Well, I would not have tech support. That solves that. I would have a tech support mailing list. And as for finances, people 10 and up cna start a bank acount, paypal can be linked to other acounts. But i wouldnt mess with that just make some cool fun freeware like rsgames nothing serious or anything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Game companies was Accessible soft
> Hi Trouble and all, > Yes, there is allot more to running a "game company" than just writing > the software. Things I suspect our teen age and younger members haven't > had the experience with yet. > For example, if someone wants to start a game company that licenses and > sells accessible games there are allot of financial considerations > involved that a teen ager probably doesn't have a clue about. Are they > going to become incorperated, a limited liability corperation, run it > without being incorperated, etc... > Everything you sell in the USA has an income tax attached to it. Let's > assume you sell up to $5000 in games per month or year, etc... > Well, the owner of accessible game company will have to pay out at least > $1600 to income taxes. There are ways of course to legally reduce that > amount by purchasing things which you can use as a tax write off like > software upgrades, new computer, etc. Then, file it with the IRS as a > business expense. > Not only that then we are talking about bank accounts. I don't know what > the legal age is for holding a private or business account at a bank, > but I am sure they won't allow say a 12 or 13 year old to hold such an > account without a cosigner of some sort. > Ok, I know our younger members say that is to much trouble, and I will > write my games for free. Again even that isn't without it's troubles. > Let's assume game dev x writes a free game and posts it on the web. Are > they going to offer free tech support as well? If so they need to know > how to trouble shoot issues such as if the end users Sapi gets broken > you should have some ideas how to fix it. If their libraries are missing > you need to figure out which ones are missing, and inform them how to > get the proper ones installed. There are all kinds of end user stuff > that can pop up as I have seen with STFC and Monty. > > Trouble wrote: >> Don't take it so bad when a kid tells you they are closing out there >> so called company. if they really knew what went into it and all the >> legal stuff. you wouldn't see kids saying i got a company. Now those >> like Tom and Jim say they got a company with some stuff on it. You >> can pretty much bet that its going to be there for a while, because >> its a adult saying it. >> i can believe adults but kids? They need to grow up the most, and >> stop trying to be what they are not... >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
