Pitching Ideas At Gen Con Indy

teknoviking writes "Gen Con Indy is coming up on August 13-16th, and if you are planning on attending, especially if you have an idea you want to pitch to one (or many) of the vendors, artists, or developers at the Con, you should check out this great series of articles by writer and game designer Jess Hartley. She covers the basics of proper planning and making a good impression, and she has some practical tips about how to promote your idea, and what you should do to follow up afterward."

Comments

Don't attack the company employees!

[Spobody Necial]

Uhhh . . .. If you are planning on going to Gen Con and pitching an idea cold, you're setting yourself up for failure. The major corporate employees that are on site are heavily booked, and heavily assaulted by people with the same "great idea" on how to get their game mass produced/published in the marketplace. If you want to "play this game", use Gen Con (the player focused event) as a chance to make and create contacts, not a sales opportunity. Origins is the company focused event, in theory, but it doesn't honestly run much differently than Gen Con does. Now, if you have previously made the contacts, then you can progress into asking them if they are willing to hear your pitch. If you have to force your pitch on them, you won't sell your game. I've been a booth monkey at both conventions for several years. Trust me, assaulting people with your "big idea" IS assaulting them. You are handled the same as any other rabid fan.