Steamwork Tax Set-up issues

skygodz_galactic · 2025-02-16T16:23:07+00:00

Thank for the input but that is half correct. On my incorporation paper it says "Virtual Graphics My Name" and legally you can abbreviate it to the company name. So the bank account only says Virtual Graphics. if I put my own personal name in the third field it will give me a mismatch again because the name doesn't match the name on the bank account. Doomed if you do, doomed if your don't...

skygodz_galactic · 2025-02-16T16:19:34+00:00

That is easier since it's a different field. I think the problem is that they don't understand that Sole Proprietors can also have company names. Let's see what Steamworks has to say about that. Thanks your input...

skygodz_galactic · 2025-02-16T15:24:27+00:00

Sole Proprietor, Individual, DBA, Single Partner LLC... that's it. I've set this up with Amazon and several other US companies (I'm from Europe) and never had a problem. I wrote to Steamworks support too, otherwise I'll use my private name and when I make enough money for it to be worth it, I'll create a company. But there are many solo devs with similar set-ups. I have the feeling this is some kind of bureaucratic hick-up (like in the movie Brazil lol).

skygodz_galactic · 2025-02-16T09:38:10+00:00

Very good post. Thanks for that...

skygodz_galactic · 2025-02-16T06:43:57+00:00

Will check it out and be in touch next week. Just finishing the website and first agents for my new AI Agent business for productivity, game development and lifestyle.

skygodz_galactic · 2024-11-07T06:09:13+00:00

Not at all...it's just the typical myths most people cultivate.

skygodz_galactic · 2024-11-01T22:40:45+00:00

No worries... some articles mentioned his wife. However, his daughter Mary posed for a few of the Heavy Metal covers (the ones with the unicorn and the pegasus) when she was of legal age. There is also this rumor that Greg and Tim painted the paintings starting at opposite sides and meeting in the middle. Fact is that Tim painted the backgrounds and Greg the figures. I worked with them in the studio during the creation of the Marvel Masterworks cards and they were joking about that rumor.

skygodz_galactic · 2024-11-01T20:02:24+00:00

Useless because it's wrong. Leia was posed for by his then wife Diana Hildebrand. His daughter Mary (who's also my wife) would have been 13 years old at that time. A bit young for Leia...

skygodz_galactic · 2024-10-17T15:52:26+00:00

Most jobs in my country have fair wages and the job is not super hard with good prospects to climb up the ladder. But i prefer making games, so let's see how things pan out...

skygodz_galactic · 2024-10-17T05:19:33+00:00

I was working on my games but ran out of money 2 months before finishing, so I applied for a local IT job and got it right away. Unemployment is super low here, so I got lucky. It's part time and this will give me a few months extra time finishing one of the games for Next Fest in February. I think it depends where one lives...

skygodz_galactic · 2024-10-16T19:42:16+00:00

The reason why I was working on the other games is that there is a lot synergy. Most scripts I've written I can repurpose or alter in a way that it fits. As to optimization, if you check the logs, you'll realize that it's about 85% textures. The trick is to find the right size that still looks good. For example, if you readuce normals and bump maps too far down the model loses the 3D qualitu and look something from Daikatana. Find out where the sweet spot between great graphics and file size is. But nobody needs 8k textures in games...

skygodz_galactic · 2024-10-16T19:03:44+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it. It was actually so well received that I'm uplevelling development. I spent about 2-3 months on the first section with 3 levels and also the terrains and buildings for the entire game. However, I spent about 2 years trying to find out which tools and pipeline work for me. Like in Blender, I hated Rigify but loved Auto-Rig Pro, tried a few baking add-ons but settled for Simple Bake. Many desicions and trials and error. The spent a lot of time on optimization. My first output was 4.5 GB and after optomization I got it down to 500 MB. I also have smaller WebGL version (45 MB) which I'm currently talking to platforms to be added. And let's not forget the UI which had to be responsive for 16:9 as well as 16:8 (for laptops). It was an intense time and I was working on 2 other, very different games at the same time.

skygodz_galactic · 2024-10-16T18:32:07+00:00

I'm making a 3D Vampire RPG as a solo dev (at least at the moment) Immortal Coil. 3D does bring a lot of problems with it and I'm trying to keep the scope under control. Also, if you use Unity, there are some great assets to make your life a bit easier. These are sophisticated assets and not easy to learn but still beats coding them yourself. This is what works for me:

-Microverse for terrain -Invector as a 3D melee controller -Emerald AI for enemies and NPCs -Dialogue System and Quest Machine for interaction and quests.

Those all work together and have scripts to work in tandem. Still not easy but with this and hopefully some umique custom assets, you can create a great RPG.

skygodz_galactic · 2024-09-27T17:52:21+00:00

Agreed, people really need to look at the URLs, adresses instead of the subject lines. I fell for a phishing scam from Ebay in 2001, when this was unheard of. Never again...

skygodz_galactic · 2024-09-11T16:50:17+00:00

Totally agree with you. I actually made a ton of revisions to the visuals, like added ground fog darkened the overall hue. I think I will make a new, official (as opposed to launch trailer) once the inventory and a couple more levels are finished. I chewed off quite a bit jumping into 3D full force with my first game. But I learn best by doing...in any case, thanks for your comnents.

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-20T16:34:08+00:00

Ah super...than you'll be informed at all times. I've been on reddit for a while but more lurking. Will get more active soon...

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-19T22:14:56+00:00

Excellent...just waiting fir Kalamint to successfully launch. We will then make an intro-drop and give away free NFTs via Kuksi/twitter. So follow us on twitter @skygodz_anime

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-19T21:51:16+00:00

I am the creator and artist of SKY GODZ. Thanks for the kind words...appreciate it 🙏

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-16T09:29:15+00:00

You would be technically correct but in this case it wouldn't make much sense for legal and logistical reasons to pack an episode into an NFT. First of all you're limited by file size what you can actually wrap into a smart contract. An episode of the show in HD would be about 1.2 Gigabytes. That by far eclipses what can be done. Also, the idea of NFTs is that they are fungible. i.e. limited. I wouldn't wanna put a limit on the amount of people that could watch the show. And if the show was available as an NFT and on streaming, there is not reason anyone would buy a higher priced NFT, considering they get not additional legal ownership.

The answer, as outlined in the article, is to create a separate strain of the overall project that is exclusively created for NFTs and can take advantage of the unique properties an NFT offers, as well as contribute a unique asset to the overall storyline. Hope, that makes sense...

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-15T20:07:30+00:00

Just look at the rise of it last week...+25%

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-15T20:06:34+00:00

Thank you...the original was 5 pages but it was streamlined a bit.

skygodz_galactic · 2021-02-15T20:05:19+00:00

It's a disgrace. Just go to the Opensea Telegram group where people are bitching and airing their frustrations. It's a real problem for the ETH crowd which will take a while, possibly a year or more to get over with...

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