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The process of making a game available to the general public.

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I was making a game, or rather using an asset from the Unity asset store, while making changes to the final version of the game, and as my first experience I decided to publish this game on Google ...
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I’m looking for a way to distribute my game while providing users with some assurance that it is not malware. My game does not require access to the full filesystem, my game only needs to display ...
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I am aware that my game is far from a masterpiece and is very simple. I wanted to make a simple game that will be easy to jump in and out of and has as few controls and UI as possible. I see that as ...
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Google Play Store has a developer policy which states the rules on releasing a game there. Apple's App Store has App Review Guideline which state the rules on releasing a game there. What about Steam? ...
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I'm working on an indie rhythm game for Android that uses pre-existing music. We got the OK from the original artist to use said music on the condition that we release the game for free. However, ...
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I am planning on publishing my first game on itch.io and I need to know if this is legal. The game will be free and I don't plan on receiving any type of monetization on the game if that's important.
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right now im cooperating with a team to prepare a demo to get sponsored by a publisher. based on articles i read there are many factors and scores that based on them the publisher decides to support ...
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I created a very simple game in Unity 2020, built it to WebGL, and uploaded it to itch.io. When I open the game, I see the following error: ...
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I'm not home so the only computer I have access to is a Macbook, and now I would like to see how I could pack up projects to export for various platforms. But when I build my project it only produce a ...
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I am creating and Android game, and will need to partner with a publisher. I am curious about how this is typically implemented. Probably publishers are going to have a difficult time trusting some ...
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When I build a Unity game as a Windows Desktop application, zip the folder, and upload the zip to itch.io, then anyone downloading the zip from itch.io and running the game gets a security warning ...
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I'm nearing competition of my first title and I'd like to seek out publishers but I'm also eager to show it off on social media. Should I hold off until I've spoken to publishers or is it mostly ...
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I have a Unity project that uses some assets that I downloaded for free in the Unity asset store. I would like to make my project open source and distribute its source code in GitHub. But, I do not ...
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I have a large Unity project and I want to put the source code online. I tried to do it in GitHub but I am out of quota for LFS, so I decided to just zip the project folder and put it on the cloud. ...
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I'm making a game with unity, and i'm planing release the game in steam as FREE. I'm using free assets from unity asset store, and also i'm using free assets models from another sites. I always see if ...
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I am making game that will be completely free and I want to publish it. The publishing platform have to be free and it can be done without any contract or specific license. I simply upload my files ...
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I'm planning on building an online presence of a game I'm working on once it reaches a stage that would allow for creating marketing material (screenshots, trailers, etc). Should I trademark/...
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Lets take a example of Apex Legends, it was release in February 4, 2019 and got 25 millions users in after a week (Source: The Verge). I know EA is the publisher so its easy for them to market and ...
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I am in the process of building a mobile game targeting Apple App Store. This is a co-op work done by me and my teammate. We do not want to publish the game under my personal Apple developer account, ...
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I'm early in development working on a game in HTML5/JavaScript canvas, and I wondering if porting the game with some HTML/JS to .EXE converter would allowed it to be posted on consoles? I think it ...
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do i need to pay for anything in this situation : i m making mini games to raise money and cant afford unity pro or plus(don't think its worth it)for my original idea/game.i am also thinking about ...
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I'm looking to publish a game on Steam that contains explicit adult content. I am seeking to make this a hobby that earns passive income as opposed to pursuing it as a full time job. I would prefer ...
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I'd like to complete and publish a game made with Unity, but given the fact that the cost of a brand new computer represents a significant part of my yearly income, I don't have enough money to buy ...
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Is there the option within Unity3D to specify build configurations? My goal is relatively simple - when building for mobile stores (Play Store/ App Store) I want to make sure my app is pointing to ...
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this so go easy on down-voting
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According this source, publishers account for about half the cost of a game's price to consumers. Could there be an alternative means of distribution that allows people to pay game developers more ...
