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Releasing a game: Looking for legal & hosting advice 🕵️
6 years ago
Hello everyone,
I'm about to release my first visual novel game, which will be a type of mini-game where you can interact and play with a celebrity (Chris Pratt). The game will be entirely free, so I'm not too terribly worried about the legality of it (as far as I know, most copyright laws only apply to the monetization of someone else's creation or image). Still, some clever wording wouldn't hurt. I've seen people phrase these types of releases a specific way, stating that the game is not a depiction of the actor but a fantasy character based on the actor (which is very much the case here). So if any of you are versed in law, do you have suggestions on how I should word such a sentence and what would be worth disclaiming?
In addition to that, I need a place to host my game. As I plan to make the game entirely free to download, there won't be a percentage of the profits the host can snatch. Do you guys know of any sites that are good for hosting? The beta is current at 23.408 KB but the final release is probably gonna be bigger than that. I would prefer if it didn't cost me anything, but I wouldn't mind making a small payment (like a few dollars a month) if it meant a reliable download. It'd also be preferable if the site didn't take down adult content files so I don't need to keep creating mirrors and updating my download page.
Thanks to everyone who would offer me some advice. This game's not far away now. 🤞
I'm about to release my first visual novel game, which will be a type of mini-game where you can interact and play with a celebrity (Chris Pratt). The game will be entirely free, so I'm not too terribly worried about the legality of it (as far as I know, most copyright laws only apply to the monetization of someone else's creation or image). Still, some clever wording wouldn't hurt. I've seen people phrase these types of releases a specific way, stating that the game is not a depiction of the actor but a fantasy character based on the actor (which is very much the case here). So if any of you are versed in law, do you have suggestions on how I should word such a sentence and what would be worth disclaiming?
In addition to that, I need a place to host my game. As I plan to make the game entirely free to download, there won't be a percentage of the profits the host can snatch. Do you guys know of any sites that are good for hosting? The beta is current at 23.408 KB but the final release is probably gonna be bigger than that. I would prefer if it didn't cost me anything, but I wouldn't mind making a small payment (like a few dollars a month) if it meant a reliable download. It'd also be preferable if the site didn't take down adult content files so I don't need to keep creating mirrors and updating my download page.
Thanks to everyone who would offer me some advice. This game's not far away now. 🤞
There are no restrictions for the kind of content you can host on itch.io (assuming it’s legal). If you plan to collect money for your content then you must adhere to the acceptable use policy of the respective payment provider:
In the worst case you would have to defend that your character is actually not Chris Pratt, so changing or adding some obvious details could help and not using his name of course.
This is not fool-proof, but at maybe a little help.
For safety, claim it's a porn parody.