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The Pitching and Funding Masterclass
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Resources
Feedback Survey
Frequently Asked Questions Part 1 (12:27)
Frequently Asked Questions Part 2 (12:40)
Developer Interviews
Norsfell (37:05)
Stelex Software (20:25)
Example Pitch Decks
Begone Beasts Pitch Deck (8:16)
Bloodroots (9:45)
Anima Flux
The Rabbit Haul
Nif Nif
Animo Stars Arena
Aikyam
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Funding
Where to get money for your game (4:12)
When to get funding? (3:57)
Where to get money for your company? (4:48)
Why pick one type of funding over another? (4:49)
How much money is typical to get for indies? (2:59)
What is in it for the investors? (3:55)
What are you going to learn in this course? (1:02)
Pitch Preparation
Mindset (2:26)
Prepare your credentials (3:26)
Overview of Your Pitch Materials (3:19)
Your game build (4:36)
The Pitch Deck
The Pitch Deck Recipe (1:57)
Slide 1: Awesome Cover Art / Logo (1:52)
Slide 2: Gameplay Overview (2:12)
Slide 3: Video Clip (1:43)
Slide 3: Example Video Clips (1:55)
Slide 4: Unique Selling Points (2:25)
Slide 4: [Guide] Crafting a Unique Selling Proposition
Slide 4: Examples (4:06)
Slide 5: Traction (3:47)
Slide 6: Business Model + Competitive Analysis (4:32)
Slide 6: Analysis Demo - Intro (3:53)
Slide 6: Analysis Demo - Looking at Steam (19:39)
Slide 6: Analysis Demo - VGinsights (13:56)
Slide 6: Analysis Demo - Summary (3:05)
Slide 7: Production Timeline (4:08)
Slide 8: Team, Pedigree, Awards (2:32)
Slide 9: The Ask (6:35)
Slide 10: Contact info (1:09)
The One Pager (2:19)
Contacting Publishers
Finding publishers (5:24)
[Article] Types of publishers
[Resource] The publisher tracker
Cold calling (4:22)
Friend of a friend (2:50)
They find you (2:24)
The Pitch
Pitch Meeting Context (3:12)
Pitch Meeting Goal (4:39)
Pitch Meeting Clock Management (3:51)
Other formats (2:58)
Pitch red flags (5:41)
Conferences
GDC Special edition (3:58)
GDC Meetings (7:28)
Gamescom (5:44)
Follow up
Post Pitch Process (6:27)
Followup protocol (7:19)
The Maybe Response (3:29)
Success (3:50)
Live Session Recordings
[LIVE FRIDAY MARCH 8th] Pitch Deck Review (62:37)
What is in it for the investors?
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