Okay.. Serious question.

I have a game. And a license that i have to provide a name for.

..I'm transgender, and have get to get a legal name change...

Do I /have/ to claim it under my birth name? (I don't own a company, so i assume the answer is yes.)

@azuredivay Thats years away, and I'm ready to release my game now.

@g-m-f Ehh.. I was afraid that was the case..

*sighs* Alright.. -.-

@azuredivay I can't right now for personal reasons. Not legal reasons.

@Cyanite honestly, make a company. This will shield you from lawsuits, help reduce your taxes, provide some anonymity, etc. Overall, it's an incredibly good idea.
The only downside is a bit of effort setting it up, and possibly some incorporation fees depending on type of business, county, etc.

Seriously, do it.
It will absolutely be worth the effort.

By the way there's an organization for people a lot like you. If you want some cool folks to chat with in Slack, or whatever, check out the Hypatia Software Organization.

@Ashkin I was actually just on the phone with my mom asking her how she set up her company.

@starless "Like me"?

@Cyanite awesome trans women (and non-binary people on the feminine side of the gender spectrum) that like computers. The founder built the Hypatia game engine.

@starless Nah, I'll stick with my Cis communities. At least, as long as i keep feeling accepted. ^~^

@starless Thanks though.

@Cyanite yeah, you're welcome. For me, it's really refreshing to hang out with a bunch of other technologically savvy ladies after working with guys all day. There are some cis people there, but we're maybe 5-10% of the population.

Anyways, good luck with the name thing. I think the company idea is solid-- it should be less than $100 to incorporate one.

@starless Yeah, but i haz no moneys.. x.x

@starless If you're interested in hacking games..

I talk about it a bit here. (Check comments also)
https://www.devrant.io/rants/521079

@Cyanite the org also provides material aid if folks need it, but I digress. :)

I think the company idea is good enough to do a fundraiser for it. In North Dakota, I Rubio it's $35 to register a company. It should be something close to that whatever you are, too. A bake sale for a couple days should handle the incorporation fee. There may also be local programs to help fund entrepreneurship in your area, which may pay this fee for you, too.

@starless I think I'm going to reboot my old Patreon. TONS of people here are VERY interested in my game. I think i can get a little kickstart to hire a lawyer to hrlp me start a home business and copyright my game (and have a custom license written up that I actually know whats in it)

I think it depends on the country you live in

@jAsE only of you want an absolutely permanent record of it. There's no way to seal those.

Although I sadly can't add much to this convo, I just wanted to wish you luck with the game and the transgender stuffs! Also, on what platforms will the game run?

@linuxxx
The project was moved to Java for multiple reasons. Should run on any platform that runs Java, but specificially I will be developing on Windows10 and testing on Ubuntu.

I might bundle it with Java in the future and ship a version for each OS, (or like minecraft, ship a Mac and Windows version, and then a Jar for any other Java compatable OS) but that's undecided.

@Cyanite you can compile it natively if you like

@calmyourtities
Hm?

@Cyanite it will run as if it were written in C++, but it will still be written in Java

@calmyourtities
Sounds like a plan.

@Cyanite Excelsior JET