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Jungle Girl
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Hi, I am hoping to make a game at some point, however one issue I have is that I cannot draw to save my life!
I also cannot read Japanese to do a translation (planning to learn I swear!)
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Now, I have seen that people make translations of games all the time. This makes me wonder if I could do something like the following:
Use art/sounds I like from an existing game that will most probably never be translated for CGs
Use the CGs to craft a plot/scenario of my own, possibly with the original plot as a basis, possibly not.
Probably sounds illegal right now, yea, if I released it as a stand alone game with all the art/sounds I obviously know it would be.
However, my version would:
1. Be free
2. Not contain any resources or image files etc. The data and any other files specific to my version would overwrite the original game files.
This means the original game must be purchased to use my version.
Could anyone say if this is possible, from my understanding translators do not always need permission, and as far as I can tell what I am proposing essentially does what a translation would do (Although Data files would be new files rather than edits of existing files).
Is there anything I need to know from a legal/technical standpoint?
I also cannot read Japanese to do a translation (planning to learn I swear!)
..
Now, I have seen that people make translations of games all the time. This makes me wonder if I could do something like the following:
Use art/sounds I like from an existing game that will most probably never be translated for CGs
Use the CGs to craft a plot/scenario of my own, possibly with the original plot as a basis, possibly not.
Probably sounds illegal right now, yea, if I released it as a stand alone game with all the art/sounds I obviously know it would be.
However, my version would:
1. Be free
2. Not contain any resources or image files etc. The data and any other files specific to my version would overwrite the original game files.
This means the original game must be purchased to use my version.
Could anyone say if this is possible, from my understanding translators do not always need permission, and as far as I can tell what I am proposing essentially does what a translation would do (Although Data files would be new files rather than edits of existing files).
Is there anything I need to know from a legal/technical standpoint?
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