[casual_games] Meet Publishers & Distributors AND Protect my IP ?... and other questions!

[Chanon Sajjamanochai]

Speaking with some experience working with casual publishers, I'd suggest 
that if you are looking to get funding from a publisher at an early stage, 
you should try to make it clear to them that you are able to execute it well 
and at a high quality level. If you don't have a track record then make sure 
your demo has the highest quality/polish you can in all areas. Otherwise, 
(such as if your prototype is still programmer-art) then you might want to 
develop it further before showing it to publishers.

Its true that your game idea might potentially be the next Mystery Case 
Files and the publishers you show it to might love the idea ... but they 
might not be convinced that you're the best team for them to invest in to 
develop it for them. So make sure you get that part nailed down and then you 
may be successful with getting published.

If you are looking for potential distributors, then that can wait until the 
game is done.

Good luck!
Chanon,
Viqua Games
http://www.viquagames.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Trudel" <eric.trudel at wendigostudios.com>
To: <Casual_Games at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:30 PM
Subject: [casual_games] Meet Publishers & Distributors AND Protect my IP 
?... and other questions!


I plan to go to the casual connect meeting in Seattle next month.

I plan to meet publishers and distributors and pitch our working prototype.
But I want to keep my IP and not be scared that I will be shoved off and my
game idea stolen and beaten to the market by some publisher with a lot of
cash and no ethics.

My questions are to other fellow developers:

1- Should I make them sign and NDA before the meeting? How does that work
usually?
2- Any good NDA template for that type of meeting?
3- How do you usually prepare for those meetings? (15 minutes game elevator
pitch)
4- What do publishers and distributors want to know during those meetings?
5- Any dos and donts?

Thanks a lot for your input.


Eric

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