   Using your name in the credit?
  I am struggling if I should use my own name in the credit or a pseudo. It is for a demo, for now in a competition. I am a little scrared of identity theif on the web. But if I sell the product I might put my real name.   
Quote:Original post by asterix12I am struggling if I should use my own name in the credit or a pseudo. It is for a demo, for now in a competition. I am a little scrared of identity theif on the web. But if I sell the product I might put my real name.So much I don't know about you besides your real name. How to give you advice without knowing if you're a student or already beyond school age, without knowing if you intend to work in the game industry professionally or as an indie developer... If you want to work in the game industry professionally, you'd want to put your real name in your game.If you want to work independently, you can use a nick no prob.http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson47.html#fear   ;Quote:Original post by asterix12I am a little scrared of identity theif on the web.Your full name isn't anywhere near enough information to steal your identity. Worry about identity theft if you are ever thinking about giving out your home address, home phone number, credit card details or social security number. While you are at it, worry more about one of the many companies which you have already given all that information to - customer databases are hacked every day [wink]If you plan a career anywhere in software development, then you need to attach your name to your work. Take a look at myself - my full name is in my signature, as is my blog, which contains a short bio. The email address listed in my gamedev profile will allow you to lookup both my facebook and twitter accounts, each of which again has my real name, friends, etc. I am pretty sure that if you dig far enough, you can turn up my cell phone number and home address as well.Have I encounter any problems? Not so far. Although, my bank sells my home address to every advertisement firm under the sun, and AT&T does the same with my phone number, so I probably wouldn't notice an increase in junk mail or sales calls [smile]   ;  Your full name isn't enough for identity theft.  The main reason people tend to use aliases online is so that their online writings are decoupled with their real identity.  Employers like to google your name, and if you write a lot of stupid stuff under your real identity, that can hurt your chances of employment.  Conversely, if you put your real name on, say, a game demo that you submitted to a contest, that can certainly help your chances of employment *hint hint*.   