Level Up.pdf

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And Now the Hard Part
If you followed the instructions in this book, you are now the proud creator
of a great game idea and a 200 - plus page game design document. You
have everything you need to make an actual video game, right? Wrong!
Your work is just beginning. Before you actually make the game, you will
have to find a publisher to publish your game. And to find a publisher, you
will need a pitch.
A pitch is a streamlined, easily digestible version of your game design
document. It contains everything that ’ s great and original about your game
without all the “ twiddley bits 1 . ”
Since most pitches are presented to groups in boardrooms, I highly
recommend using Microsoft PowerPoint or some other presentation software
to create your pitch document. To help, I have included an outline of what
you should include in a pitch presentation in Bonus Level 9 . The basics of
this document are these:
• Title screen with logo
• Company profile
• High concept
• A few pages of details
• Proof of why your game will be awesome/make everyone lots of money.
When creating a pitch presentation, remember the basics of making
presentation slides: choose a font that you can read, don ’ t put too much
information on one page, and everyone loves pictures.
1 “ Twiddley bits ” is game industry lingo for all the details you ’ ve worked really hard on but
other people don ’ t really need to hear about when you are telling them about your game.
They ’ re important to making the game, but not to selling it to a publisher.