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[GD-General] Publishers

[Death H. <dea...@ga...>]

Hello!

    This is not directly connected to the game development... however, =
when you make a game, you need to sell it, right? It's not a problem if =
you're big company, but what if you're just a small team of developers? =
I've been looking on google, but couldn't actually find a small game =
publisher. Where do you find a publisher for a small game? Any links?
Thanks,
DHunter

Re: [GD-General] Publishers

[David H. <da...@hu...>]

Hey - good name,

If you're small enough and money isn't so important I'd personally start =
pushing it through the public domain and try and build a following - =
nothing a publisher likes more than an existing user base. We've picked =
up games like this before. It also cuts out the middle men <RANT ON> see =
Develop magazine (http://www.developmag.com/) from July - the cover read =
"He doesn't make games, play games or even like games...(and he can't =
make money either). So what is your publisher doing in the games =
business?. <RANT OFF> Doesn't apply to our publisher I should point =
out:-)
If your team is bigger try going straight to the publishers, our =
company's development is a set of satellite teams that found funding =
through the parent - we've also even bought game designs from people =
(one of whom is now working in my team) and had them developed in house =
(bit of a Nirvana that one though).
Try Gamasutra for publisher addresses and send stuff straight to them - =
unless they're gigantic they'll probably take you seriously.


David Hunt=20

----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Death Hunter=20
  To: gam...@li...=20
  Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:18 PM
  Subject: [GD-General] Publishers


  Hello!

      This is not directly connected to the game development... however, =
when you make a game, you need to sell it, right? It's not a problem if =
you're big company, but what if you're just a small team of developers? =
I've been looking on google, but couldn't actually find a small game =
publisher. Where do you find a publisher for a small game? Any links?
  Thanks,
  DHunter

Re: [GD-General] Publishers (forwarded for Jeremy Gaffney)

[David H. <da...@hu...>]

Hi,  this got sent to me instead of the list because of the changes at =
Sourceforge (see Tom Hubina's post) so I've forwarded it. Its actually =
from:

From: "Jeremy Gaffney" <jga...@nc...>

One good group of folks to talk to are the guys over at GarageGames =
(www.garagegames.com) - they specialize in such things, usually using =
their own engine (which was the Tribes 2 engine).  If they can't help =
you directly, they probably know the other players well.

For subscription-based online games, NCSoft is =
funding/distributing/publishing third parties; if you're online, feel =
free to email me if you'd like as well, though we tend to be focused =
more on larger games.

-jg
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Death Hunter [mailto:dea...@ga...]
  Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:19 PM
  To: gam...@li...
  Subject: [GD-General] Publishers


  Hello!

      This is not directly connected to the game development... however, =
when you make a game, you need to sell it, right? It's not a problem if =
you're big company, but what if you're just a small team of developers? =
I've been looking on google, but couldn't actually find a small game =
publisher. Where do you find a publisher for a small game? Any links?
  Thanks,
  DHunter

Re: [GD-General] Publishers

[Erwin de V. <er...@vo...>]

> > Nice name. =)
> >
> > This is pretty difficult. There's some luck involved. We were very lucky
> to
> > meet our current publisher by merely coincidence. Also could you please
> > define a 'small game'?
> >
> > Erwin
>  I mean a game that usually sells for $10-$25... I'm sure Epic Megagames
> wouldn't be interested... :)

I'd say small publishers, and reasonably big ones could be interested in
your kickass game. The only problem is that some are really arrogant. I
havent negotiated with publishers myself (i'm just the tech guy), but i've
been involved pretty closely. I'm sure there are some guys that can help you
better. See below. I dont know if this is still working, but the new address
is Gam...@Mi....

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