The information and recommendations in this
section are based on the IGDA Business Commi ee??™s
Game Submission Guide. In preparing this document,
the IGDA surveyed and interviewed professionals
throughout the industry to get a picture of trends
and common practices for game submissions. The full
report is available for download from the IGDA Web
site. With the IGDA??™s permission, we have used the
report to create the following recommendations.
When you have built up some experience by working
in the industry, you might want to develop and pitch
your own original ideas to publishers. As we discussed
in Chapter 13, publishers are more likely to fund ideas
that come to them with an experienced team, a stellar
idea, and a good, solid project plan.
Let??™s assume that you have been able to get a
meeting with a potential publisher (a trick in itself).
What do they expect to see? How will the process
unfold? The following section explains some industry
practices for established developers seeking to sell
their ideas to publishers. Even if you are not yet at
Pitch Process
Game publishers receive thousands of submissions
a year from developers.
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