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Gaze Into My Sausage Factory
🕑 Added 2019-08-05 01:49:55 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
It has been said that if one enjoys eating sausage, one should never visit a sausage factory to observe it being made. It's also been said that one should never mix metaphors and innuendo. For these and all my various sins, I repent. Oh, wait, I live in a godless country... never mind.
Today we're taking a look at the guts of the sausage... the busy work that constitutes the bulk of the Business Development effort going towards Alice: Asylum. The un-glamorous, un-celebrated baby steps towards convincing someone to give us millions of dollars to make a game about a girl with blood on her dress and a knife in her hand.
The Setup
One of the groups we're pitching to fund and publish Alice: Asylum has asked some basic questions about the product. These questions are so basic they seem to suggest this group has never seen (or heard of) the first two Alice games. This situation becomes more comical when the identity of said group is revealed but Shhhhh...
So, we need a document. A document which describes our game to a group who have never heard of or seen or played or been on the same planet as AMA or AMR. Fine. Fair enough.
I've attached my first draft of this document. It took me about an hour to write. Another hour to re-write. And now it's in front of your eyes. Behold! Feast upon! Revel in!
Oh, and 10 minutes to mess with the banner art in Photoshop. Woo.
Where You Come In
We'll have a Crowd Design Session tomorrow at the usual time (as selected by Magus).
During that session we'll talk about your suggestions for making the Attached Document better.
How can we make it better? How can we make it more convincing?
Well, put yourself in the mindset of a person who has never played an Alice game. You have millions of dollars in your pocket and an international distribution network for games - both physical and digital.
How might the document convince you to invest your money and network in a new Alice game?
That's the challenge. That's where you come in. Make the sausage!
Let's Do a Thing
I could send the document as-is. It already answers the basic questions and follows the required format.
I'm NOT just sending it as-is for the following reasons:
1) I think you are brilliant and can make it better.
2) You get to see some of the Regular Work that goes into pitching a financier/publisher.
3) Sausage is people.
See You Tomorrow
Have a read. Collect your notes. Join us tomorrow. It'll be fun!
See you there!
PS: This thread and document are EYES ONLY - meaning I'd prefer if you NOT share these outside of The Asylum.
PPS: Yes, that is Omri's latest rendering of the "Pris as Fortune Teller" Poster.
-From Shanghai with Sausage,
-American
Comments
I would talk about both the existing and future fan base (bring in numbers to give a concrete overview of followers) and explain what segment of the population this will appeal to , from teens to adults to artsy folk to goths, I think most of us can find ourselves in the Alice games and i think it's worth noting that such a detailed and powerful game which addresses human trauma and emotions can actually impact the players in positive ways too.
Plz say this is the art print for aug!!!
