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

[James Gwertzman]

I confirm what Juan is saying. When we meet with a developer while
wearing the hat of a potential publisher, we don't expect to sign an NDA
for the original pitch session - but if we decide to move forward, we
will want to sign a mutual NDA and we'll insist on using our own form
for it. At that stage, having the NDA in place is as much to protect us
as it is to protect you --- in the event that we're working on a similar
game internally, having the NDA in place protects us.

 

Also I echo what everyone else has said - a polished, fun prototype is
SO much more important than a great idea or pitch document, unless you
already have an extensive track record in this space.

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James Gwertzman

Vice President, Asia/Pacific

PopCap Games, Inc.

+1-206-256-4210

 

From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Juan Gril
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:08 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Meet Publishers & Distributors AND Protect
myIP? ... and other questions!

 

In my case it's usually a) we first pitch the idea, and b) if they want
to move forward they would make us sign an NDA.

Ideas are great, but execution is what matters. Execution is
demonstrated through track-record. If you are a good executor then they
will always want to work with you. There are a lot of game developers
around the world, but responsible and efficient ones are the minority. 

Cheers,

Juan



 

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