06-18-2018, 05:40 PM
Generally, the ripped sprites here are used in fan projects, usually in the form of webcomics, animations and fan games. It's debatable whether these count as fair use, but for the same reason that companies don't usually shut down fan fiction writers, they tend to leave fan creators alone when it comes to using their works.
However, they're a lot less likely to be forgiving of a commercial product using their artwork, and the best one of those could hope for is to be quickly pulled from Steam/the app store. In other words, no you can't use this stuff in a commercial game, and the consequences probabably won't be too good if you did.
However, they're a lot less likely to be forgiving of a commercial product using their artwork, and the best one of those could hope for is to be quickly pulled from Steam/the app store. In other words, no you can't use this stuff in a commercial game, and the consequences probabably won't be too good if you did.