this never would have happened if we made addictive puzzle games illegal

@TexasUberAlles  
Wow. Damn.

 
…It ain’t even close. This game cheats so hard it literally stole itself from another game.

Nice source…

@Prof.NightJack  
Which was also a consideration in the Tetris case. Unlike tabletop games, video games don’t always have a clear delineation between “idea” (patentable) and “expression” (copyrightable). So if you copy everything, odds are you’re gonna end up on the wrong side of the divide at some point.
 
Look at the group of five purple cubes in the Toy Blast screenshot. Instead of their normal hexagon symbol, they have a symbol of a bonus item, to indicate that clearing them will earn you that item. Puzzle Party does the same thing, and it could be argued that that has a clear mechanical purpose. But it doesn’t strictly follow from the game mechanic of rewarding big combos with bonus items. Bejeweled doesn’t point out potential groups of 4 or 5, and there are other ways to do it if you must: make the cubes glow, change the color of their normal symbol, animate their normal symbol, or even have one big item symbol instead of small symbols on each cube.

@ArkyNoid  
Again, it’s not just strong gameplay structural similarity, it’s 1 to 1 the same.

@Background Human
 
I’m assuming the court went against Hasbro with the “trade dress” aspect like exemplified in the Tetris case. Since as cited, strong gameplay structural similarity unto itself doesn’t establish a valid suit.

Well, shit.
 
@ArkyNoid  
On the other hand, Tetris Holding v. Xio Interactive. The game was a shot-for-shot remake mechanically, and there were shared aesthetic elements that weren’t strictly necessary. For reference, here’s Toy Blast:
 

 
Notice the 9x9 matrix, the rounded 3-D cubes with the slightly downward angle, the fun little face in the upper left corner (top center in portrait mode), and the stars that appear under the score bar. Not shown here: objects counted toward goals fly to their respective indicators, and completed goals are denoted by a green checkmark.

That sucks.

@ArkyNoid  
It wasn’t nearly identical game mechanics, it was using the very same mechanics, if they took assets from Toy Blast wouldn’t matter as they recreated them 1 to 1.

I thought that a judge in Texas ruled that nearly identical game mechanics are not grounds for lawsuits. Unless they took actual assets without permission maybe, I dunno the finer details.
 
https://techraptor.net/content/game-mechanics-arent-protected-copyright-according-texas-court-ruling

@Background Pony #9DBD  
The whole game works exactly like Peak Games’ Toy Blast, it was really just a redskin.  
It’s not just that it’s a puzzle game.

Yeah because puzzle games are totally their idea 🙄