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For many old games, 88 characters was the limit for in-game text boxes.  Being that we are in an industry that requires quick, concise and powerful elevator pitches, let's try a bit of an exercise. Deliver your game pitch in 88 characters or less!
Go!    PSSST, CHECK HERE: http://www.lettercount.com/YOU'RE WELCOME Note: Naming off genres and tropes and features is not a pitch.In fact, I'd say these are details relevant only to individuals sold on your experience. Give us the experiential value of your game in 88 characters or less or I will yell at you.  EDIT:Oh, and... Don't forget to add the name of your game, or so help me!    EDIT 2:People, a game is an experience, one of which you want to place users/players in the driver seat of. So tell me, what is the use of a pitch that does not communicate experiential value? Would you describe a crime you witnessed to police as Italian Job meets Nightmare on Elm Street? [ex. Creep carjacks tiny, designer cars with sneakiness and claw hand] Or... Would you describe your first time having sex as Bubble Bobble + sadness? [ex. Have rooftop sex with your love before tsunami hits] NO! Naming mechanics does not communicate experience nor does naming a collage of unrelated experiences. The trick to doing it well is the simplicity in what needs to be said; just enough to trigger the substance of imagination. TRY HARDER!!! |
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2016, 11:35:53 AM » |
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Here, I'll go first:
Dead Fir - journey through a dark wilderness of surreal horrors and grotesque monsters
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2016, 02:25:56 PM » |
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like zelda 1 except it's like final fantasy 3 (j)
jk I gave up game making long ago
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♡ ♥ make games, not money ♥ ♡
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2016, 02:51:01 PM » |
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jk I gave up game making long ago
Say it ain't so. You must reclaim the fire! It's so much easier now. |
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2016, 09:38:18 AM » |
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Each enemy is a copy of you.
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2016, 10:05:37 AM » |
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The death by enemies is the smallest evil.
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2016, 04:23:43 PM » |
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Each enemy is a copy of you.
Nice  The death by enemies is the smallest evil.
Hmmm...try rewording it a bit. Kinda hard to understand  |
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« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2016, 10:52:41 PM » |
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Well, then let's say "If you don't die by enemies, you will die by frost"
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2016, 08:21:12 AM » |
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Well, then let's say "If you don't die by enemies, you will die by frost"
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2016, 06:04:29 AM » |
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Ikari Warriors + Space Harrier + Voxel Shooter
it's our elevator pitch, it's even on our business cards for the game.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2016, 06:14:42 AM » |
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Ikari Warriors + Space Harrier + Voxel Shooter
it's our elevator pitch, it's even on our business cards for the game.
Ummm...cool art bro. Got this big bag o' money but, what the hell is Ikari Warriors, Space Harrier and a voxel shooter? |
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2016, 06:43:16 AM » |
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Ikari Warriors + Space Harrier + Voxel Shooter
it's our elevator pitch, it's even on our business cards for the game.
Ummm...cool art bro. Got this big bag o' money but, what the hell is Ikari Warriors, Space Harrier and a voxel shooter? I see what you're saying but when you're in an 'elevator' with a publisher and they don't know what those games are then you REALLY don't want to do business with them! As I say, it's our elevator pitch, not our public pitch. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2016, 07:38:18 AM » |
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I see what you're saying but when you're in an 'elevator' with a publisher and they don't know what those games are then you REALLY don't want to do business with them!
As I say, it's our elevator pitch, not our public pitch.
Ok, say the publisher does know those games. You still haven't communicated the experience of your game. What are Smith and Winston shooting at and for what reason? Do I get to experience being a hero or a genocidal maniac? A lot of questions can be answered in a well designed pitch. It's that whole less is more thing, ya know? TRY AGAIN! |
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2016, 02:10:01 PM » |
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Candy Ballad- these lousy neighbors really can't do anything right.
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2016, 07:06:38 AM » |
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Bunneh Demo PLEASE ListenLoveExploreStareSneakSmellDigHideHopEatRunPet-To-Sleep BE GOOD
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« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2016, 10:10:26 AM » |
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Aftertile: Travel a maze, fight imps and use ghastly powers to help ghosts find peace!
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« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2016, 08:20:18 AM » |
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Bunneh. Why does one leave the cage? Adventure! It's really about the bunny.
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« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2016, 08:08:41 PM » |
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Gognio Dungeon: Delve deep and down dick that dungeon!
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« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2016, 08:30:56 PM » |
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Dissolution: In the absence of assumption and expectation who am I and what do I want?
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My Art Tutorials: Here"Today is victory over yourself of yesterday, tomorrow is victory over lesser men." - Miyamoto Musashi |
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« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2016, 08:32:33 PM » |
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I have a feeling both of these fit onto your "what not to do list" but I don't see any other way of pitching this, so oh well.
Rise: Mad King, misfit adolescence, and a whole bunch of nutcases.
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Rise: Misfit adolescents journey to dethrone the mad king and defeat his underlings.
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