Licensing and Royalties for packaged Architectural "Games"

[Michael_Noland]

@StephaBon;225305

See, I would like some confirmation from staff. My idea was that a sold product = royalties owed. Renders and flythroughs aren’t selling the software, so that one’s obvious. But if someone is buying a “game” from me that has their architectural visualization as a level, then it feels like I’ve sold them Epic’s software. But I didn’t previously notice that part about arcade games, where it is obviously a sold product but still doesn’t owe royalties.

So if I sold an ArchiViz app on the Appstore for $0.99, I owe 5%.
If I sold the ArchViz app to a client for $10,000, I owe nothing??

That sounds like a darn good deal, which is why I’m cautious.

It sounds like a good deal because it is one

Note: Your second case is correct if it’s a work-for-hire or consulting situation, but if you were selling the same visualization app for $10k each to multiple different companies then I think it might be subject to royalties at that point (but IANAL). When in doubt, the EULA (Game-Engine-Technologie von Unreal - Unreal Engine) is the definitive legal&binding agreement, there isn’t a separate document later on to execute or anything like that.

Cheers,
Michael Noland