Good morning all,
For the last couple of years, I have been developing a rather crunchy, 2d6 based, sci-fi space opera game. A significant amount of time has went into this development process, and testing among a few colleagues and my tabletop gaming group. None of this is pertinent to the question.
I am interested now however in further and wider feedback for the game. Whether this becomes an actual commercial project (through a kickstarter) or remains my freely distributed work of passion, is still up in the air.
The question that I have is, should I distribute this project or even make it available for that sort of feedback? The reason behind this question, is that approximately 50-75% of the art in this project is not licensed or paid for. 25-250% is (whether through purchased stock art or actual engagements with artists to create the specific piece). Obviously this will not be situation should I decide to publish this product.
Excuse my ignorance on the legality of whether you can simply leverage images from pinterest, google images and so on for personal projects. I just am generally a very visual person, and the use of these images was critical in driving me to complete this project.
Looking forward to your feedback and thanks,