I plan to become an indie developer but do not know how to code (and it's not like anyone is going to teach me). Because of this, I use scratch to bypass my lack of programming skills. However, I don't know if im allowed to, under what circumstances if I can, or how. Another note, if i put my game up for download, should I put a link to download the scratch offline editor? Im just paranoid that I will do something I can't, and get into trouble so I just wanted to ask to be on the safe side.

From my understanding, you cannot sell scratch games, Scratch is a completely free to use non-profit developer for the sole purpose of having fun and learning the basics of coding. I also have the want of make indie games, but, like you, have a hard time programming. I use Unity when I'm not using scratch. The personal version of unity is free for download at www.Unity3D.com and theres plenty of tutorials to teach you to program. If there is a way to sell scratch that would be awesome, but from what I know, you can't

-ASEMAZING

Unity is awesome because they have lots of learning tips and docs for help and charge nothing to the starting-up indie game developer. You only pay if you make over 100,000 dollars a year in game sales.

-ASEMAZING

I'm 99% sure you cannot profit from Scratch games, mainly because everything on Scratch is under a Creative Commons license. Scratch doesn't get anything from the games on the website that the users create, and you don't have to pay to join, so earning profit off Scratch projects wouldn't be right.

Besides, while you can embed Scratch projects on other websites, they remain on Scratch - embedding a project is kind of like creating a link, except you don't have to navigate to another page. As far as I know, other programs can't understand the Scratch blocks/scripts, either, so putting a Scratch project on the app store would be complicated.

Well THAT sucks! Ive spent so much time on so many games on scratch all gone to waste. I understand the reason though, and it wouldn't be right to profit off of scratch games. I'll try Unity.

Xx__xXloganXx__xX wrote:

Well THAT sucks! Ive spent so much time on so many games on scratch all gone to waste. I understand the reason though, and it wouldn't be right to profit off of scratch games. I'll try Unity.

Don't say that!

Plenty of people on Scratch spends lots of time on lots of games, and don't think it's a waste. Just because you don't get money doesn't mean there's no point to something. For a start, making Scratch projects is fun, and you get an introduction to programming at the same time.

That's what I meant but looking over my post I didn't say it.

How much money did you spend in the past year buying games from unknown Indie developers?

I'm guessing zero dollars.

People don't want to BUY games. They want to play them for free. If they have to buy a game, it better be top quality professional style game.

Ik. Why do you think my projects take years

Xx__xXloganXx__xX wrote:

Ik. Why do you think my projects take years

They don't. Anyway, you can't make money out of Scratch projects so I'm reporting this to be closed.

You can just ask me to close it (i think)

Actually, you can sell Scratch games.
Why do people think you can't? It's even in the FAQ!

However, you should know that if you share a program on the Scratch website, you are licensing it under the Creative Commons license in a non-commercial environment, and as such you probably shouldn't share your games on Scratch if you want to sellthem.

The other issue, of course, is that it is very difficult to actually distribute Scratch games. You can try to compile them into a Windows program using procd's compiler, but it can act strangely.

Really, if you want to make money off of games, you are best off programming them in a lower-level language (such as C++),

Whats C++. IK steam uses it so it would be helpful to know.

Can I sell my Scratch projects?
Certainly - your project is your creation. Keep in mind that once you share your project on Scratch, everyone is free to download, remix, and reuse it as per the terms of the CC-BY-SA 2.0 license. So if you intend to sell your project, you may want to un-share it from Scratch.

That is from the FAQ. You can sell, but you can't share the project on the site.

TheMonsterOfTheDeep wrote:

Actually, you can sell Scratch games.

Why do people think you can't? It's even in the FAQ!

Also, you might want to compile your .sb2 file into another file type for two reasons:

1. To “hide your code”, so to speak.
   
2. .sb2 files can only be opened by Scratch, and is thus inconvenient to distribute.
   

There are tools to convert your project into standalone files like .swf or .exe.
Here is a list of some tools you could use.

Xx__xXloganXx__xX wrote:

Whats C++. IK steam uses it so it would be helpful to know.

C++ is a popular (because it's powerful) programming language. But it's not easy to use.

There are many ways to make games. Flash games are popular. See http://newgrounds.com

Other scripting languages, like Python, are also popular.

footsocktoe wrote:

Xx__xXloganXx__xX wrote:

Whats C++. IK steam uses it so it would be helpful to know.

C++ is a popular (because it's powerful) programming language. But it's not easy to use.

There are many ways to make games. Flash games are popular. See http://newgrounds.com

Other scripting languages, like Python, are also popular.

Flash is dying, and being replaced by HTML5. You can write games in JavaScript using the <canvas> element.

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