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Henrik
09-12-2003, 23:31
In reply to Lord Devious

I have a few ideas for computer games, anyone know how to pitch them to a developer?

To answer your question:

1. look once more at your manuscripts - if you think that it is wort around $1.000.000 then proced to number 2. !

2. Get in contact with a small development team and show them the manuscript along with a check of $1.000.000

It is as easy as that !

If you don't have a $1.000.000 just laying around you can just forget about it, cause who want to risk their company's life by putting money in your project - althrough you happens to have The-game-of-the-year manuscript - these things just don't happen - i'm sorry, but i have sorta been a bit down this road of dissapointment myself :(
Cork2
10-12-2003, 07:20
Or you could join one of the companys and when the sit down and try to come up with new games you can tell em about your ideas.
Henrik
10-12-2003, 16:33
Originally posted by Cork2
Or you could join one of the companys and when the sit down and try to come up with new games you can tell em about your ideas.

Yeahhhh good idea :) ........except that to join a team developers you need an education first like computerscience, graphic artist etc. I'll guess that today no one in the industy would hire anyone which hasen't a good paper to show, that could have worked 10 - 15 years ago, but not today,

In the old days lots of people was sota self made and computergames often was made by 2 - 6 man teams like the company Codemasters - as far as i remember that company was started by two brothers and was a family business for a long time i.e. the two brothers did the programming and their little sister and mother were hired to pack and ship the finished product.

hi ho that's were the days :D

So the bottom line is: Get an education first ;)
Cork2
10-12-2003, 18:25
Well yea, of course you need one.
Lord Nicko
11-12-2003, 09:38
Originally posted by Cork2
Well yea, of course you need one.


Unless you are exceptionally talented or know the boss!
Cork2
11-12-2003, 20:29
Or unless The boss is your father.
Lord Devious
12-12-2003, 02:30
Well the fact that i need $1000 to pay the company isnt too attractive, mainly due to the fact i am only 16!

How does that work though? me paying the company for them to make money? Weired! Shouldnt thewy be paying me?
Lord Nicko
12-12-2003, 10:51
Originally posted by Lord Devious
Well the fact that i need $1000 to pay the company isnt too attractive, mainly due to the fact i am only 16!

How does that work though? me paying the company for them to make money? Weired! Shouldnt thewy be paying me?

I think Hendrik said "1 million big ones" not a thousand small ones :)

You had better start saving or win a lotto dood :)

Dont let Hendrik scare you off. dreams do come true.
Best option is to study hard and try to get employed with a gaming company i thinks :)
Henrik
14-12-2003, 18:09
Hi Lord Nicko

I wasen't trying to scare him off - I just thought i would tell him the hard facts, but he stated that he's 16 years so I'll guess his has "plenty" of time to persue his dream - I myself are almost 32 years old and I don't have the education nor do i think i have the brain to learn how to program, so i think that when it comes down to the truth i also dream about getting a manuscript made into a computergame, but i'm also a $1.000.000 short of cash :D

But there is nothing wrong about dreaming....