P multiple times I can tell you it is exactly "This game does this, we should copy it" and several studios copied it, regardless of whether it worked or not.
This isn't just for icons, but for gameplay elements/whole games/really anything that makes money is copied. it's such a shit show.
@grime_witch @noiob flappy bird was one of my favorite games because it demonstrated how full of shit these companies were when they tried to blatantly copy something
@grime_witch @noiob @hellojed so rare is it in the industry that anyone has anything real to contribute. the occasional lightning bolt success happens and the rest is a cacophony of coattail riding.