Well turns out I didn't have time to finish these on the weekend. So I'm bringing the rest in now. Sorry for the delay.
I did some improvements (well I mainly tried to make them "grimier") on the cars and the house in Gimp (after doing them with Inkscape) and I'm uploading the svg's of those too. I think the house could still be improved though, though I wasn't even sure if you wanted a skyscraper or an ordinary house :D
Now I def won't be able to work on these really much this week, so if someone else wills, go ahead and do the rest... I will still work on and upload better png:s and svg:s within a day or two but the rest might go over the weekend :)
Course the ground textures shouldn't take too much to do anyways.
Now how would that work out? Doesn't it become income at that point (as you are not giving the merchandizing stuff away for free)? Now I don't know what the status would be on, for example, Linux Distro CD's when they are sold separately, I guess they would be counted as merchandize, but where's the difference? What if you make a game with the intent of selling merchandize around it? How about dlc (that are not required purchases to get the base game or the base product)?
Well I don't think it'd necessarily be a pain, but donations certainly won't keep anyone afloat. Of course someone might find more motivation if people support him, but there are other ways to show support (in case of free projects, collaboration, spreading the word etc.) Of course it's up to the developer, the license he's working under etc. which would be the best method of support. Donation is only one thing.
I am pretty sure Finland considers donations as gifts and not income however the rate is limited to 4000€ per 3 YEARS. That is something I forgot to mention. This was somewhat ambiguous but considering that there is a gift tax I deduce this to be the only possibility. In some cases it's good policy to mark donations in your tax declaration but for anything that is tax-free (eg remains under the limit of 4000€) it is not necessary.
Would a name-your-price model be considered the same? Essentially if the base price is 0€ you are giving it away for free and are not expecting it to be a primary income form. However, there always exists the possibility of the income going above gift taxation limits; This would probably still fall under gift taxation though. It's a gray zone really but it can become a source of income for some and then I don't know how applicable gift taxes are in the end.
Alright, in my country it is 4000€ before it goes under gift tax.
I'm not intent on doing anything right now as sponsored by donation, but this is a thought that occurred to my head when I (again) realized alternate payment models exist for different projects. Donations are one way though I'd say it's not realistically something that one would count upon :D
Well turns out I didn't have time to finish these on the weekend. So I'm bringing the rest in now. Sorry for the delay.
I did some improvements (well I mainly tried to make them "grimier") on the cars and the house in Gimp (after doing them with Inkscape) and I'm uploading the svg's of those too. I think the house could still be improved though, though I wasn't even sure if you wanted a skyscraper or an ordinary house :D
Here's my initial draft for the taxi (64x128)
Now I def won't be able to work on these really much this week, so if someone else wills, go ahead and do the rest... I will still work on and upload better png:s and svg:s within a day or two but the rest might go over the weekend :)
Course the ground textures shouldn't take too much to do anyways.
This is my initial draft for the school bus, is it anywhere near the style you desire?
I am doing these with vector graphics so they are quite nicely moddable "after the fact".
Okay, that sounds doable. I can probably make these tiles during my free time (i'm not sure how much I do actually have this week but)
What kind of game is it going to be? Any style considerations? Straight top-down or "falcon's eye" view?
This is great! I'll be sure to remember this :D
Now how would that work out? Doesn't it become income at that point (as you are not giving the merchandizing stuff away for free)? Now I don't know what the status would be on, for example, Linux Distro CD's when they are sold separately, I guess they would be counted as merchandize, but where's the difference? What if you make a game with the intent of selling merchandize around it? How about dlc (that are not required purchases to get the base game or the base product)?
Well I don't think it'd necessarily be a pain, but donations certainly won't keep anyone afloat. Of course someone might find more motivation if people support him, but there are other ways to show support (in case of free projects, collaboration, spreading the word etc.) Of course it's up to the developer, the license he's working under etc. which would be the best method of support. Donation is only one thing.
I am pretty sure Finland considers donations as gifts and not income however the rate is limited to 4000€ per 3 YEARS. That is something I forgot to mention. This was somewhat ambiguous but considering that there is a gift tax I deduce this to be the only possibility. In some cases it's good policy to mark donations in your tax declaration but for anything that is tax-free (eg remains under the limit of 4000€) it is not necessary.
Would a name-your-price model be considered the same? Essentially if the base price is 0€ you are giving it away for free and are not expecting it to be a primary income form. However, there always exists the possibility of the income going above gift taxation limits; This would probably still fall under gift taxation though. It's a gray zone really but it can become a source of income for some and then I don't know how applicable gift taxes are in the end.
Alright, in my country it is 4000€ before it goes under gift tax.
I'm not intent on doing anything right now as sponsored by donation, but this is a thought that occurred to my head when I (again) realized alternate payment models exist for different projects. Donations are one way though I'd say it's not realistically something that one would count upon :D
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