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1. Re: Breaking into the Industry: Selling a Game Doc

   

   Reply by ArtsyFartsy · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   I agree with every argument made here, even the ones that contradict each other. Another method I can recommend is getting really really rich, and then pay someone to make your games. But just coming up with game ideas is boring. Game development is rewarding only because of the endless hours you spend building the assets…

2. Re: Breaking into the Industry: Selling a Game Doc

   

   Reply by Thegodzero · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   Ideas are priceless, In other words they are also worthless. CONTENT, can be given value and sold. Make CONTENT; art, code, sound, or levels. Levels if you want to design a game experience.

3. Re: Breaking into the Industry: Selling a Game Doc

   

   Reply by dejawolf · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   like everyone else here, start at the deep end, work your way up. modding is awesome, you learn a million things about how other people make games, so you can apply it to your own games. you also learn about their mistakes, so you can avoid making them yourself. try making some simple mods, to test various aspects of your…

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   Reply by Justin Meisse · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   core gameplay should be fun, story, art-style etc.. are all after the fact. If it isn't fun with stick-figures then it won't be fun with photo-realstic characters, a dramatic plot and epic music.

5. Re: Breaking into the Industry: Selling a Game Doc

   

   Reply by rooster · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   i dunno, that piece of advice sounds like what 90% of the thread is advocating :) i think the basic idea is that no-ones going to listen to your idea if you're new to the industry and have no relevant experience. getting a job in a senior position probably will get you some pretty valuable game design experience, and…

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   Reply by Elhrrah · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   You want a really easy game to mod? Try Scorched3d. The game is free, and the only thing that you really need is a text editor; they start calling you names when you step up to XMLmarker. The community is small, extremely small, which means you won't become popular with anyone, but the anti-mod coalition isn't active…

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   Reply by moose · May 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   I think you could "get into the game industry" by pitching your idea, however you'd need to pitch it to people who will make the assets, program it, record and create audio, etc - get a crew on board with it, excited, and make that shit happen. Or say fuck it and do it all yourself! If you manage it well and finish the…