Global terms on fanworks, modding, commercial products, and monetized videos for my games

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The terms below are valid for every game I (Meiri) have worked on in the past, and will develop in the future. These terms are subject to change.

Do not reupload my games to other sites. The only sites you can download my projects from are itch.io, Steam, the Google Play Store, and my tumblr (hosted on Google Drive). If you're making a translation, I'd rather you let me host it myself.

****ON FANWORKS, COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, MODDING, STREAMS AND VIDEOS:

Overall, please consider that I'm a solo hobbyist spending hundreds of hours working on free videogames for everyone. I write, code, draw, and do promotions for my games by myself. I want to keep sharing cool games with everyone.

  • Accepting individual commissions involving my characters is okay. However, making merchandise or attempting to involve any monetary gain with the game, its characters, its graphics, or its music, is not allowed. E.g: you can't sell keychains or prints on conventions, but if someone commissions you for a portrait of Mafuyu for personal use, that's fine.
  • If you're livestreaming or recording the games, please link it properly and do it in good faith, considering the free work many have allowed me to use in them. And let me know - I'd love to watch it!
  • ADDENDUM: The majority of let's players who have played my games are extremely small hobbyist creators, and I have no problem with them monetizing their videos featuring my games. Unless you're getting millions upon millions of views out of them, monetizing your playthroughs and streams is completely fine!
  • Creating NON-MONETIZED content involving the game is accepted. Fanart and fanvideos are allowed, as long as they are not monetized.
  • Ripping the games' graphical or musical assets is not permitted, e.g programs to unincrypt encrypted CGs.
  • Using the games, its characters, or its assets to promote hate speech, be it against sexuality, gender identity, race, religion or otherwise, is not allowed.

ON MODDING (UPDATED 2023):

  • On mods, I allow some modding, but there has to be a clear and concise warning that the mod is non-canonical and not made by Meiri. Moreover, I will not fix bugs caused by the use of mods. Please clearly state this on the mod's download page.
  • It is the modder's responsiblity to aid the players with possible technical issues caused by the use of their mods. Mods should only be distributed as downloadable files.

Those are the things you CAN do in your mods:

  • Add new routes, choices, endings, fan characters (expansions are ok)
  • Add new music and artwork made by you that does not aim to replace the original content.
  • Create new scenarios that include the game's cast (AUs, fan sequels, 'what ifs')
  • Edit in memes, edits, audio bits, or other crack-adjacent content, such as changing Mafuyu's theme song to Caramelldansen or turning everyone into skeletons.

All of the above must not be presented as canon content and must be labeled as fanmade.

The things you CANNOT do in mods:

  • Rewrite the original story or replace the graphics and music with the intent to 'fix' or 'improve' it. I am not comfortable with these kind of mods. This include mods that replaces portraits. This clause is here not to impede on your creativity, but to keep myself comfortable.
  • Mod in content that breaks the terms written at the earlier in this post (no hateful content, bigotry, racism, etc). This includes making the characters say slurs or wear offensive clothing/imagery.
  • Add any kind of pornography, nudity, or explicit sexual content. Consider that my games have underage characters.
  • Erase the game's characters' sexuality, gender expression/identity, or race. No straighwashing or whitewashing is allowed. 99% of my characters are queer.

ON OTHER TOPICS:

  • Regarding the use of the 'HD assets packs', please read the terms and respect them.
  • FInally, in the event the games are taken down for the breaching of the terms above, I ask you not to reupload or share it any longer.

If you don't know whether your content breaches the terms written here, message me and ask.