Game venture?

# 1 24-02-2013 , 07:18 PM

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If someone has an idea for a game let's say but not the resources do get it acomplished i.e. various program knowledge, can he/she hire a production company (not sure on exactly the type of company) to do the work for them? I could only imagine how much that would be.. The only other option is to what, hire a team so to speak. The team idea doesn't sound good to me if the person funding the project wants the game worked on a full time basis though. Plus, youre looking at modelers, animators, texture artists, storyboarders, and a slew of others so why not hire a company, right?

With a decent idea at least, would 100k (and I throw that number out as a refrence) be enough to possibly get something like this accomplished, some sort of game? I know there are all sorts of variables I left out (platforms, quality, etc.) but just throwing . Thanks.

And I know how much work (to a point) goes into a game and the expirenced people that it would take to do something like this and neither or can be done "cheaply".

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# 2 01-03-2013 , 05:17 PM

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Yeh, hiring a company to do it is always an option. I semi-work with/for a company that does this sort of thing (racing simulators). $100k is a very small amount though, depending on the idea. A 200,000EUR offer was just tossed by my bossguy because it was too much work, and it was to be based on a current sim's engine, rather than using it's own. I couldn't imagine what he'd charge to have a full game done from the ground up.

Like you said though, there are tons of variables. And tons of teams who live on work like this, so depending on where you go $100k could either get you laughed at, or get a somewhat decent job done.

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# 3 05-03-2013 , 02:22 AM

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Yeh, hiring a company to do it is always an option. I semi-work with/for a company that does this sort of thing (racing simulators). $100k is a very small amount though, depending on the idea. A 200,000EUR offer was just tossed by my bossguy because it was too much work, and it was to be based on a current sim's engine, rather than using it's own. I couldn't imagine what he'd charge to have a full game done from the ground up.

Like you said though, there are tons of variables. And tons of teams who live on work like this, so depending on where you go $100k could either get you laughed at, or get a somewhat decent job done.

Originally Posted by Acid44

Thanks Acid.. I'm still considering it but my budget isn't enough for the type of game I'd like to see made. But, like you said 100k (u.s.) won't make the type of game that's in my head..lol. Oh well, thanks for the answer.

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# 4 05-03-2013 , 05:32 AM

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No problem. Yeh, $100k is a small amount of money in games, but depending on the idea you have, you could most likely do it as a mod for a current game with some like-minded folk for next to nothing

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