Kongregate Now the Best Opportunity for Bootstrapping a Game Company

Gamasutra recently interviewed Jim Greer about the news of Kongregate getting $5 million in funding. Kongregate plans to spend most of that on Funding the Flash Renaissance, as Gamasutra put it. The games Kongregate will be funding will be “premium games” - those that are a step above most of the current games [...]

7 strikes - The "Unwritten Vision" & Finding a Systematic Methodology for Pitching Game Ideas

If this were baseball, the team may still be hopeful, but this is a video game, which includes baseball video games, so maybe hope is alive. Our last three ideas sent to Adult Swim were rejected and may not have been our best yet, although I probably shouldn’t speak specifically about any of them, [...]

Another Round of Pitches to Adult Swim

Out goes another 3 pitches to Adult Swim. That comes to a total of 7 now. Although, it seems like we’ve sent way more than that. Maybe we’re just getting used to it now. I don’t want to say that we’re getting good at it, but I’m not sure how else to [...]

We’re Like a Hot Dog In Search of a Bun

After looking at this image and snickering for a moment, I quickly realized that we are the hot dog. We have a meaty game development substance to us, and are in search of a bun to present our meat in a way that is easy to grab and consume. Not only that, but [...]

Finding the Right Fit

Well, Dinowaurs was rejected because it was “too cute.” While we really liked the idea, it’s not the end of the world for us. Thankfully, coming up with ideas isn’t too hard. Three new pitches have arrived at Adult Swim this morning. What if they still don’t like those ideas? [...]

"It’s like sending your only child off to college"

Not that I’ve ever had to do that, but I imagine the experience would be very similar to today’s Super Secret Special Shipment. That’s right! Today we shipped out something so special and top secret that we can only refer to it by its Christian name: Levi. He’s making his way due south [...]

Website Updates, USPS Bullshit, though not in that order

He kids, thanks for tuning in. I just got done biking around Ames, which is pretty much all I have to do on a Friday night, and decided to update you guys on the current situation. I know you’re all as anxious to hear how our pitch is going over with the Adult [...]