Should I drop my partner?

David Kilmer · 2019-07-30T22:43:15

So, total noob here, and not so unfamiliar with project development, just not in this sense ( as a game with IP ). So, I decided to stop doing web development freelance a couple years back and start doing what I have always wanted to do since I started learning how to program fifteen years ago; game development. I picked up unity and started working on my own time. I haven't done much but learn and mess around until earlier this year. I decided to finish a game ( super simple, nothing worth noting ) and then wanted to do something a bit bigger and funner. I reached out to a friend and told him I was trying to think of an idea. He has no coding experience or any other talent to contribute , but he is a avid gamer and as such, I thought might have some ideas. Sure enough, he did. I told him, start writing everything down and after some talking, I started working on the project. Fast foward five months , I have recieved less than a 1k words on the game design and at this point, I am now designing the game. I am not sure what to do at this point. Should I change the name of the game and keep working on it? Do I offer him a royalty percentage? Is there something I am not thinking about here? Thanks in advance

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Started by davidkilmer July 27, 2019 05:40 PM

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July 29, 2019 06:38 AM

I was in the exact same situation a few years ago: I was developing a game full time (I was coding and paying for contractors) on which a friend had given me good ideas, and input, but he wasn't producing much after that.

I was really afraid about breaking our friendship, but our "fuzzy" working relation was also endangering the game.

I talked with him about it and told him it that a partnership was not really working, and that it would work better if I could pay him as a contractor for the work he already did.

He told me there was no problem, that he obviously didn't have that much time to contribute, and would be happy with me offering him dinner occasionnaly.

I am still working on the game, and still occasionaly ask him for input, and we are still very good friends. Maybe I was lucky, but I think being open in this kind of discussion really helps.