Unfortunately, the red cross on a white background is trademarked by the american/british red cross and can't legally be used in games. The green one is fine, but I have to mark this witha licensing issue until the red one can be altered or removed. Thank you for understanding.
Nice. Why not combine all your top-down art into one submission? It may get more attention that way versus several individual character submissions. :)
I always considered them far too specific to be useful to others, but that is exactly the sort of thing I encourage others to submit anyway, isn't it? I'll have to see about posting them, then. Thanks, Xom.
I think "hardly usable" is overly picky. It has plenty of utility. True, it would be better if there were a more randomized set of rust patterns, but please find a less abrasive way to request improvements. Criticsm should constructive criticsm, not just a list of things you don't like.
I appreciate the contributions (both of) you have made, but the "I demand a refund!" attitude doesn't make sense on a free-asset-site powered entirely by the generosity of its users.
I would guess balance would be no more difficult than any other strategy game balancing; the stat benefits are (indirectly) proportional to the resources required to mutate.
Yes, this is one of my early attempts at pixel art. I'm glad you like the concept. :)
CC3 is shorthand for "Creative Commons version 3.0", but it usually refers to CC BY 3.0, specifically. I agree with Angelee that it is not the clearest abbreviation of an abbreviation since there are about 6 different Creative Commons version 3 licenses in active use.
@Deity: If you have any additional questions about the licenses, definitely feel free to ask. We are all happy to help. :)
Everything on OGA is available for people to use in thier projects (without asking your permission first; by uploading artwork here you've said "I give everyone permission to use this") even for commercial projects. The licenses available for you to select allow some different things within that, though. For example, you've selected GPL and CC0 for this.
As Spring and Angelee have indicated, CC0 means people can use your art for whatever they want. They don't have to credit you or make your artwork available for others in their project or on their website (though it's still available here for everyone, of course). The only thing people cannot do is claim they made the artwork themselves or imply you, the author, have endorsed their project.
In general terms, GPL means people can use your art, but they have to keep the art licensed GPL (including any changes or alterations to the art they have made), make it available to others, clearly indicate in their project that the art is GPL, including a copy of the license text. GPL is considered a viral license in that any other works it is combined with are "infected" with the GPL license and the collective work must be made GPL as well. NOTE: GPL is a software/code license. It was not intended for artwork. I do not recommend using GPL if you can avoid it. However, there are legitimate reasons you may choose to do so. For one it allows GPL projects to remain simple by having everything (code, art, story, etc.) under one license. GPL is primarily included as an option here for legacy reasons; there was a lot of good art from before Creative Commons was a thing, and GPL was the best way to openly license it at the time.
Since people downloading your art can simply choose one of the two licenses available (as angelee indicated), they can disregard the additional requirements that come with the GPL and simply use CC0. In that way they are "incompatible" (as Spring has indicated), but there is nothing wrong with listing both if you so choose. Many artists select several licenses, even when CC0 makes the others unneccessary, since it allows people searching for art under a specific license to find it easier.
TL;DR: licenses are complicated, but if you tell us what you'd like to allow, we can help find the right license for you. :)
"Yes, you can use any of the art submitted to this site. Just be sure to adhere to the license terms. Artists often indicate how they would like to be credited in the "Copyright/Attribution Notice:" section of the submission. You can find this between the submission's description and the list of downloadable files. If no Copyright/Attribution Notice instructions are given, a good way to credit an author for any asset is to put the following text in your game's credits file and on your game's credits screen:
"[asset name]" by [author name] licensed [license(s)]:[asset url]
"Worms" is itself a clone: Scorched Earth so a worms clone would be a scorched earth clone clone. :)
I had an idea for a sort of RTS game where the units- a bat/cat-like race- are evolved/mutated in various ways to adjust their stats and specializations.
Classic!
Unfortunately, the red cross on a white background is trademarked by the american/british red cross and can't legally be used in games. The green one is fine, but I have to mark this witha licensing issue until the red one can be altered or removed. Thank you for understanding.EDIT: Thanks!
