Why nobody will just buy your idea from you

[ilian]

If your one of the ten thousand people who have the 'great game idea' and are trying to break into the game industry with it, please read this link.

http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html

particuarlly: a. Why nobody will just buy your idea from you

Comments

damn!

[aethyrflux]

that is the shiznit... the straight dope... i must concur!

my plan has always been to finish my undergrad degree, and get grants to do r&d, and hire my own team to design the games!

Re: damn!

[ilian]

Hey its happened.

Look at Gabe Newell who started Valve off a whim.

But, you gotta have a ton of fucking money to fund yourself =/

Of course Gabe was an almost-billionaire from Microsoft....

Your best bet is to get lots of experience working your way up in the industry, make some money, and make some contacts, so eventually you will know the right people, and know how to pull the right strings to get talent and funding, and then actually know what the hell you are doing =).

Re: damn!

[aethyrflux]

actually, i already know who i would hire for my team, but i can't afford to pay them yet.

it's just a matter of me getting the right credentials... then, i can get grant money & control the projects myself, instead of selling them to some faceless corporation.

after talking with bruce sterling, earlier this year, i figure there's about 4-20 years before the paradigm shift to post-television media... wireless broadband, virtual reality, or whatever it turns out to be when all of this technology converges!

[payphone35cents]

i don't have anything clever to say, but i get bored and need reading material so update your livejournal more often. trust me. it's tons of entertainment. if you update enough, eventually you will get 10,000 random annonymous hate posts =)

kelly

[puella]

YOU COULD BE MY STEGGYSTAR