Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

Post by paulddraper » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:07 PM UTC

stuaxo wrote: post #20

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Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

I don't know why, but the US invention "legos" is incredibly grating. Its like a whole country called spaghetti "basgetti" as kids and just went with it.

Post by alexjplant » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:40 PM UTC

tempaway43563 wrote: post #42

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To be fair, after you enter your name in the book, the Infomaniac tells you that you have to drag a portrait on to the map to begin the game.

Yes but that only works if the child is listening. Children dont listen to wiggly mad dudes waving around on the screen. They just randomly click around and giggle at things.

Post by ndiddy » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

debugnik wrote: post #18

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TL;DR: it's in a gray area, but nobody with power actually cares (at least for now), so it's effectively fine. As I understand it, Lego is aware of the project (there's been a significant increase in interest in Lego Island in the past few years, with attempts to obtain the original source code) and simply does not care. It's an ancient IP and can't realistically compete with anything new, at least not in a way that…

> the bad optics of taking legal action against a random fan project Just last month LEGO shut down Masks of Power, the Bionicle fan game. They were really close to a release and LEGO had allegedly met the team and given them permission in the past. I'm increasingly convinced that fan projects should be developed quietly and announced right on release, so they at least exist somewhere on the internet if they get shut…

Post by kristoff200512 » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 9:24 AM UTC

Post by tempaway43563 » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 4:00 PM UTC

butlike wrote: post #55

tempaway43563 wrote: post #23

I remember watching my young nephew play Lego Island and the introductory video where the camera flies around the island is amazing. But then he was totally baffled by the 'main menu' when some excited lego guy babbles instructions at you in flowery hard-to-follow language, and you had to do abtract things like write in a book or drag icons onto the map before you got to do anything fun like racing cars. I think he c…

Part of the game is discovery and clicking and moving things around is a core gameplay mechanic. That being said, 1996 game UX was a little rough around the edges, as you said.