"Why I won't listen to your game idea"

[Party boy]

Obviously if you had the money you could pay people to make your game, though you might need to hire the people yourself, or get someone else to do it. I imagine indie games would cost a lot less than ?2m and big titles would cost a fair bit more, so it'd depend how ambitious it was, I imagine the best thing would be to head hunt someone with plenty of respect, then it'd be easier to get a publisher, unless you just went the DL route, you wouldn't really want to pay ?2m for a game that only you played I imagine!

[Sketcz]

you wouldn't really want to pay ?2m for a game that only you played I imagine!

If I won 20 mill and spent 10% on a vanity project, I wouldn't care who played it as long as it adhered to my every design whim and desire, no matter how ridiculous or insane.

It would be pure self gratification.

[Party boy]

What if you got bored and wanted another game made, and then another? Pay for a vanity project and you can be entertained for a day, set up a successful developer and you can be entertainned for life!

[Number45]

If I won 20 mill and spent 10% on a vanity project, I wouldn't care who played it as long as it adhered to my every design whim and desire, no matter how ridiculous or insane.

It would be pure self gratification.

[egparadigm]

(off topic apologies) Did you go vegi for health, taste or moral reasons. Not a loaded question by the way, genuinely curious.

My new response is thus: not telling, I'm bored of the question.

[egparadigm]

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Serious question though, regarding game ideas. One of my many lottery fantasies, along with opening a factory making magic crayon coloured trousers, is to bypass all the difficulties and just hire a team to make a vanity game to my exacting specifications. Probably PC because it's open platform, with the idea that maybe it could be ported later.

I'm assuming this will be a cross between a curio/retro lover's version of Game Dev Story, where all the consoles are Virtual Boy oddities, and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.

[BaronSqwelch]

If that monkey is called hector or can spin plates I will sue you SO fast!!

[Strider]

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I'm assuming this will be a cross between a curio/retro lover's version of Game Dev Story, where all the consoles are Virtual Boy oddities, and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.

I would play that ****ing game.

[JamesS]

When people find out you work in games, they want to tell you their great idea for a game.

Sometimes, they're gems, though. Here's one we got sent to us when I worked at Gremlin. We were fools not to make it, frankly.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

If that monkey is called hector or can spin plates I will sue you SO fast!!

I was thinking of naming him Hector Salazar and having a plate spinning mini game, but seeing as I can't afford the legal battle, that will be left out for the sequel as this game will make me so much money I can just laugh off the compensation.

[BaronSqwelch]

hmmm...maybe I could get one of those court orders where i get money now and then a percentage of any future earnings. Like Ray Parlours wife got...obviously without the marriage/terrible hair style/having to ever go to middlesborough??

[Dirty Sanchez]

Snnaaaaaaaaaake!

[Sketcz]

I'm assuming this will be a cross between a curio/retro lover's version of Game Dev Story, where all the consoles are Virtual Boy oddities, and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.

Could be! I'd tell you, but then I'd have to sue you.

[rmoxon]

Snake Transformer sounded epic, you certainly were fools JamesS.

Im going to sell the idea to Flabio now.

[endo]

hmmm...maybe I could get one of those court orders where i get money now and then a percentage of any future earnings. Like Ray Parlours wife got...obviously without the marriage/terrible hair style/having to ever go to middlesborough??

I had a pint with Ray Parlour once. Does somebody owe me money now? B/T is fine, no Paypal. Tnx.