Like trying to license and sell my princess manners game that I developed last year to help with Cairn and Rebekah. That game turned out to be Cairn's favorite of all the games we have, and everyone who's play tested it has enjoyed it too! Now I'd really like to get it out. Well, you can't just approach game companies with great toys and games. You have to come with professional recommendations. And it costs money to get game brokers to evaluate your game... and then they get a cut of your profits. There is another way around that. To get an already successful game creator to sponsor your game (or tell you its horrible and convince you to drop the idea altogether). This will give you discounts with their agent or they potentially have the power to go directly to the game makers. We have a friend of a friend who professionally invents games, such as Gold Mine. (Which is really fun and you should all go buy it after reading my rambling post) Our friends said they'd get me in contact with their friends and then life happened.... you know: a wedding, a trip to Texas, Grant's school starting, Cairn's school starting, their school starting, baptisms.... And we've only seen each other coming and going or kid swapping for baby sitting so we can go and come some more.
Or like another game I've been working on that follows the Wheel of Time books. Well, its a long and complex series and it's hard to prevent the game from becoming too long and complex. So I've been trying to work out the kinks and get it to play smoothly. Unfortunately I have no idea how it ends... The series isn't complete yet and I don't know how to defeat the Dark One and reseal him into his prison! Do you know how difficult it is to work on a game that doesn't know how to win?! As it stands now my game is a weird compilation of Arkham Horror, Shadows over Camelot and the ever classic Risk.
Another item on my mind is work for Grant. The Strattons are moving to Utah next week. For good. I know they tried to move away to California and it didn't last, but this time it will because Patti won't let it not. Well that leaves us a major metropolitan area away from my mom's family in Phoenix but otherwise a two day drive away from family. As much as we love Tucson, that's not ideal. The Law School has lead Grant to some out of state internships to apply to, but not many. Why would Texans come to an Arizona school to recruit new lawyers when they have nine law schools in their own territory? So if we want to live anywhere but Arizona we need to do most of the leg work. And the we does include me since Grant in trying to not overbook himself again did. I've been giving myself a quick course in legal job searches (if any one has any leads for jobs in Texas or Utah (though it's my last choice of places to live) or any of the states in between please let us know!). Grant is interested in any sort of law and is willing to study for any Bar... but only one...
Oh and then there's the idea that I've been playing with of starting an Etsy shop. This would mean actually making all of the things that I've been thinking of instead of just thinking about it. I have most of the materials and time that I would need to start... but... That's where I always stop is the but. Really the only 'but' I have is a slight fear that I'd got through the effort of starting and making and not succeed, or that I would only sell enough to break even and we don't have the money for me to fail. Today I read one of my companion's posts and she wrote this:
A great friend told me tonight that if fear and money are the only two things
standing between us and a goal, that we shouldn't let them hold us back
because we will almost always regret it. I feel like there
are many instances of this in my life.
And that made my mind twinge with guilt. So for the time being I'm full go on preparing to open my own shop.... regardless of my 'buts.'
Now, I think that's enough swimming for now. If I keep going around much more in my thoughts we'll likely all drown in them.
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