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The Indie Restrictions

by Instinctz · in Torque Game Engine · 03/03/2008 (9:48 pm) · 4 replies

Hey everyone, very new to torque (last night) but I really like what I have seen so far of the engine. Basicly my question is simple. I understand that your labeled Indie if you work for a company which has less than $250,000/year income. How ever what if the company you work for (day job) makes more than that while your (hobby job) does not.

To add more detail to the question, the day job has nothing to do with Game Design or even scripting/programming and what not. Like a janitor at walmart, heh. (not my profession :)
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Torque Owner GregM
#1
03/03/2008 (11:09 pm)
Almost everybody has a day job. The indie license is concerned with companies that have a relationship to your game project. If they pay you to develop the game or distribute, market or publish your game or are otherwise involved then it is probably an issue, but if you pump gas for Exxon by day and develop your game as a hobby on your own time it's not a problem.

Torque 3D Owner Instinctz
#2
03/04/2008 (6:49 am)
Right, thanks. Thats what I was figuring.

Torque Owner GregM
#3
03/04/2008 (11:35 am)
I should add that if your project is so successful that you clear over $250,000 in sales on your own then you are no longer a indie and have to buy the commercial license, but that's a problem we'd all like to have :-)

Torque 3D Owner Instinctz
#4
03/06/2008 (3:33 pm)
Haha, I'd be an problem to handle with a smile