Want to make your own game?

Mero · 04-20-2006, 02:10 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Video-Game-Devel...cm dZViewItem

With all the MMORPG's hitting the market over the next few years, why not make your own? Or maybe the RPG game of your dreams.
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Ever 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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Jadn · 04-20-2006, 02:26 PM

That is some crazy shit right there! But in retrospect, I'm surprised it took this long to get something liek that on ebay...

Szlia · 04-20-2006, 03:52 PM

That's a pretty original way to raise money I guess... work for someone else during 3 months and have enough money to work on your own project for 3 months. And who knows, maybe the project of the crazy millionaire is a good one?

Hateyou · 04-20-2006, 04:42 PM

I don't know, 3 months sounds like a stupidly small amount of time to get anything worthwhile accomplished, seeing as how many games take 2-5 years to make.

Also, 60 years of experince combined seems extremely small. That could be 20 people with 3 years each, or 5 with 12 years each. Either way that seems weak to me.

However, if you were some super rich person, I guess it could be fun. Some new experience I guess.

Szlia · 04-20-2006, 04:48 PM

You cannot make a AAA title in 3 months, but you can do many things still.

zilkoril · 04-21-2006, 06:12 AM

Damn, I thought this was about the old RPG Maker program...

Millie · 04-21-2006, 02:12 PM

Wow. I am so going to do this to fund my dream game, which I've tentatively and elegantly titled "Xenogears Teams Up with Millie and Jack Bauer and That Girl from Alias to Fight Nazi-Communist Terrorists In Space."

I suspect there is a huge market for such a game.

Runnen · 04-21-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Millie

Wow. I am so going to do this to fund my dream game, which I've tentatively and elegantly titled "Xenogears Teams Up with Millie and Jack Bauer and That Girl from Alias to Fight Nazi-Communist Terrorists In Space."

I suspect there is a huge market for such a game.

Just make them into "Nazi-Communist Pirate-Terrorists in Space" and you can put the Alias girl into the Samus Aran suit. /nod

Fammaden · 04-21-2006, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millie

Wow. I am so going to do this to fund my dream game, which I've tentatively and elegantly titled "Xenogears Teams Up with Millie and Jack Bauer and That Girl from Alias to Fight Nazi-Communist Terrorists In Space."

I suspect there is a huge market for such a game.

Where can one apply to beta test XTUwMaJBaTGfAtFNCTIS?

Millie · 04-21-2006, 02:29 PM

LOL, it's such an awesome acronym. I predict this game will sell billions of copies. Yes, you heard me -- billions, not millions.

This is partially because I'm huge in China.

Runnen · 04-21-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Millie

This is partially because I'm huge in China.

Considering the average asian penis size, I'm huge in China too.

04-20-2006, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mero Wizard....my ass Join Date: May 2005 Location: Utopia Posts: 129 +0 Internets	Want to make your own game? http://cgi.ebay.com/Video-Game-Devel...cm dZViewItem With all the MMORPG's hitting the market over the next few years, why not make your own? Or maybe the RPG game of your dreams. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from Shacknews.com: Ever 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________ Merovingian Fires of Heaven

04-20-2006, 03:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,686 +10 Internets	That's a pretty original way to raise money I guess... work for someone else during 3 months and have enough money to work on your own project for 3 months. And who knows, maybe the project of the crazy millionaire is a good one? __________________ -retrosabotage-

04-20-2006, 04:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hateyou Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,917 -4 Internets	I don't know, 3 months sounds like a stupidly small amount of time to get anything worthwhile accomplished, seeing as how many games take 2-5 years to make. Also, 60 years of experince combined seems extremely small. That could be 20 people with 3 years each, or 5 with 12 years each. Either way that seems weak to me. However, if you were some super rich person, I guess it could be fun. Some new experience I guess. __________________ NaikoHatezyou.

04-20-2006, 04:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,686 +10 Internets	You cannot make a AAA title in 3 months, but you can do many things still. __________________ -retrosabotage-

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04-20-2006, 02:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jadn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 149 -5 Internets	That is some crazy shit right there! But in retrospect, I'm surprised it took this long to get something liek that on ebay...

04-21-2006, 06:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
zilkoril Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 322 +0 Internets	Damn, I thought this was about the old RPG Maker program...

04-21-2006, 02:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Millie Loves the Powerglove. It's so bad! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,783	Wow. I am so going to do this to fund my dream game, which I've tentatively and elegantly titled "Xenogears Teams Up with Millie and Jack Bauer and That Girl from Alias to Fight Nazi-Communist Terrorists In Space." I suspect there is a huge market for such a game.

04-21-2006, 02:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
Millie Loves the Powerglove. It's so bad! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,783	LOL, it's such an awesome acronym. I predict this game will sell billions of copies. Yes, you heard me -- billions, not millions. This is partially because I'm huge in China.