I have an idea for a triple-A game. How can I share it with big developers like Sony or MS?
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Curt Schilling is really the archetypal idea guy. No experience, no skill, just the ability to throw millions of dollars at his ideas. And even then, his actual MMO idea never did get made, and the whole fiasco only accidentally resulted in a great single player game as a compromise.
So anyway, the advice to OP is earn millions of dollars in an unrelated field and use that to bankroll your idea.
This is perfect for the OP.
In reality, you got 2 ways to make your game, 1. Get into the industry, work your way up, and get to a position to pitch it to those in charge or 2. Make it yourself
My understanding is that any smart company won't solicit ideas from the public so as to protect them from legal ramifications. So basically, sorry bro but no
Ideas are worthless without execution.
Make a proof of concept and pitch it. If that's too complicated, start with modest ideas gradually increasing in scope while building a track record of good budget and team management over 20 years or so, and then pitching it will be easy.
Make a proof of concept and pitch it. If that's too complicated, start with modest ideas gradually increasing in scope while building a track record of good budget and team management over 20 years or so, and then pitching it will be easy.
I've got this idea for a game and the idea is that it's every genre you can just do anything you want and the mechanics for every genre are just perfect the world is as big as the real world and woah now I'm thinking maybe you put the whole galaxy or even the universe in LOL??? no I'm just kidding I know ps5 won't be able to handle that so just the milky way and I want people to be able to make their own guns and vehicles and for the npcs to realistically react to anything you say or do in the game so it's sort of real life but even better because theres a money cheat and you can do anything.
I would like £50m for this idea please.
I would like £50m for this idea please.
This is one of the best advice in regards to any creative craft. Focus on creating the best ideas within your current means. Some of the best art comes about when you have to figure out how to be creative within a set of limitations. Instead of thinking about this massive game that you need an army of people for, why not come up with a small game that revolves around an engaging experience within the confines of a small apartment..BOOM! Now have Gone Home. Go even smaller and now you have PT. A seemingly mundane workday at an office with a quirky narrator, Stanley Parable. These are the type of scopes where "idea people" can actually shine because they can execute and deliver.
This "Game will be 5 genres at the same time and that amount of possibilities with Dark Souls something" part of the OP makes it kinda obvious it's a joke tbh : p
Not exactly sure, but i would give a 70/30 chance it is.
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Making a game and pitching a game concept to AAA studios are entirely different topics. OP should definitely try making a game if they have an interest.
Video games are 5% ideas and 95% execution. You will never be heard because every studio is filled with developers with ideas. Unless you create something yourself inspiring enough to recruit talent and capital, any idea a civilian has will always remain a dream.
Start writing design documentation for it. Paper design the systems in it. Define the target audience. Find and nail down the tone and the style. Establish the core pillars. Do that in like, I dunno, 100 A4 pages in Word. Then get feedback on that and iterate upon it. Repeat that several times with different people.
And maaaybe then you may be on to an idea.
I don't want to be mean but reading the OP it sounds like your idea is basically "make a good game". Unfortunately, every game is developed with the aim of making a good game, even the really rubbish ones.
(also how can it be both FPS and TPS?)
Its easy to come up with "massive and complex" ideas. The challenge is actually scoping it and operating within said scope.
If it so "complex" that you think it wouldn't work for this new generation of hardware then tbh you very obviously haven't thought or worked very hard on this idea yet.
If it so "complex" that you think it wouldn't work for this new generation of hardware then tbh you very obviously haven't thought or worked very hard on this idea yet.
I wish I'd written down more of the wacky ideas I'd had while on drugs. Always makes for a chuckle later.
This reminds me of the posts you'd get from teenagers on oDesk 15 years ago. "I have this idea for the best MMO that will generate $100m revenue a month within a year. Can't give any details or pay upfront but will give a 1% stake to anybody who signs on. Need 20 coders with 10+ years experience, 15 artists with a decent portfolio" etc.
Seriously though OP, as others said ideas are a dime a dozen. Get some design documentation together, maybe get some proof of concepts together.
This reminds me of the posts you'd get from teenagers on oDesk 15 years ago. "I have this idea for the best MMO that will generate $100m revenue a month within a year. Can't give any details or pay upfront but will give a 1% stake to anybody who signs on. Need 20 coders with 10+ years experience, 15 artists with a decent portfolio" etc.
Seriously though OP, as others said ideas are a dime a dozen. Get some design documentation together, maybe get some proof of concepts together.
