Notify Epic about Kickstarter Release?

[SchnitzelDude]

Hey,

please have a look into the EULA. What you will find is:

Gross revenue from any Kickstarter or other crowdfunding campaign which is directly associated with Product access or in-Product benefit (e.g., in a multi-tiered campaign, if an amount is established in an early tier solely for Product access, your royalty obligation will apply to that amount for each backer with the same access, but not on additional amounts in higher tiers based on ancillary benefits);

So the answer is: “Yes, you need to notify Epic about your product, as soon as your backers will get access to your product or any other in-product benefit.”

And also take a look into this document. -> Richtlinien für die Veröffentlichung und Lizenzgebührennachverfolgung - Unreal Engine