MMO Game Creation Suite [ Serious Investor(s) Needed ]

[dragonrift]

I have been developing a mmo game creation suite, and am looking for a business partner/investor to help finance the completion of the project.

Funds would be used to setup a studio, hire staff, buy equipment.

So far the engines networking framework is complete an the cross platform engine and client system is semi functional. Looking for serious investors/partners only! The framework was built using a combination of open source apis and commercial apis like speedtree and physx. The framework itself is operational but is not quite ready for production. The project needs investment in specific areas to be able to turn this project that started as a casual development into a commercial success.

I have a solid business model and have done years of research so lack of planning is not an issue. The issue i have had is fnding someone who seriously wants to make good money back off their investment. If we aquired an investor within the next few days, we could be have a marketable game produced from it by the christmas season.

Please answer back with questions and/or concerns as soon as possible without haste.

[StealYourDreams]

Where are you located?
What's your background?
How many on your team?
How long have you been working on the project?
How much do you need?
Are you looking for an equity or debt investment?
what's the exit?
How long?

I'm leaving in an hour and it's possible I wont respond until mon/tues.

[dragonrift]

Where are you located?
What's your background?
How many on your team?
How long have you been working on the project?
How much do you need?
Are you looking for an equity or debt investment?
what's the exit?
How long?

Location:
High River Alberta Canada

Background:
Indie Developer Since 2003

Team Size:
2 Programmers, 2 Artists, and 1 Musician

How Long:
We started this engine in march 2006

How much:
200'000-300'000 USD

What Type:
Income Share / Partnership

How Long:
Perm/Long Term

Used for what:
Staffing/Studio Setup/Equipment/Marketing

What's the exit:
Game development is a high risk industry, i am not sure what i can really provide as an exit

I am also capable of doing a presentation of the engine technologies.

A brief note of some technologies we have:

Multiple-Threaded Cross Platform(windows/linux/unix/mac/solaris) Game Client
Multiple-Threaded Cluster Ready Server Framework(login/master/data/region)
Multiple-Threaded Real-Time Collaborative Game Editor(script based)
Redundant Load Allocation
Pixel Shader Driven Renderer (opengl 2.1/shader model 3.0)
Collada Based Mesh Importing
Real-Time Networked Terrain Editing
Motion Blending / Facial Animation
Crowd Control
Real-Time Foliage Seeding with Real-Time Wind Simulation via SpeedTree
Cloth and Hair Simulation via PhysX
Networked Ragdoll via PhysX
Gravity/Collision via PhysX
GPU Hardware accelerated physics on Windows via PhysX
CPU Hardware accelerated physics cross platform via PhysX
Real-Time shadows
High Definition Rendering
Real-Time lighting

All that is left to have a marketable engine is Content, Editor, and Client work.

[dragonrift]

is there anyone else interested?

[StealYourDreams]

Dragonrift,

I appreciate your answers and wish you the best of luck. Im in the U.S. and involved in gaming from the accesories side (console and PC). Right now, 200-300k is outside my range. I'm looking to expand into that arena eventually, perhaps it's too premature.

[dragonrift]

being into gaming, you can respect what we have then.

[dragonrift]

We are still looking for investors to help this project complete its last leg. So far we have had no serious takers. People think that 200k-300k is alot but this kind of problem makes hundreds of millions of dollars once it does get completed. Right now we have come a long ways but due to the recession many people including myself have been unemployed. I really want to be able to make this project succeed so if anyone out there hears my crys for help, please contact me back as soon as possible. I have talked to banks and even the government, I have talked to friends and family. No one is willing to help me out because I do not own some expensive property or have thousands of dollars to use as a down payment. We live in a cruel financial would but I have a business plan that will allow us to corner the market, even in the recession.

[dragonrift]

We are still looking for investors if anyone is interested. Our Forums Our Website

[Ske]

If one forum doesn't work, then try another.
Increase your chances by positng on multiple forums instead of waiting for a response here.(If you weren't already doing that.)

[dragonrift]

I have tried other networks already and am still doing so.

[dragonrift]

I am bumping this thread as I am still looking for investors.

[dragonrift]

thanks to this thread, i have BBC Dragons Den angel investors negotiating with me.

[myfayt]

Video games are one of the largest selling products in the world. Billions are made on them every year. So it is a great business to do.

The three things you need to tell us about is....

#1. Your experience in gaming (do you have any skills in making them?)

#2. Have you finished a business plan yet?

#3. Exactly how much do you need to get started?

All three of these need to be answered before an investor will consider lending you any money.

[dragonrift]

I have been making game engines for over a decade as a hobby coder, I have a complete business plan, I am looking for 200-300 thousand usd. I also have a mmo game creation system that is over 90% complete.

[myfayt]

For $200 - 300k that will get you a very small studio and little equipment. Depending on what type of game you want to do. If you want like 3D ones on systems like PS3 you need at least $750k to start. Or something like 2D computer games like flash or java, then your fine on that money.