This almost looks like a derivative of the original Super Mario Bros tileset. I know it isn't, but it does look close.
Nice. Why not combine all your top-down art into one submission? It may get more attention that way versus several individual character submissions. :)
I always considered them far too specific to be useful to others, but that is exactly the sort of thing I encourage others to submit anyway, isn't it? I'll have to see about posting them, then. Thanks, Xom.
I think "hardly usable" is overly picky. It has plenty of utility. True, it would be better if there were a more randomized set of rust patterns, but please find a less abrasive way to request improvements. Criticsm should constructive criticsm, not just a list of things you don't like.
I appreciate the contributions (both of) you have made, but the "I demand a refund!" attitude doesn't make sense on a free-asset-site powered entirely by the generosity of its users.
Thanks!
I would guess balance would be no more difficult than any other strategy game balancing; the stat benefits are (indirectly) proportional to the resources required to mutate.
Yes, this is one of my early attempts at pixel art. I'm glad you like the concept. :)
CC3 is shorthand for "Creative Commons version 3.0", but it usually refers to CC BY 3.0, specifically. I agree with Angelee that it is not the clearest abbreviation of an abbreviation since there are about 6 different Creative Commons version 3 licenses in active use.
@Deity: If you have any additional questions about the licenses, definitely feel free to ask. We are all happy to help. :)
Everything on OGA is available for people to use in thier projects (without asking your permission first; by uploading artwork here you've said "I give everyone permission to use this") even for commercial projects. The licenses available for you to select allow some different things within that, though. For example, you've selected GPL and CC0 for this.
As Spring and Angelee have indicated, CC0 means people can use your art for whatever they want. They don't have to credit you or make your artwork available for others in their project or on their website (though it's still available here for everyone, of course). The only thing people cannot do is claim they made the artwork themselves or imply you, the author, have endorsed their project.
In general terms, GPL means people can use your art, but they have to keep the art licensed GPL (including any changes or alterations to the art they have made), make it available to others, clearly indicate in their project that the art is GPL, including a copy of the license text. GPL is considered a viral license in that any other works it is combined with are "infected" with the GPL license and the collective work must be made GPL as well. NOTE: GPL is a software/code license. It was not intended for artwork. I do not recommend using GPL if you can avoid it. However, there are legitimate reasons you may choose to do so. For one it allows GPL projects to remain simple by having everything (code, art, story, etc.) under one license. GPL is primarily included as an option here for legacy reasons; there was a lot of good art from before Creative Commons was a thing, and GPL was the best way to openly license it at the time.
Since people downloading your art can simply choose one of the two licenses available (as angelee indicated), they can disregard the additional requirements that come with the GPL and simply use CC0. In that way they are "incompatible" (as Spring has indicated), but there is nothing wrong with listing both if you so choose. Many artists select several licenses, even when CC0 makes the others unneccessary, since it allows people searching for art under a specific license to find it easier.
TL;DR: licenses are complicated, but if you tell us what you'd like to allow, we can help find the right license for you. :)
@hyp1993: Everything on OGA can be used commercially.
from the FAQ:
"Yes, you can use any of the art submitted to this site. Just be sure to adhere to the license terms. Artists often indicate how they would like to be credited in the "Copyright/Attribution Notice:" section of the submission. You can find this between the submission's description and the list of downloadable files. If no Copyright/Attribution Notice instructions are given, a good way to credit an author for any asset is to put the following text in your game's credits file and on your game's credits screen:
For example:
"Worms" is itself a clone: Scorched Earth so a worms clone would be a scorched earth clone clone. :)
I had an idea for a sort of RTS game where the units- a bat/cat-like race- are evolved/mutated in various ways to adjust their stats and specializations.
Ooh awesome! I forgot about the replacement. Thanks for your work on this. It looks amazing and incredibly useful.
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