The full game was released in December 2019 as Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, which includes three other campaigns Plague of Shadows, Specter of Torment, and King of Cards, along with multiplayer fighting game Shovel Knight Showdown. With the release of additional campaigns, the original story received the retronym Shovel of Hope. The game received critical acclaim, with critics considering it one of the greatest video games ever made. Shovel Knight is inspired by gameplay and graphics of platformer games developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to OS X and Linux in September 2014, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One in April 2015, Amazon Fire TV in September 2015, and Nintendo Switch in March 2017. Development was crowdfunded and the game was released for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Windows in June 2014. The truth of the matter is you can't create something which is 100% yours by using the copyrighted works of others, in part or as a whole, unless expressed permission for reuse has been granted (in writing).Shovel Knight is a platform video game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. Have really done anything but infringe on the creator's copyright? You may not be making money, but you are most certainly costing the copyright holder money. Of course, they also no longer need to go purchase the original album by the artist if they like the music. Now, everyone you give your 'promo' to can hear how excellent you are at song arrangement. This is only for promotional purposes, so you can show how good you are at arranging songs, not to make money. Then you put the MP3s on a new CD, but in a different order You decompile the CD (rip the songs to MP3 files) You purchase a CD of a music album you like. Rearranging a sprite sheet from a copyrighted game is absolutely derivative work or an infringement.Īnd 'promotion' does constitute a 'commercial use' even if it is a loss-leader and not designed to make money directly. If the original copyrighted work can be discerned in any way, then at best you have derivative work, if not a direct infringement. There is no such thing as 'change/transform it my X amount and it's okay.' That's a very common misconception.

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