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macadam

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is this legal ?
i mean, yeah, fan art, parody blablabla... but... its still just ripped off content from SourceFilmaker.. and on top of that, he use the exact same names.

hope LiS devs will not find that or its game over.
 

Umaru-chan

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Looks good! About 5-10 mins of a game right now but could be awesome in like a year (if it doesnt get abandonned)
 
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lexxus

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Life is strange was basically a playable indie movie complete with a very mood setting soundtrack. Not easy to get a fap out of!

But I applaud your effort, though, one criticism I have is one of Life is Strange greatest selling points is the constant pop-culture reference peppered through out the back drop, I think the dev here misses a golden opportunity to add some of his own.
 
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is this legal ?
i mean, yeah, fan art, parody blablabla... but... its still just ripped off content from SourceFilmaker.. and on top of that, he use the exact same names.

hope LiS devs will not find that or its game over.
I also wonder the same thing
 
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LocJaw

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is this legal ?
i mean, yeah, fan art, parody blablabla... but... its still just ripped off content from SourceFilmaker.. and on top of that, he use the exact same names.
hope LiS devs will not find that or its game over.
I did some research on the matter (because a lawsuit is the last thing I need in my life right now) and it should fall under fair use, considering it's a free parody game. Hopefully there won't be any trouble.

How did rendered pictures like these? It's really professional.
Basic Source Filmmaker renders and some serious amounts of photoshop post-processing. Not a fast way of doing things but I think it's worth it in the long run. I kinda wanted to keep the whole comic like / painterly style of the games.
 

doublezero

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I did some research on the matter (because a lawsuit is the last thing I need in my life right now) and it should fall under fair use, considering it's a free parody game. Hopefully there won't be any trouble.



Basic Source Filmmaker renders and some serious amounts of photoshop post-processing. Not a fast way of doing things but I think it's worth it in the long run. I kinda wanted to keep the whole comic like / painterly style of the games.
I think you'll be ok as long as you follow Akabur's example. Emphasize that this si a free game and that you are not charging anyone to play it. You are only accepting donations for anyone who is interested in supporting your efforts. Anything blocked behind a paywall are unpolished and still being tested but are in playable condition thus you release them early for patrons.

I doubt Dontnod is gonna come after you for a copyright violation but...well...it IS a relatively young publisher so...who knows? You'll probably have more trouble with Square Enix.

"Square Enix. Because fuck you guys."
 

Renetta

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Finally one of the SFM guys put's his skill to work and created a game :heartcoveredeyes:
 
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macadam

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I did some research on the matter (because a lawsuit is the last thing I need in my life right now) and it should fall under fair use, considering it's a free parody game. Hopefully there won't be any trouble.



Basic Source Filmmaker renders and some serious amounts of photoshop post-processing. Not a fast way of doing things but I think it's worth it in the long run. I kinda wanted to keep the whole comic like / painterly style of the games.
well i know about the parody thing. but in most parody, they tend to use a slightly different things from the original. sometime the names are small different, sometime the places/world etc..
a complete perfect copy is not a parody ( well, i think).

but thats up to the dev. imho doing this also help them to spread the game. maybe some peoples who going to play this gonna say " oh ! so thats LiS ? interresting, i m gonna test the original game" :)
 
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