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