Posted by Jatz

We haven't decided on pricing just yet, but we're thinking of going the route of a small royalty. EG: Server owners get 97% of all profits, we get 3%.

Keep in mind the standard version is completely free, and has plans to support all of graal's features out of the box.

I know you guys are still working on the engine, so my question might be premature. Im just curious as to what approach you guys will take regarding ownership/copyright stuff/profit/hosting fees and so on.  

Posted by GOAT

I know you guys are still working on the engine, so my question might be premature. Im just curious as to what approach you guys will take regarding ownership/copyright stuff/profit/hosting fees and so on.

Server creators will own all content they generate, We're not shifty like unixmad. The only ownership we claim is that of the engine and tools we provide. Server developers will be able to opt to host their own servers, or pay us a small fee (to cover hosting costs) for us to do it for them.

The only time we will take a royalty from a game is when it's earning over a certain threshold of profits, if it's under that threshold, or a freely-released game (and you're hosting it yourself), we will not charge you.

That is the current setup we have in mind, however don't take it as fact. Things could change down the road, but this is our current intention.  

I doubt we will ever turn a profit on our setting, but I'd love to support the project once it goes live if you offer a SaaS model or some form of hosting.