Why do people make fangames?
10-30-2011, 03:56 AM
Fangames are NOT protected by law if you want to get into legality of it. Will companies do anything over small fangames? Probably not, but they are technically illegal and the companies COULD take legal action if they wanted to. I think the laws for fanart/fanfiction and those for fangames differ quite a bit~~, but that's from my own research from forever ago and maybe the laws have changed.
I think the reason fanart/fanfictions aren't like sought against are because they don't really take away directly from the market. A game is an interactive media. To put it plainly~~~ a fangame would maybe become more popular over an existing game/anime/manga series than say, a piece of art or fiction and become more of a competition than a contribution. ^^;; I still think itd like depend on the scope of the project. Huge 3d fan gaes or online fangames are probably more apt to be shut down than a stick figure sidescroller that wont get much attention.
I think the reason fanart/fanfictions aren't like sought against are because they don't really take away directly from the market. A game is an interactive media. To put it plainly~~~ a fangame would maybe become more popular over an existing game/anime/manga series than say, a piece of art or fiction and become more of a competition than a contribution. ^^;; I still think itd like depend on the scope of the project. Huge 3d fan gaes or online fangames are probably more apt to be shut down than a stick figure sidescroller that wont get much attention.
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