Unfortunately, it''s not like Hollywood where if you meet that right person you can get your script developed into a mega-movie (not sure how much that happens, but you hear about it from time to time).

I''d stay away from pro game companies and concentrate on a smaller scale, at least to start. You might be able to inspire an artist and programmer to work on your concept and put it out there. Then at least you''d have a game done.

Another alternative? Find game making software / multimedia software that will allow you to mock up your game idea. You''ll need a lot of time and patience for those, and you may need to learn how to use presentation software. Then, if you solicit volunteers, you have something cool and inspiring to show them.

Yet another alternative? See if you can mock up your concept using an existing engine of another game. Quake or Starcraft RPG mods are a good example.

If all of that fails, consider making a movie with props and a small camera, to help show what you have in mind. That''s a longshot, but it''s cheap and you can use models / dolls / whatever.

Your two major enemies are: a concept which is too nebulous, because it''s either in your head or only written in the doc; and a concept which is too far reaching, requires too much art / technology, and is unfeasible for a beginning team.

It''s a hard fact, but what sells a game has less to do with a cool concept and more to do with the ability to execute...




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Just waiting for the mothership...

Oh yeah, this is flame bait allright. Luckily we all are mature peoples in this forum *cough cough*

Anyways, Wav put out some really cool ideas, some stuff I''ve never thought of. Course I knew better than to think about submitting my game ideas to a major company (sorry, sorry). Anyways I''d just like to add that you should also beware that even if, IF a company chose to make your game there''s no guarentee that they''ll let you have your say in it. Sure they may pay and make you feel important but may ont rel on you to make any big decisions. When you go to present your ideas to a company make sure yuo have everything written on paper and signed both from you stating your intentions and involvement in the project and from the company confirming your intentions and position in the project. And that''s all I have to say about that

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Professional game-development companies will hardly ever even consider an idea by someone not in their company. The reason: Intellectual Property issues. They cannot be sure that you ripped your idea from someone else who just happens to have copyright on some of the things in the idea. Accepting your idea leaves them open to all sorts of nasty lawsuits.
If they do it in-house, they have some control over who generates what, and who has copyright.

quote:Though I don''t have the skills to develope my idea.

Hey, why don''t you try to gain that skills? Maybe you think that designing that document was a funny task, but don''t you think that coding it can be still funnier?

I''m sure it have to be.

Maybe at first you can''t program that (maybe) complex game, but you can train with simpler ones.

Anyway, good luck with that!

I''m sure there are plenty of people that would like to hear your idea, but remember, once you post it, you lose all intellectual copywrites, er... atleast most of them I guess. And if someone here decides to make a game based on yours, or even straight out copy your idea, and give you no credit, there is nothing you can do about it.
Like everybody else has said, you''re not going to get a pro company to code it for you, in fact, if you even get past the front door I''d be surprised. It''s the same in a lot of other industries too. If you send lyrics you wrote, or a tape you made to a singer/band, their lawyers will take your package, and return it with a note saying they never opened it.
It''s a vicious circle. You need to make yourself known before a company is going to help you, but if made yourself known, you probably aren''t going to want the companies help anymore!
And I hate to dissapoint you, but if you only got one good idea, chances are you aren''t going to make any money off of it. It''ll take a few ideas before you put yourself in a spot where you can make money off of a good idea.
If you think you got a few good ideas, you might want to keep an eye out at sites like this and watch the forums for a group that wants another designer, join up, and hope it turns out for the good.
If you just want to see your game made, and don''t care about credit, you can post the idea and somebody may use it.

Just trying to help you out some.



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