Is there not some kind of IP issue arising from copying the fundamental part of an existing game e.g. pictionary - "guessing a word from a picture".
I'm only asking, just seems a bit like shooting fish in a barrel releasing these kind of games and sooner or later one of the people who came up with these ideas is going to start noticing and want a piece of the action.
Pictionary includes a board game element with teams and some other folderol I think.. the core gameplay element, I.e. "I draw something, you guess what it is" has been around long before there was a Pictionary, or a Draw Something, or an Isketch, or InkLink, or ....
It would be like trying to sue someone for an implementation of tic tac toe. Though in today's environment, I'd be shocked to learn someone hasn't tried.
I'm not sure how it works with board games however I do know that for computer/console games mechanics are not patentable. Tetris is an exception because if you use the same shape blocks then they get you for the artwork. I highly doubt that you can patent drawing in a game form.
This is the reason that CEO of Omgpop keeps saying in his interviews that he has never (extremely unlikely) played, seen or heard about Pictionary before making this game.
I'm only asking, just seems a bit like shooting fish in a barrel releasing these kind of games and sooner or later one of the people who came up with these ideas is going to start noticing and want a piece of the action.