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Pitching Game Concepts To Developers?
Andonyx writes "When I was in college, every third person I met had a screenplay they wanted to pitch. Now every fifth person I meet has a game idea. Well, there are books-a-plenty that teach you how to format, pitch and sell screen plays, but what about the aspiring game designer? Where does someone with some design experience but not the resources to develop an entire proof of concept go to pitch a game idea to an established developer? Or does that even happen? Thought the Slashdot crowd might have some useful advice." This question touches a little on the 'supervising game designer' concept discussed a couple of weeks back, but more specifically asks how/whether you can successfully pitch externally-created game concepts and documents to developers.
The International Game Developers Association has a PDF Game Submission Guide that gives you ''publisher feedback on submission checklist items, and information on what to expect before, during and after the pitch, along with insight into the publisher decision-making process.'' You have to fill out a free registration before download but it may be worth it to you.