Fan-Work Games

[meadforspeed]

I recently ran in to an amazing 8-bit rendition of "Carry On My Wayward Son" by The Disco King (you should check it out here it's pretty awesome). This inspired me to create a kind of haunted-house-adventure-parody monstrosity based on the show Supernatural, which uses the song at the end of every season. My question, in roundabout sort of way: is that sort of thing frowned upon here? Fan-work related games? I mean besides matters of taste, the show obviously isn't everybody's cup of tea.

I'm not going to be making any money off of it, and I will be making all the graphics/music, and obviously the story will be my own, I just want to make sure that a thing like this wouldn't be seen as plagiarism, or some form of copyright shenanigans from people in the AGS community. I thought I should check before I posted something in the 'under development' section, or asked for critiques on my artwork, just to be sure.

[Stupot]

Do whatever you want Mead.  There have been surprisingly (or perhaps not) few AGS games based on films/TV shows, but there have been some (Saw springs to mind, not to mention a number of Indy Jones projects).  If you are going to make a game based on Supernatural, the chances of coming across any copyright issues are very very slim unless the game turns out to attract a lot of attention, so I wouldn't worry too much.

[meadforspeed]

Awesome! Thanks. I'm really excited about the project, but I didn't want to step on any toes!

[Ghost]

It's like fanfiction, but for gamers: You'll always entertain some and get boo'ed at by others. So technically making a game based on source material is the same as making a game 

[Eggie]

My only warning about posting stuff from a Supernatural fangame in the lounge is that I will be VERY hypercritical of attempts at rendering Jenson Ackles' face.
He's the most BEAUTIFUL! MAN! IN THE WORLD!

[Anian]

It would be cool to see a Supernatural game, though I haven't watched the series lately (I stopped around 6th season). The song is usually used in the final episode of the season as a "Story so far" part of intro, so might I suggest you use something like that at the beginning of the game, it'd seem like a natural intro I think.

My only warning about posting stuff from a Supernatural fangame in the lounge is that I will be VERY hypercritical of attempts at rendering Jenson Ackles' face.
He's the most BEAUTIFUL! MAN! IN THE WORLD!

Well I wouldn't say that, but he does bring the comedic timing to the series. Still, just for you Eggie: LINK