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Money Talks, Says "Make My Game"
by Chris Remo, Apr 20, 2006 11:05am PDTEver wanted to make your own game? Well, ever wanted to think up your own game, and have a preassembled team of experienced developer design and prototype it for you? Got lots of money? If so, you're in luck. Currently up on eBay is an auction offering the services of an entire game development company for 90 days, during which time the team with conceptualize your design, create assets, flesh out the story, and build a functional game that you can theoretically use to secure further funding for a full-scale title. The price? Bidding starts at $150,000.00, with a buyout amount of $200,000.00. That's over $2,200 a day, but hey--you are paying a whole lot of salaries.
Q: I have a three part question. First, where would the team work out of - telecommute or in my garage? Secondly, does winning entitle me to work you guys like true gaming industry slaves on 16 hour shifts so the game can actually get done on time? (I run a different ship than Sony, ladies!) Lastly, can the PR person who planned this stunt also be on staff? I want some suggestions on my site www.Destructoid.com!!! (I'm posting your auction on my gaming blog to help you spread the word.) A: Part 1: We would work remotely. You would be flown out periodically to meet with the team. You can work out of your garage if it helps. Part 2: 16 hours would be a welcome abbreviation of our normal schedule. That's why we have a producer for the project. Part 3: Yes. Suggestions for your site however will be in a separate auction.The team offering the unique product claims to have a combined 60 years of development experience, with 27 shipped games between the members. Such titles include Tribes 2, The Red Baron, BattleTanx, DarkStalkers, and others. Based on the provided information, a few internet sources have hazarded a guess that the team offering its services is Oregon-based Tesseraction Games, a ten-member studio whose list of completed games shares several in common with those cited on the eBay page. It is possible that Tesseraction, formed in 2002, is using the endeavor to fund a larger internal project, if it is indeed the studio in question.
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1) Make a game about how much I rule. Start your way off as totall awesome on earth and go around all the planets boning hot gallactic sluts until the whole universe thinks your are teh coolest!
2) Spend 100 grand on delevoplement costs making a game about how much jack thompson sucks. Save 100 grand for the inevitable lawsuit. Come to think of it, this could be a cheap mod for #1
3) Make a star wars game that didn't suck
4) Fix oblivion so that it supports hdr and AA on my 7800gtx.
5) Develop an anti-airplane infantry class for bf2
6) Bluetooth dildos and some kind of game to go with them
7) Make a game that breaks all the suspect xbox360's so you can return them within your warrantee and not get screwed. Mine's gonna die soon, I can feel it.
8) Develop an api for realistic boob physics (suck it doa4 and laura croft!). Hire some company to build a dedicated bjpu (boob jiggling processing unit)
9) A syndicate game for the new millenium
10) I don't really have a name for this but it involves two brothers who are plumbers, they would travel through pipes to save some kind of princess. Maybe she could be named after a vegtable or something.
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thats like what.. 30k people? we can do it! there's 1 billion of us out there!
That's interesting though, if it works out, I wouldn't be surprised to see other studios pickig up the idea.
It's ending a week and no bids so far though... Is there a way to know when the auction started?
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Oh man, that's priceless.
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