#Uploading a game to Itch - legal stuff

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leaden coyote
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I'm almost at the end of completing my first project in GameMaker and would like to upload it to itch.io for people to download for free.
Maybe I'm worrying or even flattering myself too much, but since I have created all the game assets myself (art, sounds, music) I'm wondering if there's anything I should do to make sure these are protected - or are they automatically protected upon publishing?
I've tried reading about this, looking at creative commons licences etc. and it just puts my head in a spin. Some advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
(btw I'm here because my game uses Scribble and this server was where I was getting help with that before the new one was made 😅 )

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gloomy isle
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are you in the united states

leaden coyote
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sorry, should have said. I'm in the UK

gloomy isle
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pretty much the same thing legally: the minute you make a thing you own the intellectual property rights to it

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all your art, music, and code that you've written yourself is yours fullstop

leaden coyote
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Thanks! Ok, perfect. So just to double check, I don't need to include any written declaration of copyright or anything like that in these places:

  • on the download/info page for the game
  • in the game itself (e.g. title screen or credits)
  • in a text file packaged with the game

This is where I see other games state licence stuff so I was wondering.

gloomy isle
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youre not distributing your source code so you do not need to re-license it

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you should put "Copyright 2024 <your real name here>" on the game somewhere and on the store page though

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and it wont hurt to put a "uses X Y Z library" on the splash/title either

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in some cases it may even be required by your libraries like if yer using FMOD or something

leaden coyote
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I've included all of these things in the credits at the end of the game, but that's it (currently - I've got nothing when the game turns on or on the title screen)

gloomy isle
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probably all good then homie

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put copyright 2024 yo momma and let it fly

leaden coyote
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beautiful
many thanks for the help!

gloomy isle
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gotta add though, like i am not a lawyer and this wasnt legal advice and if you want REAL legal advice hire yerself some legal solicitation/lawyer helps. but for something like this u r generally good 2 go

raven wasp
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whack a jjg27 All Rights Reserved (c) 2024 somewhere visible in-game (bottom of the credits is typical) if you're concerned

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useful for preservation efforts as well if you date it 👍