No artistic talent, can photos of objects be legally used in a game?
This is mostly a legal issue, about whether a photograph of an item is still trademarked/copyright? The game would probably have something like mochi ads as the only form of income.
I have some very solid gameplay ideas for a game that combines line rider and car wars, and was thinking of going with a micromachines/matchbox car look to it.
The tracks I was planning on just physically making from household items and then photographing and touching them up.
The cars are a stumbling point for me. I would LOVE to be able to photograph the top of matchbox cars and use them, but I suspect that would be violating copyright laws... Would it?
If so, where does that end? Would a picture of a pen forming the wall of the track be a violation of bic copyright? Could I use pictures top down of real cars?