Chinese mobile game “Ping Pong! 》The UI was plagiarized from “The Horse Girl”, the development team confessed and apologized | 4Gamers

The new mobile game development simulation game “Ping Pong! ” has not yet been listed, but in the recently released official PV promotion screen, the UI interface that appears in the game is too similar to the interface of “Pretty Derby” produced by Cygames.

“Ping Pong! ” is a development simulation game with the theme of table tennis. Players can manage and nurture players in the game, and improve players’ experience through animated games.

However, according to the official PV promotion released in June, the UI interface design and button positions in the game are almost the same as those in Pretty Derby, which has caused players to criticize plagiarism. Compare carefully, “Ping Pong! 》The UI positions of player values, time and date, emoticons and training menus are almost the same.

As players criticize, the producer wakes up TapTap PlatformThe official announcement apologized, admitting to plagiarizing Ma Niang in the UI design, and will fully devote itself to the UI redesign work.

“Ping Pong! 》After the PV was released, it received feedback from a large number of players, questioning us for plagiarizing Ma Niang and rubbing the heat. Here, we have to apologize to the players. Sorry, it is indeed our problem. Since we rushed the ducks to the shelves and copied Ma Niang on the UI, the development team deeply realized the mistake. All current work has been suspended, and the development team will fully devote itself to the overthrow and redo work of the UI, and implement it into the game as soon as possible.

In the announcement, the producer also explained once more that because the appearance of the game is too similar to “The Horse Girl Pretty Derby”, players mistakenly think that the gameplay itself is like a horse girl, but in fact, the gameplay of the game is closer to the “Live Wild Ball” produced by Konami. “(実国パワフルプロ Wild Ball).

Although the official announcement frankly apologized, the criticism of plagiarism has not stopped yet. The game has been negatively criticized by word of mouth before it was released, which also casts a shadow on the follow-up development of the game.