warhammer 40k tabeltop PC game

[Moontyranid]

Hi Nid fans now I am studding for game developer / designer ;D
I was thinking of a warhammer 40k tabletop PC game just for fun.

But I can’t do it alone so I was wondering if you guy's can help me,
with art 3d models and programming and sound.

[apex]

You could do something sort of similar to a 40k game but if you start using things that Games Workshop has a copy write on then I could see some legal issues arising.

[Moontyranid]

Maybe you are right.
But according to the laws of my country I may not sell it or free to play on the internet with the same names.(if I read it right)

But it would be cool if the make it for the pc.

[Hive Carnithrope]

Wouldn't it take the fun out of painting, modelling and gaming with your own army? It's kinda like that Monopoly game for the Wii. Okay, but if you played the original, not really that good.

[Moontyranid]

oke thats true
but i still think it would be interesting only for my studdy.

[logic79]

Basically, you have to change the names of everything and the units can't look like the GW ones. Also i would suggest not showing or telling anyone about it..... The one thing that GW is REALLY REALLY good at is protecting their their copyrights and intellectual property rights. I have seen forums shut down and threatened with legal action just because they forgot to put the ownership disclaimer at the bottom of the page. I know a fellow indie stockiest who lost his license to sell their goods because he had used one of their photos of a product on his web shop.

I really don't want to put a downer on your plans, but seriously, if you want to go ahead with this then don't share it with anyone... or play starcraft.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Mar 22, 2011 18:18:14 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

Wouldn't it take the fun out of painting, modelling and gaming with your own army? It's kinda like that Monopoly game for the Wii. Okay, but if you played the original, not really that good.

Haha, I laughed hard - even if I completely agree with you. And logic is right - you would be facing so many lawsuits that you'd died and gone to GW-hell before even starting the project in the first place, sorry.

[zephoid]

There was a 40k mod for the vassal client, but it got shut down by GW. its still on the internet, though dated.

[marszalek]

Mar 22, 2011 19:01:29 GMT logic79 said:

Basically, you have to change the names of everything and the units can't look like the GW ones. Also i would suggest not showing or telling anyone about it..... The one thing that GW is REALLY REALLY good at is protecting their their copyrights and intellectual property rights. I have seen forums shut down and threatened with legal action just because they forgot to put the ownership disclaimer at the bottom of the page. I know a fellow indie stockiest who lost his license to sell their goods because he had used one of their photos of a product on his web shop.

I really don't want to put a downer on your plans, but seriously, if you want to go ahead with this then don't share it with anyone... or play starcraft.

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