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Funding New Games

Posted by timothy on from the willie-sutton-principle dept.

Reedo writes "RPG Vault has an interesting article about securing funding for new games. The article was put together by Doug Mealy, the President of Online Marketing and Public Relations. It covers points of view from investors, as well as game developers who have succeeded in landing funding. A good read if you're curious about what's involved when trying to get a game funded."

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  1. Re:Notes from Underground by eglamkowski · · Score: 3, Informative

    What you need to do is take a good solid demo (that is to say, a game that is basically is beta stage) to a small but professional development house (such as... HDI and see if they wouldn't be interested in helping you finish and publish it.

    HDI reviews outside development stuff (not just computer games, but board games too) with an to publishing, so they would be more then happy to give you a fair shake.

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  2. Re:Notes from Underground by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Even $500,000 is far too low, except for a very small niche game. Of course, if you're talking about selling 300 copies then you probably don't mind about small niches.


    As far as your project "Vortex" goes, you probably will be able to sell 300 copies, only because I think that someone can probably sell 300 copies of almost anything. But selling 3000 copies is going to be a lot tougher.


    My advice is to make your own sound effects, pay some musician friend to make a little soundtrack for you, and keep the advertising money. Then you will have something that might be a workable demo for you to get an intro into a game developer. That's the best way to really get into "The Industry", especially since Demos are key. I've met a lot of programmers who have the resumes but couldn't make games for shit, and also seen great demos come from nowhere. Of course, I've also seen people with great resumes and great demos, they aren't exclusive properties! :)


    I'd also like to make a few suggestions for your game. First, brighten it up, it's way too dark. Secondly, add some textures or decorations, especially around the edges of the screen. The flat shaded polys have that retro look going, but they aren't enough. Bring your game into the 1990s at least!


    Also one thing about your "business plan". You're looking for $3000 to spend on a game that you're projecting to bring in $3000 in revenue. At that rate it's going to take a LONG time to raise your $30,000...



    --A game developer on my lunch break from the 2003 Game Developers Conference