My son has written a storey for a computer game.  Who can I contact to
write this game with a view of having this game mass produced as say a
game boy / Nintendo computer game?

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 19 Jan 2005 01:51 PST

Hi!

I was able to find custom game developers for the web and the PC.
Would custom game developers for the PC be ok instead of consoles?

Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 20 Jan 2005 05:10 PST

Hi again!

Forget about my initial clarification. 

I was able to find different game programming services that caters to
a variety of platforms like Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox, etc. These
companies are located in different parts of the world like Europe,
North America and Asia. I think eventhough they maybe far from your
location (if you are in the US), you may still want to inquire about
their services since you can correspond with them through email.

Would you accept this as a legitimate answer?

Thanks!

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I was able to find the following Australian based companies that can
help you with their complete game development services, meaning from
concept to finished product.

Team Bondi
http://www.teambondi.com/about/ 

Micro Forte
http://www.microforte.com.au/comp/about.htm 

Perception
http://www.perception.com.au/aboutus.html 

TheyerGFX
http://www.theyergfx.com/company/aboutus.htm 

Krome Studios
http://www.kromestudios.com/company.php#about 

Pandemic Studios
http://www.pandemicstudios.com/inside.php 

Half Brick Studios
http://www.halfbrick.com/index2.htm 

Fuzzy Eyes Studio
http://www.halfbrick.com/index2.htm 

Nocturnal Entertainment
http://www.nocturnal-central.com/corporate.php

Blue Tongue
http://www.bluetongue.com/ 

IR Gurus
http://www.irgurus.com/ 

Tantalus
http://www.tantalus.com.au/

Bullant Studios
http://www.sumea.com.au/sdevelopersprofile.asp?developer=43
http://www.bullantstudios.com/home.htm

Real Time Studios
http://www.sumea.com.au/sdevelopersprofile.asp?developer=45

That Game
http://www.thatgame.com/about_us.php
http://www.sumea.com.au/sdevelopersprofile.asp?developer=68

Hypercube
http://www.hypercube.com.au/
http://www.sumea.com.au/sdevelopersprofile.asp?developer=85

Bungarra
http://www.bungarra.com/

Rat Bag Games
http://www.ratbaggames.com/index_no.html 

Two Headed Software
http://www.taswegian.com/TwoHeaded/

Sidhe Interactive
http://www.sidhe.co.nz/company.htm

Binary Star
http://www.binary-star.com/

Pixelati
http://www.pixelati.com/ 


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You may also want to contact other game development services outside
of Australia in case they have better deals for you. Remember you can
always correspond by email or Instant Messaging to make the product
you want.

Robotube Games (United States)
http://www.robotubegames.com/rtgames_prod.html

Program Ace (Ukraine)
http://www.program-ace.com/services/game-development.htm 

Atomic Planet Entertainment (UK)
http://www.atomic-planet.com/services.htm 

 
Search terms used:  
Custom customized game programming development services

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                                                          
                              
Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

I don't mean to be mean, but many people play lots of video games. 
This means they have a big interest in playing (I too enjoy
playing...the imaginary audio and visual "rewards" are very
appealing).  They may not even be good at playing (again, I fall into
this category as I play online games and even though I log in tons of
hours, there are so many others better than me).

Now, if someone writes a lot of *successful* video games, they would
be good in that.  I imagine that becoming a good writer takes years of
practice and experience in writing (not playing).

My point is not to discourage your son.  In fact, I encourage him to
pursue this.  My point is just to be skeptical of this first game
becoming a blockbuster hit and realize it may take many attempts
before succeeding.

For the most part, you're never going to be able to get a "great game
idea" made intoa game by a company you don't work for.  In fact, if
you send an unsolicited idea to a game company, legally it becomes
their intellectual property. As a general rule, don't send in your
ideas unsolicited.

The best policy is to ask the company if they want to hear your idea
first.  If you just type it up and send it off, you can pretty much
kiss your idea goodbye.  Take steps to trademark or copyright your
idea and/or see a lawyer first if you are really REALLY serious about
making "the next big thing."  I could bore you with my story about
getting screwed over by Pac Man cereal, but I won't.  I'm too bitter
to go into detail...

To be honest, it's very VERY difficult for someone outside a game
company to get their ideas past said company's front door.  For that
matter, it's not all that easy to get a game company to look at your
ideas if you work for them!

Dear commenters,
Thank you for your comments, as I am not in the computer / computer
game industry.  I will follow this up.