What's the legality of using this game to design/sell stickers in a real online store?

[SpaceCorgi]

I've been playing this game for a few days now and I think it's fantastic!

As a tool it's a great way of making simple designs with a really relaxed UI, and the results look great! Wiith the ability to export designs, is this game encouraging people to use the designs in the game to make their own stickers to sell online?

If the answer is no, that's a-okay, I have no online store presence of my own, but I had been wondering and found no mention of this so far, and have a feeling that if this game continues to take off the way it has been, others might be wondering too.

[Karpador]

The stickers are for personal use. If you'd want to sell them you can of course recreate some designs inspired by the stickers you made in the game in your own art style.

[WildEggnog]

On another note, what if I were to give them away for free? I usually booth at local sticker selling events and was wondering if they were ok to just give away to passersby and such (keeping the copyright line ofc)

[humanjpg]

i'd love if there was a sticky business watermark that could be added to the stickers themselves! i definitely want to print some for my laptop, it would be cool to be able to customize the "made w sticky business" to fit the design/color scheme!

[newtonoakley]

I was wondering this too - some of the designs I've made are so cute! :)

[Walkeriffic]

Originally posted by Karpador:

The stickers are for personal use. If you'd want to sell them you can of course recreate some designs inspired by the stickers you made in the game in your own art style.

Happy to read this! As an artist with aphantasia, designing stuff from the limited (not in a bad way!) pool of shapes etc available in this game has been a great source of inspiration for me and really helped me get some creativity flowing again. I've redrawn a couple pieces inspired by what I made in this game and hoped to have some printed. Thanks for making such a lovely game!

[Minakie]

Originally posted by Walkeriffic:

Happy to read this! As an artist with aphantasia, designing stuff from the limited (not in a bad way!) pool of shapes etc available in this game has been a great source of inspiration for me and really helped me get some creativity flowing again. I've redrawn a couple pieces inspired by what I made in this game and hoped to have some printed. Thanks for making such a lovely game!

I have to second this. I have no interest in making my own stickers per se but I also have aphantasia and I feel like this game has made me feel creative again like I hadn't been in a really long time.

[Leyari]

Originally posted by WildEggnog:

On another note, what if I were to give them away for free? I usually booth at local sticker selling events and was wondering if they were ok to just give away to passersby and such (keeping the copyright line ofc)

I would love to know this too!

[Pixel]

Originally posted by WildEggnog:

On another note, what if I were to give them away for free? I usually booth at local sticker selling events and was wondering if they were ok to just give away to passersby and such (keeping the copyright line ofc)

I think this would still be regarded as commercial use. Giving free product away, motivates people to look at your store, thus you would derive a commercial benefit from it.

I could also see this slowly turning into "you get this free sticker if you buy anything", or using it as a reward for people who stop and look at your products. Which again, is a commercial use of the designs.

I don't think theres anything stopping you if you make them purely for personal use though. Or give them out in a non-commercial setting. (aka between friends).

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Who in the world buys stickers in 2024?

[newtonoakley]

Originally posted by The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

Who in the world buys stickers in 2024? :citizensurprised:

😂 There’s a massive market. Just look at Etsy or any of the mega sellers.
Also, you can get cutting machines for home use readily (I’ve got one).