Is it allowed to make a Spongebob game?

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#1

Hi guys! Firstable… sorry if this post is in the wrong category, but I have a question. Is it alright if I make a spongebob rp game? :smiley: They can delete my game, if I remake: Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom with a little change, and yup… I want to earn robux with the game. (the game would be similar to a RP game) Sorry against if this post isn’t the right category, and sorry if my english is bad… :pensive:

Thanks for your help! Have a great day! :slight_smile:

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#2

You can make the game, BUT only if the original owners allowed, I suggest retexturing and renaming everything. For example: Bikini Bottom can be Coral Bottom.

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#3

Hello Developer,

Thanks for reaching out to Roblox Developer Forums for this matter.

As we all know, Roblox has basically discontinued the support and creation of games like Pokémon Brick Bronze, and other Niantic or Nintendo Related games, unless assets and ideas are original and self-made.

To understand this matter, you will have to understand the definition of “Copyright” first which defines copyright as the following:

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And so, I can’t say “I think as long as you don’t claim it as your work, you’re fine”, because you will still be using an original idea of spongebob. So I suggest renaming and slightly redesigning things, as @zilibobi has mentioned previously.

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#4

You have to ask viacom for the license to make a spongebob game pretty sure.
I looked it up and found that the email to send licensing questions to viacom is info.cp@vimn.com. Theres a lot of spongebob games on the platform so it probably isn’t that hard to get the license to make a spongebob game considering how many there are already.

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