Do you have to have a license to officially develop games for pc?

Started by yats55 June 19, 2012 11:25 PM

0 comments, last by Tom Sloper 12 years, 6 months ago

Author

177

June 19, 2012 11:25 PM

I'm talking about official pc games that are sold on disc.
Mainly games for windows.
Is a development license required to develop for pc?

Tom Sloper

17,264

June 19, 2012 11:29 PM

No. You don't need a license to develop games for the PC.
But if you want to self-publish games on disc, you'll need connections to distributors.
See http://sloperama.com/advice/article60.htm

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com

This topic is closed to new replies.

Popular Topics

Does it matter how many vertex buffers you have in a scene? Graphics and GPU Programming

sorting algorithm For Beginners

Cubemap Sampling Artifacts Graphics and GPU Programming

Game engine architecture. Are cameras considered a tool or scene object? General and Gameplay Programming

OpenGL path tracer in C++ Math and Physics

Mesh shader vertex amount? 2D and 3D Art

Recommended Tutorials

Wade Not in Unknown Waters: Part Four General and Gameplay Programming

Design of an Indie Action Game Game Design and Theory

2. Motion Along a Straight Line Math and Physics

Sony C#/.NET Component Set Analysis Engines and Middleware

Free Direction Texture Mapping Graphics and GPU Programming

Do you have to have a license to officially develop games for pc?

This topic is closed to new replies.

Popular Topics

Recommended Tutorials

Reticulating splines