I''m planning to develop a game, i wonder what legal issue i need to consider? And what i should do for the licence and copyright for the game?

i would strongly suggest tha

Read items 4 & 5 on this page http://www.obscure.co.uk/faq.shtml

Dan Marchant
Obscure Productions
Game Development & Design consultant

I have some more question here
Question :
1. Any licence required for me to use on the file Format? Like
a .WAV, .PCX, .AVI..

2. What is a legal issue that i need to do before develop a game
and after developed a game?

3. Is DirectX need a licence? Its seem free to get from
MicroSoft website.

4. How normally a game publish? A develop publish themself or
there is another ways?

quote: Original post by Sumn79

I have some more question here
Question :
1. Any licence required for me to use on the file Format? Like
a .WAV, .PCX, .AVI..

I don''t know. You would need to do a search to find who owns them and then contact them to find out.

quote: 2. What is a legal issue that i need to do before develop a game
and after developed a game?

Is this for a shareware game or you want to start a company to make commercial games for console?

quote: 3. Is DirectX need a licence? Its seem free to get from
MicroSoft website.

Ask Microsoft

quote: 4. How normally a game publish? A develop publish themself or
there is another ways?

Again this depends on what type of game you are making and on what format.


Dan Marchant
Obscure Productions
Game Development & Design consultant

Why, there's an article currently on the front page about legal issues, written by, huh, a lawyer..

Clickster

[edited by - adventuredesign on July 31, 2003 12:17:04 AM]