cocos2d for iPhone

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   quano
   Member

   I didn't have in mind to hire / split revenue with anyone, but someone offered me to be a graphic artist for my game and showed me his stuff, and I got interested. This of course affects things. I have no interest in economics and tax handling, and I suspect these things will get more complicated. How exactly does two people split revenue legally? Who should I contact? Is it handled through iTunes connect?

   Anyone that can give me some insight what you must do if you go from an individual developer to two?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   edisonslabs
   Member

   Something I would be very interested in as well..

   I'm actually working with a team of 5-6 members now, and while we agreed on splitting the revenue equally, I need to deduct the taxes and what not first. But the amount for tax is something that baffles me...

   If I find any more info, I'll post an update.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   dnsolo
   Member

   Yes, this is currently a big issue and does make things very complicated.

   Hopefully (in the future) Apple will enable us to register more than 1 team member and assign them a fixed percentage royalty that is paid straight into their bank account.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Codemattic
   Moderator

   "Hopefully (in the future) Apple will enable us to register more than 1 team member and assign them a fixed percentage royalty that is paid straight into their bank account. "

   did you know that somebody has a patent on that? Crazy.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   quano
   Member

   oooh, patents make me depressed. :(

   It's hard to describe my hatred towards those that take patents on stuff, and then not in any way try to realize those ideas. No, they just sit there, patiently waiting for someone to tread on their patent, and then they start blackmailing those developers. SICK!

   ^Off topic^

   Update on the situation otherwise:
   I've decided to not let my hypothetical future designer to get any royalties. Instead I'm gonna purchase the work from one. Spoke to one of my friends who knows this stuff and he said that, in my case, that is what I should do. Ofc, this maybe wont work for new projects where you are 2 people from scratch, but in my case when I've got a complete game, there's no need to split it like that.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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