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I read many articles on "How (or why not without) to make mobile game without publisher". But the question that bothers me is: "What if I make a game, that really hits the market in the eye and ...
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I'm currently paying a game dev to create me a game that I can publish on Steam. Should I put the devs name or mine for the dev info on Steam? Do I need a legitimate company in the UK to sell a game ...
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I have submitted my game for review at couple of game publishers with zero response. My game is very specific and unusual, so maybe I need to find very specific publisher, or maybe it hasn't been ...
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So I made a 2D adventure game using c++ and SFML with the Code::Blocks IDE and the GNU GCC compiler. I have been working on it for several months and been doing bug fixes and everything. I want to ...
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Is it normal (or even allowed) to publish games on multiple sites i.e Itch.io, Gog and Humble Bundle. Specifically in my case I am thinking of web games. Thanks
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After months of development, I've finally finished my mobile app, but I have no idea what to do next. I want to publish my app to the Google Play Store and the App Store, yet I don't know how. I've ...
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I never heard that any of those games that are exclusively sold on the Windows 10 store have ever been cracked. But some games on Steam are cracked days after release, even with the protection of ...
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I wonder how I can become a game publisher locally. For example, I know a Japanese game that I want to publish in India, where I live. How do I acquire a license to do this? I tried emailing the ...
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In order to register as a game developer and publisher of the Android app for Google Play Developer account, you must pay around $100. But what if there's a tight budget, especially for indie game ...
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My first little casual-action android game is nearly finished. Its my first one and i dont expect any sucess. But nevertheless i want to try to publish and market it by myself. But what can i do ...
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When you publish a finished game you might consider making, for example, a Windows installer package. I have found quite a few applications that can do that. But I couldn't find any that support ...
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in this SidAlpha Video, SidAlpha talks about how Valve may be doing something that could stop or interrupt Steam Trading Card Farming Generators by preventing them from generating keys. This got me ...
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Heavily related to this question, as of now, Unity's TOS has changed dramatically. And searching in the TOS, it looks like I'm allowed to remove the Unity logo in my exported game. Looking at Section ...
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I was asking a local bank about the possibility of transferring money to my account there upon publishing a paid app on play store. The reply was that they have their own payment gateway that deducts ...
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I have uploaded my APK, and filled in data in every field which was required... but using Googles new MAnage releases tab, I am unable to press the final button to roll it out to alpha. Its not ...
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Is it possible to publish a game on Steam as pay-what-you-want? Something in the likes of the Humble Bundle. If it's not natively supported by Steam, would it be fine (as in, not violating any ...
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So I've been making this game called The Necromancer and (quick note, I am still working on the game. Also, I know this sounds similar to this question, but my question is for the general process) I ...
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I plan to create a game which depicts various events from my life. During these events, some people I know do not appear in a very positive light. I am afraid that these people might feel that it is ...
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This is my first question here, so please tell me if I'm doing something wrong :) I've recently noticed that many game websites end in 'game.com' (www.helloneighborgame.com, www.gunpointgame.com, etc)...
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I made an MMORPG game using the Graal Online game engine. I hosted the game with their engine and servers, and it was fairly successful. Recently, they stopped hosting my game. The game is still fully ...
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I know that you can go to the "Xbox ID" program to get all the resources you need for the Xbox platform (developer forums, Unity SDK, etc.). but there is not really information about how to get the ...
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I'm a little confused. I've created a game using the Unreal Engine and I plan to publish in about a month. I knew my app needed an icon, but I was on Google's developer site yesterday and I saw a ...
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I have a game called 'Shapes Dodge' which is still in development. I figured out the name back in February when I began developing it. Since then I've been checking monthly the Google Play Store for ...
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I'm planning to make my own indie game company as both developer and publisher. As a publisher, I have some question about branding and reputation. 1. Quality: A publisher have 2 games, they both ...
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