I think this thread is going too much pro for what is on the table, isn't it?
MaxCarna wrote:Well, thank you everybody, for all your explanations
My situation is simple: I'm making a game with two colleges and also want to make my first game. I believe that the name I invented is good, nobody around seens to be using it.
As I'm a novice on this market, I'm afraid that somebody else take the ideia and the name for it. Maybe he could even release it first than I, because I'm not expert, I will take time to get a whole product.
It is also not an exotic name, maybe someone could use the same name coincidently.
How could I "reserve" the name? I know that hardly would be in the legal instance, I am live in Brasil, I won't even mention the burocracy related to something like that.
But if exists any adult games's central, where developers register their idea. Where in shark's forum, for example, in wich topic I could "register" my game idea?
Thank you again
First things first: are we talking about a SERIOUSLY HUGE commercial development or just about an amateur-made game -like almost in this forum? If you're making a small game just for fun (for free or for a few bucks from a few backers), there's no need to oficially register any name. Just open a thread in the Project's section with it and keep talking about the game's development on a regular basis (you can also create a blog for that purpose and add a link to it in the forum's thread). By doing so, people will know you're working on a game called [INSERT YOUR AWESOME NAME HERE] and, hopefully, lagooners won't use that name for their own projects (and if someone does, you can ask him/her to remove it or at least change the name of his game, and I'm sure you'll have Shark, moderators and most forum users on your side). Yes, you would have to trust on people's goodwill, but in this community I think you and your game's name will be respected and hopefully you won't have big problems out there (no more than those Tlaero, Chaotic and others could tell you about piracy and things like that). That said, if we're talking about an actual commercial product, or if you find the way to make real money from it, you should ask a local lawyer for further advice.