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Original post by Jonny_S I'm confused, how is your idea different to what the XBox 360 already does? Were you using the 360 avatar system as an example? If so what exactly does your idea do that is so innovative?

It's an absurd, outside the box, game that's not really a game, that will generate some serious cash while being given away for free.

Duh! :P

I fail to see the absurdity in it and the difference with Home in it being free, Home is free as well.

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Original post by Konidias Quote: Original post by Jonny_S I'm confused, how is your idea different to what the XBox 360 already does? Were you using the 360 avatar system as an example? If so what exactly does your idea do that is so innovative? It's an absurd, outside the box, game that's not really a game, that will generate some serious cash while being given away for free. Duh! :P

Exactly!


Actually I am using the avatar as kind of a foundation. But I will be building the empire state building on top of it.

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Original post by Tom Sloper Quote: Original post by travis99 Just to add, I do not have time to learn how to develop a game. My specialty is sales and marketing, and that is something I have to learn every day. So it would be extremely difficult to learn what most of you already know. That is why I am seeking your advice, because you all will be way better at game development than I will ever be. We already answered your question. You need to read the articles I pointed you to. You need to do a LOT of reading, because you need to write a business plan. What else is there to tell you? Answer: more than we can tell you here. Do your research.

Thanks for the helpful information on your site! I got the gist, but this is a little different as I wont be selling it directly to the average "gamer" and it will not need to be in video game stores.

I guess the answer I was looking for is this. "Hey Travis, this sounds really great. Please send us an NDA and we will start working on the project". Or, "I'm fairly new to this and it sounds like a great way to get my name out there, and make a lot of money. When can I start?"

But I guess that's probably not reality.

So I need another person that is willing to take risks and jump in with both feet.

Maybe it is a shot in the dark, but every journey starts with a single step. I guess this is that step. If anyone is interested in coming with me, let me know.

Travis

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I guess the answer I was looking for is this. "Hey Travis, this sounds really great. Please send us an NDA and we will start working on the project". Or, "I'm fairly new to this and it sounds like a great way to get my name out there, and make a lot of money. When can I start?"

I think you'd need to divulge most, if not all, of your plan. Even then, I'm not sure you'd get the kind of response you want. You might get the second kind of response, but my gut feeling is that the probability of getting the first response is rather minuscule. Your situation is something that occurs rather frequently on these boards -- someone has a idea they think is fantastic, and asks for other people to make it for them; I wish things worked that way -- I'd have several finished games by now!

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But I guess that's probably not reality.

You are probably right.


Anyway, I'm not trying to completely discourage you... bringing your idea to fruition is not impossible, just rather difficult.

Best of luck!

Cool, that is great to hear. Because if it's not difficult, it's not worth it! I totally understand what you are saying about people having ideas for games. I am sure many people have great ideas, and the games would probably be hits. But, when things get difficult, most people cut and run. Which sucks because imagine if Bill Gates said, ahh f^%(K it, this is gonna be to hard.

Like I said, this idea is not really a game, and you don't play it.

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Original post by travis99 I guess the answer I was looking for is this. "Hey Travis, this sounds really great. Please send us an NDA and we will start working on the project". Or, "I'm fairly new to this and it sounds like a great way to get my name out there, and make a lot of money. When can I start?" But I guess that's probably not reality. So I need another person that is willing to take risks and jump in with both feet. Maybe it is a shot in the dark, but every journey starts with a single step. I guess this is that step. If anyone is interested in coming with me, let me know.

Yeah unfortunately not a reality. Anyone capable of implementing whatever it is you want to create almost certainly has a job in the industry already (the game industry is still starved for experienced engineers). You need to convince them to leave their day job. It pays well and they're already doing something awesome related to games. They don't know you and you've given no concrete information about what your idea is. Why would they give up a comfortable salary to help you? (and yeah they'd have to give up the day job, industry contracts are almost always non-compete during employment: any extra curricular work related to games belongs to the employer)

The 2 ways to solve this problem are:

1) learn to do it yourself
2) offer a compelling amount of dollars to do it.

The former is just time, the latter is you finding money. The phrase "you need to spend money to make money" became a cliche for a good reason. If you're not capable of doing something yourself and aren't already friends with someone who is then you need to pay $$ to get it done.

Going rate for a lead game-type engineer is ~100-150k+ a year.

-me

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Original post by travis99 Thanks for the helpful information on your site! I got the gist I guess the answer I was looking for is this. "Hey Travis, this sounds really great. Please send us an NDA and we will start working on the project". Or, "I'm fairly new to this and it sounds like a great way to get my name out there, and make a lot of money. When can I start?" So I need another person that is willing to take risks and jump in with both feet. Maybe it is a shot in the dark, but every journey starts with a single step. I guess this is that step. If anyone is interested in coming with me, let me know.

So you're saying this was actually a Help Wanted post all along?
Why didn't you say so?
You have to post on the Help Wanted forum. You have violated the forum rules by posting a Help Wanted post on the Game Design forum, so I'm closing the thread.
I hope you will read all those links I gave you.
If you have questions about how to go about doing this project or business concerns, you can start a new thread in the Business/Law forum. THIS forum is for matters about "Game Design" (which is not what you were asking).