{"author_name":"Trafulgoth","cat":"LD #32","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 16, 2015 5:28 pm","epoch":1429223280,"text":"Ultimately the rules are enforced by each participants sense of personal honor. I would join the Jam if your are worried about using textures you didn’t make. When I make textures I often work off a base image and use the rubber stamp tool. I consider this enough modification to count as a new image, but taking a pre-existing art asset (especially one you didn’t make) and incorporating it into your game sounds like Jam territory.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1429222380,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"20770","p_author":"Trafulgoth","p_authorkey":"41350","p_urlkey":"56110","p_title":"I\u2019m in, with a question!","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1429222380","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"41350","us_name":"Trafulgoth","us_username":"trafulgoth","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

This is my first Ludum Dare. I’m planning on using Unity, Blender, Gimp, Audacity, and sfxr.<\/p>\n

I have a question about the rules. Since I’m going to be working in 3D, I’m going to need textures to make materials. Normally, I get textures from the internet (mainly cgtextures.com). Am I allowed to do that for the compo? Or if I join the Jam, would I need to opt-out of the Graphics rankings?<\/p>\n

For the most part, I think this would fall under the “derivative works” exception, but the following situation seem deep in the grey area:<\/p>\n

Suppose I want a dirt texture to use as the ground. I go to cgtextures, find a tileable dirt texture, download it, and use it for my dirt material. Is this ok to do and still stay in the Graphics rankings?<\/p>\n

Thanks in advanced for any feedback here!<\/p>","time":"April 16th, 2015 5:13 pm","title":"I\u2019m in, with a question!"}