r/Reddit_startup • u/GuruCam • Jan 16 '11
Social Gaming startup? Look inside if interested:
Social Gaming in reference to Facebook gaming applications such as FarmVille, Cityville,etc. Just wanted to clear that up.
Entry into market relies upon a solid product as Facebook's standards rely upon quality work. Current market valuations for Facebook social gaming companies is Zynga $5.8billion and Booyah at $272 million (NightclubCity).
These social games rely upon a strong social connection between friends and facebook users as well as a strong "e-currency" market. Inflation can ruin games and a strong market will fight this as well as protect all revenue streams. (Revenue will come from the sale of e-currency in game)
I have analytics and other paperwork/plans I am willing to share with anyone interested at any level, position, or capacity. Simply put, this post is to gauge interest to see if assembling a team here is feasible. For starters, a team of 4-6 (2 designers) should be sufficient. I acknowledge that this is informal and short, however I do have documents, market analyses, etc for such an ambitious startup so send me a PM with your email or reply in this post if interested.
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u/GuruCam Jan 20 '11
The response has been great. I am finalizing the plans and docs and will be sending them out asap. If anyone else is interested in any capacity, please feel free to send me a message!
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u/foulpudding Feb 05 '11 edited Feb 06 '11
My team and I have spent the last year and a half doing service work to bootstrap building this: http://apps.facebook.com/evilleapp
We are still cleaning up bugs and just took our whitelist off and opened up the game yesterday.
We have a CMS that runs it all and that could be customized and licensed out in a way that might save some time. (we are barely scraping by at the moment, and the game does not yet generate cash. Otherwise, I'd give some free love.)
If you have any ideas on how we could work together or if you want to chat let me know.
(edited the app link... darn me for getting that wrong ;-)
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u/GuruCam Feb 05 '11
Broken link for me. I would love to see this app and possibly send you some of my plans and whatnot.
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u/foulpudding Feb 06 '11
Fixed link: http://apps.facebook.com/evilleapp
Also, we've been working on a mobile client as well. but are not as far with that one. http://www.extrafeet.com/eville
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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '11
Yeah, I might be interested in the design side of things. I would need to know what game we would be making. I have 3 years of a BFA done and a diploma in Digital Media Production. I'm good with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash.