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Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by poppysan »

mynameishere wrote: post #27
poppysan wrote: post #21

OK, so here's the idea. Initially I was looking to add a flex developer to my team because it would perfectly suit flex/Air. But I am learning that now so this shouldnt be a problem in the future. I was looking to develop a widget-based game creation system, based on customizing a pre-set group of parameters. its limited at first, but as the community grows so will features. Games are output into a widget, shareable…

I'm not sure where the idea is hiding in this description. Game-making systems are an old idea, so that's not it: http://www.garrykitchen.com/product_history/garry_kitchens_g... Sharing things between websites is, well, pretty old too. So that's not the idea.

Is game maker web based? can you share your games on facebook? how do you monetize your games with game maker?

There are vital differences.

Look at aviary. i have photoshop, why would I use it? Because i can use it from anywhere and share it anywhere.

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by poppysan »

wallflower wrote: post #26
poppysan wrote: post #21

OK, so here's the idea. Initially I was looking to add a flex developer to my team because it would perfectly suit flex/Air. But I am learning that now so this shouldnt be a problem in the future. I was looking to develop a widget-based game creation system, based on customizing a pre-set group of parameters. its limited at first, but as the community grows so will features. Games are output into a widget, shareable…

Kudos for letting your idea out. Have you seen Sproutbuilder's beta yet? Having worked with Flex extensively - I think it would take at least 3-6 months to prototype.

sprout builder is great imo. i would like to have some features similar to theirs editing wise. Very inspiring, and i have been a fan since i saw their demo.

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by poppysan »

metachor wrote: post #17
poppysan wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really think I have something here. I just want to make sure it gets in the right hands.

I might be off base, but I read this thread as saying: "I have an idea that I think is worth a lot of money, but I don't have the [time|skills] to complete it myself. I want to find as few other people as possible to make the idea a reality so that I can profit while sharing the rewards with only one other person.". If this were really about just getting the idea out there and seeing it thrive, you would just come ou…

I am not looking for money. i just want to see it be created. So while Im working on other things I can look at that and say...nice, somebody did it, and it didnt just disappear into the void...

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

#34

Post by ericb »

poppysan wrote: post #21

OK, so here's the idea. Initially I was looking to add a flex developer to my team because it would perfectly suit flex/Air. But I am learning that now so this shouldnt be a problem in the future. I was looking to develop a widget-based game creation system, based on customizing a pre-set group of parameters. its limited at first, but as the community grows so will features. Games are output into a widget, shareable…

Opening technical tasks to non-technical users can be a good direction (wufoo, for example). The business and idea could go either way, depending on execution, like everyone else will point out, I imagine. It's not clear to me what the revenue model would be.

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

#35

Post by metachor »

poppysan wrote: post #33
metachor wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I might be off base, but I read this thread as saying: "I have an idea that I think is worth a lot of money, but I don't have the [time|skills] to complete it myself. I want to find as few other people as possible to make the idea a reality so that I can profit while sharing the rewards with only one other person.". If this were really about just getting the idea out there and seeing it thrive, you would just come ou…

I am not looking for money. i just want to see it be created. So while Im working on other things I can look at that and say...nice, somebody did it, and it didnt just disappear into the void...

I apologize for the misunderstanding --- no offense meant.

And I see above that you did lay out your idea in general. That sounds like a pretty interesting idea. I hope someone can make it work as well.

I've seen a similar idea already in development; check out http://www.metaplace.com/

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by mynameishere »

poppysan wrote: post #31
mynameishere wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure where the idea is hiding in this description. Game-making systems are an old idea, so that's not it: http://www.garrykitchen.com/product_history/garry_kitchens_g... Sharing things between websites is, well, pretty old too. So that's not the idea.

Is game maker web based? can you share your games on facebook? how do you monetize your games with game maker? There are vital differences. Look at aviary. i have photoshop, why would I use it? Because i can use it from anywhere and share it anywhere.

Is game maker web based?

No, but that was from 1985. There's at least one company that publishes user-submitted games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongregate

Whatever the economics behind that, someone is getting paid. I don't know much about the game business, but it seems like there are a lot of great people working for next-to-nothing on the fringes. I can't imagine how popular a connect-the-dots approach to design would be.

You basically were asking for criticism, so I'm giving it. Obviously, there are far, far...far...stupider things on facebook, so it may well be a big hit.

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by bmaier »

Want a real idea that would be easy to implement and would appeal to the masses? Write a del.icio.us clone and do recipe bookmarking so people like my mom can keep track of all the recipes she sees all over the web and people looking for good recipes could just browse the popular feed.

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by bmaier »

bmaier wrote: post #37

Want a real idea that would be easy to implement and would appeal to the masses? Write a del.icio.us clone and do recipe bookmarking so people like my mom can keep track of all the recipes she sees all over the web and people looking for good recipes could just browse the popular feed.

I should note that if anyone is interested in doing a startup around this, let me know: office at unchartedventures dot com

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by xekonic »

Been lurking for a period of time here. While ideas are being thrown out there, here's a thought.

Allow comments from within feed readers as well as comment tracking (so you don't have to try to remember... or use co.comments, etc).

Could be done one of two ways.

1. Design the 'comment module' for the large blogging platforms (blogger, wordpress, typepad, etc). Bloggers confirm their blog on the platform (to bypass captcha or similar) so a users comment goes directly into the blogs comment system.

2. Create a widget that an author can place on their site that pulls the comments from the server housing the comments. This widget would be placed directly below where "normal" comments go and would tie in as seamlessly as possible.

Could be a standalone service or it could be the next feed reader that takes a chunk out of GoogleReader (unless integration with gReader could be figured out).

Thoughts?

Re: I'm giving away my startup idea to a deserving Haxor

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Post by powerflex »

wallflower wrote: post #26
poppysan wrote: post #21

OK, so here's the idea. Initially I was looking to add a flex developer to my team because it would perfectly suit flex/Air. But I am learning that now so this shouldnt be a problem in the future. I was looking to develop a widget-based game creation system, based on customizing a pre-set group of parameters. its limited at first, but as the community grows so will features. Games are output into a widget, shareable…

Kudos for letting your idea out. Have you seen Sproutbuilder's beta yet? Having worked with Flex extensively - I think it would take at least 3-6 months to prototype.

I completely 100% agree! (Still love Flex though)
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