Games Business and Law

Discuss business and legal issues related to game development such as marketing, contracts, copyright issues, etc.

Golden Fall 2. Preparing for Release on Steam.

Started by Zurtan with 1 comment, last by frob 3 years, 3 months ago

How was Valve able to sell CS that was made with GoldSrc Engine which is a modified quake engine (GPL)?

Started by fonzis with 5 comments, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 3 months ago

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Is it legal tu use some seconds of a song?

Started by rogerdv with 25 comments, last by source61 3 years, 3 months ago

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Finding Publishers that would be willing to work with solo/micro teams?

Started by joeschmoe32 with 3 comments, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 3 months ago

funding Publishers

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Question about legality of reusing portion of Dooms random number sequence.

Started by Ray J with 6 comments, last by LorenzoGatti 3 years, 3 months ago

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Managing a contractor? what should I be aware of?

Started by GeneralJist with 1 comment, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 3 months ago

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Best platform for advertising

Started by alexander.a 3 years, 4 months ago

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Pitch budgets: How much is too much?

Started by Thaumaturge with 11 comments, last by Thaumaturge 3 years, 4 months ago

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Pitching: In sequence or parallel, and how long to wait?

Started by Thaumaturge with 5 comments, last by Thaumaturge 3 years, 4 months ago

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Question about "selling" a prototype or proof of concept

Started by ericplasencia with 3 comments, last by Orymus3 3 years, 4 months ago

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Any idea where to sell shares of a video game?

Started by shoesoft with 7 comments, last by Orymus3 3 years, 4 months ago

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Looking for advice on new indie game

Started by Towersiege with 1 comment, last by Orymus3 3 years, 4 months ago

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How exactly do you market a puzzle game without spoiling it?

Started by Stocke with 2 comments, last by jasminedisouza 3 years, 5 months ago

Marketing Puzzle showcase

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Is Genesis3D 1.* really license free?

Started by yaboiryan with 4 comments, last by Alberth 3 years, 5 months ago

licensing

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indie game business sessions

Started by GeneralJist 3 years, 6 months ago

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Question about pitching to the press

Started by tictac2018 with 3 comments, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 6 months ago

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Car brand licensing (?) in a free game

Started by bmarci with 5 comments, last by frob 3 years, 6 months ago

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Can LLCs obtain funding from investors?

Started by GeneralJist with 4 comments, last by frob 3 years, 6 months ago

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To Croudsource

Started by Sceisce with 4 comments, last by Sceisce 3 years, 6 months ago

Crowdfunding

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Structure of a game proposal?

Started by GeneralJist with 1 comment, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 7 months ago

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Patreon?

Started by gdunbar with 3 comments, last by GeneralJist 3 years, 7 months ago

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Separate Amazon accounts for the business?

Started by GeneralJist 3 years, 7 months ago

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Getting an accountant? should they be paid?

Started by GeneralJist with 3 comments, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 7 months ago

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OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook and The OpenGL SuperBible

Started by taby with 2 comments, last by ddlox 3 years, 7 months ago

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I wrote a game, looking for advice on next steps

Started by zoliking with 7 comments, last by Tom Sloper 3 years, 8 months ago

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How much do you make off of web games?

Started by WildWorldGames with 3 comments, last by doemel 3 years, 8 months ago

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I spent 1000 Euros on marketing and got 77 Twitter Followers

Started by Beosar with 7 comments, last by XsollaCommunity 3 years, 8 months ago

Marketing twitter

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Stats on a pre launch game on steam.

Started by Zurtan with 1 comment, last by taby 3 years, 8 months ago

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Charging for my new games (without guilt)

Started by Furwerkstudios with 3 comments, last by taby 3 years, 9 months ago

business ethic

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First time developing concerns

Started by Gael_Greenhorn with 5 comments, last by Netaid 3 years, 9 months ago

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