[bopf]

Great design. I have been in gaming for a very long time and I can tell you that it is very very hard to raise money for games in Europe. Investors simply do not like game companies. Games are not predictable and often it is only luck that makes the difference between a smash hit and a failure. A few things you should try: - talk to the guys at London Venture Partners. They are the only VC that solely focusses on games. - talk to the European Games Group EGG. They are very open minded and can help with publishing and provide modest funding - talk to the guys at Spil Games. Spil operates the largest European online games sites. You might be able to get prepayment from them if you give them an exclusive.

Also talk to other publishers. When setting up my own game company I managed to get pre payments from publishers. These guys do not take any shares of your company but they will take a large chunk of your future earnings. But publisher prepay coupled with their power to market your game is a good thing.

[polquaser]

Thanks, really interesting to read bearing in mind your involvement in the industry. I've heard of a few of the players you mentioned - didn't get around to contacting London Venture Partners because I didn't have any connection to them and to be honest I'd never heard of EGG who look very interesting! :)

I'll look into this more in the next few days - would you mind if I reached out to you? Is it your first name @ riddle.com?

[bopf]

Hi.. yes.. good guess on the email :). Feel free to reach out.