Re: Making a PC game / starting a game company?
My background is more in managing programmers and Ive been involved with PC game designers since the birth of PCs.
"Managing programmers has been compared to herding cats. They dont tend to move together. Your best bet is to stand behind them, make lots of noise, and hope that one of them ends up where you wanted them to go."
However, I will pitch this.
ANY programmer who has a game in working alpha mode can easily move toward getting help for more development and finally distribution. There are many ways. SourceForge for open source. CafePress for self distribution. And I highly recommend Shrapnel for first game independent developers. I would avoid the really large shelfware companies until your 3rd major release (or sequel) and will gladly discuss the whys and hows with anyone who is interested.
And MAJORLY I would warn anyone against being BOTH a new developer AND starting their own game company.
InMYHumbleOpinion of course.
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