What Right do you have over asset store items

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Hi there, I am building a social facebook game. Essentially we want the more you play the game the more virtual bucks you get and you can "buy" virtual goods with the virtual bucks. There are some perfect ones on the asset store 3D objects ( I have already done a ton of them but would be great to have more!) Can we use these in a game where they can customize their house by buying these items with the Virtual Cash? Thanks in advance

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Answer by almo · Jul 07, 2011 at 03:20 PM

Your customers aren't buying the assets. They are paying for them to show up in the game. It's not much past them paying for your game, which has assets from the store in it.

Unless there's a clause in the EULA specifically forbidding this, I would guess it's ok. As long as you're not reselling the assets to other developers for inclusion in their games, it should be fine.

BUT I am not a lawyer, so this advice may or may not get you into trouble. :)

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Joshua · Jul 08, 2011 at 10:45 AM 0

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Exactly. You are paying for the assets to show up in your game. You can charge people for playing (parts) or your game however you want. If you charge people to unlock a model that you bought in the asset store, that is perfectly fine, because you're charging them for using the model which you bought in your game - you're not actually sharing the assets with them.

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Answer by Flubber · Jul 07, 2011 at 03:29 PM

Yeah this is what I'm thinking, plus (and this is if we even went down the route!) if we charged for virtual bucks like some other Facebook apps they aren't even directly paying for anything just the virtual cash! To be honest I just want to cover my back, I don't think a 3D guitar is going to be the thing that makes me a million dollars!

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Eric5h5 · Jul 07, 2011 at 03:56 PM 0

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Don't post comments as answers please.

Flubber · Jul 07, 2011 at 04:02 PM 0

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Sorry it's not very well laid out here, the comment text is tiny on my screen! With my bad eye sight it's not very user friendly!

Eric5h5 · Jul 07, 2011 at 05:14 PM 0

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You can use your browser settings to increase font size on web pages.

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Answer by Flubber · Jul 08, 2011 at 10:41 AM

Thank you Eric I'll check it out ;)

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almo · Jul 08, 2011 at 11:09 AM 0

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Don't post comments as answers please.

Joshua · Jul 08, 2011 at 11:16 AM 1

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Ironically, he is posting an answer as a comment to a comment on an answer of his to a comment, while in the comment he is answering to he was told not to do this. ;)

Flubber · Jul 08, 2011 at 11:23 AM 2

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;) finally someone who gets irony, but that comment button is really small and easy to miss.

almo · Jul 08, 2011 at 12:38 PM 0

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Agreed. :)

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