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[RMVX ACE] COMMERCIAL GAME DEMO DOWNLOAD?

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Corfaisus
"It's frustrating because - as much as Corf is otherwise an irredeemable person - his 2k/3 mapping is on point." ~ psy_wombats
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As the commercial release of Feral Solidarity draws near, I've had to do some thinking. With that came the question: would I be allowed to host a free demo (first 2 dungeons) on the gamepage to give potential customers an idea of what the full game will be like? The answer is quite important.
From the Submission Rules:
Submission Rules
Commercial Games

A commercial game is a game that you intend to sell, whole or in part, to a prospective player so that they may play the full game. This includes games which have a microtransaction marketplace or uses a subscription based service to allow play or implements in-game real-world advertisements.

If you intend to sell your game commercially, you must flag the game as a Commercial game in the gameprofile. Soliciting donations for your work is also acceptable (including the use of and advertisement of your Kickstarter or other fundraising campaign). Your commercial gameprofile is eligible to be up on RMN during the development and after the release of your game. Your gameprofile must be clearly labeled and identifiable as a commercial game.

RMN does not have the staffing, resources, site tools and infrastructure, legal expertise, nor server reliability to support the hosting commercial game ventures. Hence, hosting your commercial game download here is not allowed. Commercial transactions and sales here (a marketplace, selling the game, shopping carts, financial transactions) are not supported. You can host a commercial gameprofile here, but you cannot sell your game through RMN's portal. You must host and sell your commercial game download on your own or other third-party website. Again, any playable game you submit directly to RMN must be free to play.

RMN is not liable nor responsible for any perceived lost sales of your game.

RMN reserves the right to deny any game that appears to be a blatant cashgrab, at RMN's staff's discretion.
(EM)

So yeah, a free demo is 100% OK as long as the other rules regarding a commercial game profile are followed.
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