Dahlgrim Wrote:There is one guy called manobota who wanted to continue it but he messes it up by adding 3D models which literally no one wants.
I'm thinking of picking up the project since Wootch isn't willing to continue it. All i need is to open a new patreon page, move the fanbase to it and use the revenue to pay off the artist. There wouldn't be a need for patreon if someone would volunteer to make it for free but i guess this won't happen. The only issue i could see is that Wootch could take legal actions because of copyright shenanigans. Does anyone have informations about this?
Just need to know if i can get away with it and things would start rollin'.
Very good idea. If you can get an email from wootch stating that he washes his hands of the project like "don't care who has it now" or even "take it and run with it", save the email and screenshot it. That would be evidence that he gave up his rights to the programming. And in the improved game, just put a disclaimer in it with whatever response you've gotten. Now, if you pulled any of the art assets and/or the script, words, etc then you'd need some kind of permission from wootch to cover your butt. Like I said, any kind of communication that can be saved which indicates he's given up any kind of rights. If you have that, then that's a license to use the assets.
There's 2 ways to get around it if he's a pain in the rear and decides not to give up anything. One is via a mod and the other is to redo it in a slightly different manner without using any of his assets. We are legally allowed to modify any game as long as we do not distribute it. But we can distribute a mod that a user can download to mod their own game. Like skyrim, fallout, etc. So.. if you made a mod that updated the game, you can do that without any legal repercussion. The issue is how the hell do you make a mod that can be put into an rpg maker game? Now, if you redid it in a different engine like RPG Maker MV (which would be awesome) with similar artwork and themes but different enough to be better, then I don't think wootch has a case. Let's say you use different names and title with better artwork and a disclaimer in it that says "inspired by urban xlife" then I'd say you can get by with that. Hope this helps!