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Producer pitch-how to?

Started by December 25, 2010 08:26 AM
2 comments, last by Tom Sloper 14 years ago
Greetings,
I'm a voice-actor and writer with experience doing both in video games. I have a contact who's a producer at a major developer that I've worked with in the past.
I have an idea for a video game that I'd like to throw his way but want to actually give him a professional pitch for the idea. I want to present it to him professionally and in the same manner that is typical in the business. The only problem is that I don't know how to pitch an idea in the video game development world.
My question is: How do I pitch an idea for a game to a video game producer?
Thanks for your help and/or input.
You don't!
You don't pitch your game idea to a producer, not if he works for a game company. You call the company, ask for the submissions manager (may also be called New Business, or Business Development), and inquire about the submissions process. If they're a developer, then there's little they can do with your idea but pitch it to a publisher. It's publishers who normally accept submissions (and many of them don't).
I describe this in full in FAQ 21 - http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson21.htm
You'll put the producer in an awkward legal situation if you tell him your game idea without going through the proper process.
Moved to The Business, by the way.

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com

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Interesting. Wow. Not at all what I was expecting. Thanks Tom. I'll read the lesson link you posted.
Thanks again for the education.
The reason a developer can't do anything with your idea is that they don't have the money. Publishers have the money.

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com

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