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Post Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:06 pm

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Who hasn't heard of them really ;) They are awesome! Aaaand they had a vastly successful rockethub project... if the Automation rockethub thingy is 1/3 as sucessfull (relatively) we would have at least two very happy australians on these forums :P
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Post Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:37 pm

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one idea, might actually be TotalBiscuit, a Youtube reviewer with a large viewer base, and actual contacts in the industry it seems at times.

his youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut?blend=1&ob=5
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Post Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:34 am

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The Rocket Hub thing actually made me think of them. Probably too early to apply for their publishing project though...
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Post Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:42 am

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Muhler wrote:Have you guys heard of Extra Credits? They do a weekly show on the games industry and might be interested in your project.

But isn't Escapist full of annoying hipsters?
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Post Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:58 am

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Savoyard wrote:
Muhler wrote:Have you guys heard of Extra Credits? They do a weekly show on the games industry and might be interested in your project.

But isn't Escapist full of annoying hipsters?


They are moving to Penny Arcade TV, but Im not sure if that makes things better or worse. :)
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Post Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:08 pm

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Savoyard wrote:
Muhler wrote:Have you guys heard of Extra Credits? They do a weekly show on the games industry and might be interested in your project.

But isn't Escapist full of annoying hipsters?


I wouldnt know, I only go on there for zero punctuation.
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Post Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:21 am

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You might try contacting Hot Rod magazine.
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Post Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:59 am

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I contacted http://www.spiegel.de, one of Germany's biggest sites (in general!) that features all kind of news. I sent them a suggestion for an article on "crowd funding" which is becoming a general trend in the indie-scene - for good reasons. As an example for this I do mention Automation. If this suggestion turns into an actual article and Automation is mentioned there this would be HUGE... this site probably has a few million uniques a day.

So for those who understand, here is what I wrote:


Ein interessanter Trend, der in der Spielebranche zur Zeit immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt ist das so genannte "crowd funding".

Dies ermöglicht kleinen Entwickler Teams die nicht an einen Publisher gebunden sind, relativ große Projekte zu stemmen. Man müsste meinen, dass im Zeitalter der illegalen Kopien von Spielen die Internet-Bewohner dieser Welt eher nicht dazu bereit sind freiwillig und oft ohne direkt eine Gegenleistung zu erhalten, ihr Geld in solche Projekte zu investieren. Diese Annahme hat sich inzwischen durch einige mehr oder weniger bekannte Beispiele als schlichtweg falsch erwiesen.

Drei Beispiele:
1) Das allseits bekannte "Minecraft", was mit dieser Methode bereits 3 Millionen Einheiten verkauft hat, obwohl es noch nicht fertig ist.
2) Das bereits etablierte Spiel "Mount&Blade" was auch ganz klein mit stark begrenztem Umfang angefangen hat war wohl einer der Pioniere dieser Methode.
3) Ein ganz aktuelles und interessantes Beispiel stellt "Automation", ein Car Tycoon dar, das gerade seine Finanzierungsphase begonnen hat. (automationgame.com)

Letzteres Beispiel bedient sich dabei einer Plattform die eigens für "crowd funding" entwickelt wurde: RocketHub (rockethub.com).

Automation ist auch ein Beispiel dafür wie sich mit diesem Konzept ein Nischenprodukt finanzieren lässt, was in der heutigen Blockbuster-Spieleindustrie unter Multi-millionen Produktionen eigentlich keinen Platz finden würde... bzw nur zu sehr schlechten Konditionen für die Entwickler.

Wie ich finde, ein sehr interessanter Twist des ganzen: Diese sehr demokratische Art der Finanzierung von Projekten bringt gezielt frische Ideen in die Branche und erlaubt es das Risiko einzugehen etwas neues auszuprobieren. Wenn die Idee den Leuten nicht gefällt, wird das sehr frühzeitig sichtbar, und nicht erst nach Release und einer 3 Millionen Euro schweren Werbekampagne.

Ich glaube man könnte hieraus einen für viele Leute sehr interessanten kleinen Artikel im Bereich "Netzwelt" stricken, und somit gleichzeitig mehr auf diesen innovativen Szenetrend und seine Vertreter hinweisen.
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Post Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:08 pm

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Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International will also send a monthy magazine and weekly news letter of its members, and those who really like to hear about this game, not to mention you will get the attention of some industry giants.
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Post Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:17 pm

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shenglu wrote:Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International will also send a monthy magazine and weekly news letter of its members, and those who really like to hear about this game, not to mention you will get the attention of some industry giants.


OK, now you're just reposting other people's posts so you can spam about LED torches.


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Post Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:22 pm

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Are you interested in portuguese media?
We have some gaming magazines and websites here, I can gather all their contacts and send them to you if you're interested ;)
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:17 am

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Daffy is always interested in more propaganda ;) would be great if you could do that and PM him the contacts!
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:40 am

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I've sent a demand to www.jeuxvideo.com to make an article about the game and they made it. They are de biggest video games portal for french speaking people. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/pc/000423 ... mation.htm here is the link to the article.
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Post Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:09 pm

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For internet articles on PC games, nothing beats Rock Paper Shotgun, and I have a feeling they'd dig your game.
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