Licensed Games

Rybo5000 · 07-21-2011, 03:26 AM

This is probably a long shot; I don't have any plans to do this, it's purely curiosity.

If, hypothetically, I wanted to make a SpongeBob game or an Inception game ect ect, what kind of fees are associated with that? Do I (the developer) have to pay them or is it considered a service, of which they receive a slice of the profits per se (obviously they wouldn't pay me unless it was contract work)

tsloper · 07-21-2011, 07:19 AM

You would have to ASK the owner of the IP. We can't tell you how much they would want. Only the IP owner can (and it's a negotiation). Read these:
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson39.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/article58.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/faq61.htm

Rybo5000 · 07-23-2011, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tsloper

You would have to ASK the owner of the IP. We can't tell you how much they would want. Only the IP owner can (and it's a negotiation).

That's fair enough, I was hoping someone would have an example or have experience making a licensed game but I doubt those sort of people hang out on a student's site :P

Thanks tsloper, I always read your site, it's crammed full of information.

tsloper · 07-23-2011, 09:11 AM

I have lots of experience making licensed games. Alien vs. Predator, Ghostbusters, Die Hard, Sanrio, Top Gun...

You have to have a license. The license cost is negotiable. You have to talk to the IP owner.

Rybo5000 · 07-24-2011, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tsloper

I have lots of experience making licensed games. Alien vs. Predator, Ghostbusters, Die Hard, Sanrio, Top Gun...

You have to have a license. The license cost is negotiable. You have to talk to the IP owner.

Really? Those are some awesome franchises to get to work with right there.

And yeah I suppose I should have realised it's case-by-case process, not every license would be the same cost.