Since many others have already explained why this has a 0% chance of coming to fruition, what's the IP, OP
shoot an email to a big designer and hope to the lord that he reads it.
and then hope to the lord that he considers it.
and then hope one more time that he actually takes it to heart in any capacity.
it could work
similar to how you could win the powerball lottery
and then hope to the lord that he considers it.
and then hope one more time that he actually takes it to heart in any capacity.
it could work
similar to how you could win the powerball lottery
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There are a million ideas for a game. Only a few get decided in the conference room based on what is achievable and what the game's shell and mechanics will look like then developed as a big team from there piece by piece. You need to get in the conference room... Not just write something.
That's kind of common - evolution of game programmers can be described roughly like:
Stage 1: Write your own string class
Stage 2: Write your own math library
Stage 3: (attempt to)Write a procedural Space engine/simulator (with the notion of building the biggest/baddest space game ever)
They should really give a making an open world game with stealth a shot. Maybe add in some skill trees too.
damn it's like that video was made exactly for this op, it kinda makes me sad how invested you are in this and think it's really something cause it's not just that an idea is meaningless, it's that there is not even a original idea in your op your idea is literally just a mashup of everything you already like in games x100 with an IP on top. There is literally nothing there I haven't heard before or anything that sounds fresh when we're just talking ideas which again doesn't even mean anything when it's an actual original good idea.
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Everybody is laughing at you but I know a way to do it! But you gotta put in some work though, everyone has ideas about their ideal AAA game, I have a few great ideas my own that I think will be the ultimate in their genre.
You need art design and a proof of concept video first, you can just source existing material from games/movies and put a video together if you don't have budget. Iirc when movie ideas are pitched to studio execs they are done with existing material to convey a general idea.
Then you approach some industry legends who haven't done games a while and ask them to be on board. Launch a Kickstarter with big hype "ITAGAKI OPEN WORLD RPG SOULS LIKE" which is gonna fail, but now you got everyone's attention so start approaching the big guys to finance your project. In 5 years you'll bump this thread and serve Era crow.
You need to think outside the box, Steve Jobs couldn't code yet founded Apple and launched so many products. Or think about the founder of Oculus Rift, snooping around forums, asking for things and then launched a Kickstarter, All OP needs to be is to be a good sales man.
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You literally don't. They (legally) don't want to hear it. Ideas are a dime a dozen. Nobody hires someone in this industry for an idea. You have to bring some demonstrable skill in developing games to the table.
Oh boy. Sigh. Don't do any of this.
Oh boy. Sigh. Don't do any of this.
i'll start the wiki
edit: got some screenshots you can post as an update
Oh fuck dude, that AK is sick. Want to come work on my Half Life mod?
Man, nothing drives me more crazy than ideaguys. Especially when the idea requires a 100 million dollar budget and probably 5+ years of development (probably closer to 10 given it's like 12 different genres)
Ideas are everywhere in every industry.
But then what about your budget planning? If it's an existing IP, what's your plan for the licensing and its cost? How is the actual designing going to happen? Is there a structured roadmap? What's the competitive value of your game? What are your resource limitation? Would you have the know-how? Did you focus test your target consumer for viability? What are your competitors doing? What's the marketing roll-out? Do you have a plan for continuous consumer engagement and revenue generation? And ultimately, can you make a profit after all this? Because if you don't have answers to any of these, there are hundreds of other ideas I can look to that can give me the answers I want. And people look to their own for ideas before even thinking about outsiders. I have seen good ideas from the top pan out terribly because of mismanagement and terrible planning, because no one thought to question these things thoroughly enough, and there wasn't a clear plan other than "this is a good idea and will make money".
I think before thinking about ideas, like the others mention, you need to learn about the industry and the implementation. And I think you also should learn a bit on what it takes for a business to design, build, and launch such a complex product.
But then what about your budget planning? If it's an existing IP, what's your plan for the licensing and its cost? How is the actual designing going to happen? Is there a structured roadmap? What's the competitive value of your game? What are your resource limitation? Would you have the know-how? Did you focus test your target consumer for viability? What are your competitors doing? What's the marketing roll-out? Do you have a plan for continuous consumer engagement and revenue generation? And ultimately, can you make a profit after all this? Because if you don't have answers to any of these, there are hundreds of other ideas I can look to that can give me the answers I want. And people look to their own for ideas before even thinking about outsiders. I have seen good ideas from the top pan out terribly because of mismanagement and terrible planning, because no one thought to question these things thoroughly enough, and there wasn't a clear plan other than "this is a good idea and will make money".
I think before thinking about ideas, like the others mention, you need to learn about the industry and the implementation. And I think you also should learn a bit on what it takes for a business to design, build, and launch such a complex product.