It can be the biggest stumbling block of video game production: you have a killer team and an awesome new idea, and now it’s time to find somebody to actually pay to develop it. There are two things you have to know: where to pitch, and how to pitch your game. Where to Pitch your Game: Most video game studios are small (we at Fragile Earth Studios included), so you don’t have the benefit of internal funding sources, and you probably don’t have an investor network raring to go. In that case, you have a few options open to...
read moreDavey Jackson of Unity, who we had the pleasure of meeting at GameTech last month, has just posted about the 2012 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge. Unity projects took home a combined $41,000 in prizes, including yours truly with a second place finish in the Holodeck category. Our entry was TerraViz, a 4D (time and space) visualization and collaboration tool. If you haven’t checked it out, we still have the FVWC entry page up here. Eric did a pretty nice write up of the competition in his blog post. (A word of caution: the download link...
read moreOnce again, NASA shows us the correct way to reach out to the public: Sony Pictures Animation Showcases NASA Tech Smithsonian Channel tonight will show a one-minute clip created by Sony Pictures Animation to help bring attention to the many ways NASA technology improves everyday life. It uses visuals from Arthur Christmas, the studio’s 3D holiday feature that opens Tues., Nov. 23 and stars the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton. Continue reading at Animation Pitstop The takeaways I see are: Let people...
read moreCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was released two weeks ago, to the tune of $775M in sales in the first 5 days. Let that sink in for a minute. Modern Warfare 3 is now the highest grossing game release of all time, smashing the previous record of $650M by a game in the same series, Call of Duty: Black Ops. In fact, Modern Warfare 3 is now the highest grossing entertainment release of all time. To put things in perspective, the movie Avatar (the highest grossing film of all time) reached a billion dollars in sales worldwide in around 3 weeks,...
read moreIn the last post, I took a look at the free non-commercial and commercial-royalty licenses for CryEngine’s SDK and Epic Games’ UDK. In a nutshell, both allow you to download and play around with the engines for free, and charge a combination of fees and/or royalties on commercial games produced with the engines. That makes either one an attractive way for a single developer or garage startup to break into game development. So which should you choose? Both Unreal and CryEngine offer fantastic features, from WYSIWYG level editors...
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