Credit Enterbrain or Kadokawa?

[Nightblade50]

I don't know where this would go, so I'll put it here.

When I make a game in RM using at least some RTP, who do I credit? Kadokawa or Enterbrain?

 

[Faherya]

In doubt: Kadokawa, Enterbrain and Degica haha. That's what I do, thinking now I do not know if some of them can be one.

 

[Nightblade50]

In doubt: Kadokawa, Enterbrain and Degica haha. That's what I do, thinking now I do not know if some of them can be one.

LOL! Just to be on the safe side! XD

 

[peq42_]

It has been explained in another post 1 month or so ago:
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/credits-if-using-no-rtp.90567/#post-822424
(I don't know if it applies to MV only, or to all RPG Makers, or if other RPG Maker's games must credit another enterprise)

Also you need to give credits whenever you use RPG Maker, as it is a legal part of the contract/terms when buying.

 

[Kes]

Try reading the EULA for the engine and assets you are using.

 

[Nightblade50]

Okay, thank you

 

[TheoAllen]

I've been crediting "Enterbrain" since my complete game released at 2015. But I'm wondering that now.
Quick search give me an answer that Enterbrain is publisher of Kadokawa(?).
But RPG Maker on wiki said one of the developers is Enterbrain.
If there is an explicit statement on EULA regarding the crediting, it might be good to post here for anyone to read

 

[Kes]

It depends which engine you are using, and which Resource Pack you are using, which is why people have to take personal responsibility for reading the EULA for themselves.
Ace, for example, was Enterbrain, MV was Kadokawa.
Each Resource Pack spells out in great detail what you need to include in the Credits.
I, for one, am not going to open up all the Resource Packs and engines I own, check all the EULAs, and type out a list here.

 

[Nightblade50]

Ace, for example, was Enterbrain

Thank you!

 

[gstv87]

I'm on the same pickle here.
I'm listing Yoji Ojima / Enterbrain (Ace), as it reads in the About section and help files, but the Steam page lists Degica and Kadokawa.
I assume the Steam page takes priority because they took over after the updates, after version 1.0, and everything that led to MV?
but then I went to the Steam page's public EULA (which seems to be the updated one) and it reads:

A. Ownership
ENTERBRAIN retains all title, copyright and other proprietary rights in, and ownership of, the Software.

it also never links "the Game" with "the Software", so theoretically I could state " *I* created *this game*, *Enterbrain* provided the tool" ?

I plan to not be using any RTP, just the basic engine.

 

[Nightblade50]

I'm on the same pickle here.
I'm listing Yoji Ojima / Enterbrain (Ace), as it reads in the About section and help files, but the Steam page lists Degica and Kadokawa.
I assume the Steam page takes priority because they took over after the updates, after version 1.0, and everything that led to MV?
but then I went to the Steam page's public EULA (which seems to be the updated one) and it reads:




it also never links "the Game" with "the Software", so theoretically I could state " *I* created *this game*, *Enterbrain* provided the tool" ?

I plan to not be using any RTP, just the basic engine.

The game IS linked with the software. If you made it with the software, it is.

 

[gstv87]

yes, but I mean, it is not stated legally in the EULA.
they basically say "if you release your game, you release the developer of all responsibility, and you make yourself responsible of everything you pack with it."
they never say "you must state that the developer is intrinsic part of the creation of the game", which would be the opposite.

(I just checked that the splash screen for Ace states "developed by Yoji Ojima / Enterbrain" and "distributed by Kadokawa", so I guess it's just a commercial separation of the same organization into two.... also, the RTP EULA clearly reads "Enterbrain")

 

[Nightblade50]

yes, but I mean, it is not stated legally in the EULA.
they basically say "if you release your game, you release the developer of all responsibility, and you make yourself responsible of everything you pack with it."
they never say "you must state that the developer is intrinsic part of the creation of the game", which would be the opposite.

(I just checked that the splash screen for Ace states "developed by Yoji Ojima / Enterbrain" and "distributed by Kadokawa", so I guess it's just a commercial separation of the same organization into two.... also, the RTP EULA clearly reads "Enterbrain")

Well, I don't really know, but I just credit Enterbrain anyway. The details are kind of murky, at least too much so for me to think about leaving them out.

 

[Kes]

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