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If you noticed, your quotes are also flawed. If you read the whole post for both quotes you will see that the person of the IP will not be paid for the IP. In the other post it says they will be paid when the product is sold. Try not to pull a michael moore here.

Also about being a smart ass, well it still stands. Most game developers are independent. Especially those creating games with the AGS engine, but it seems that he expects my company to be those with a bundle of money and all the power in the world. Its ignorant. Its not criticism, its just being an ass. Get it straight.

PS: No more criticism please. I never asked for it, and definitely don't need it.

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Why should anyone give you free ideas?  If you have a company why don't you come up with something interesting on your own?  Also, a professional would have approached Ben Croshaw directly and asked about licensing his game, not went on planning it until they found out someone else was making a 5DaS mod (a mod which Ben fully supports and mentions on his forums, btw).  Your approach just doesn't smack of professionalism, so I would heartily recommend you make a few games if you haven't, build some kind of a reputation and then start the whole 'we're a commercial company' business. 

That's all.

There are various flaws in your post. Your assuming we are a top notch company. We are only a independent college based company.

Also why would you care about what we want to do. This is the internet, and this is what we want to do. We have known about the 5DaS mod before hand, but what you don't know is that Ive been using the idea of remaking the series before it existed. I even have Yahtzee's email of it.

So please, being a smartass makes you sound more ignorant.

True.. Well, I had read the first post, but I was still unsure if the person in the team would be get paid or not ^^; (I had seen some topics in some game developing forums that were calling people to work in their commercial projects for free; this was the reason of my suspicion. But anyhow, it is my bad. Sorry again  )

No problem Gord10. I wouldve been more clear, but I thought people would've already known. Then again, this is the internet.

Paying the IP only happens if the original creator doesn't have a hand in the production.

So, the original creator will be somehow paid (as the finished, new production will be commercial), won't s/he?

If I didn't, then wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the original creator having a part in the team? Read the first post. The original creator will be place as writer or assistant on the team.

Let's just make it clear here at the start that he is not really paying for the idea. The 'sell' only means you pitching an idea to him. Or this is what I gathered from the  "(Not Literally)" sub-title.

So, were you prepared to pay yahtzee for the right to make a commercial game from his IP? If one of us were to become a writer for you, wouldn't that automatically warrant payment to that person, since the product is in fact commercial? And if that's true, wouldn't that hold true for the guy who gives his or her IP for your use?

If the IP was originally copyrighted or commercial, then i'd have to pay. Since this is a free for all forum, anyone willing to sell me (As said before, not literally) there idea, we will look into using it. I'm not going to pay them, but they will have a seat in the production. If that is a problem, then don't post in here. Yahtzee is willing to do whatever he wants with the IP, and doesn't require payment. The reason why he didn't give us IP was because of the 5DaS 3d mod for Half-Life 2 which began work near the end of last year. Paying the IP only happens if the original creator doesn't have a hand in the production.

Recently my company Vigilant Entertainment was going to carry on the project of remaking 5 Days a Stranger, or specifically, the Defoe Chronicles. During our talk, another team is working on the remake of 5DaS. This team although willing to remake it, is amateur and doing this as a hobby. In return, Yahtzee won't be getting a full commercial remake of his series unless the project dies (In most cases in the modification community, it will).

Our company became worked up and looked forward to Yahtzee giving us a go on the project, but only recently I received the bad news. So I'm here posting today because I want to hear your ideas. Do you have an interesting story that is worthy for AGS material and even for Commercial production? The reason why I'm asking this is because I want to offer someone here who has either worked on an AGS game or have an idea that they want to become reality.

Sell me your ideas and i'll see if anything is worth a full time commercial production. If you wish to keep your idea secret but still want to share, PM them to me. Your ideas will be kept as your own. This means you will become either the IP owner or a writer for the production of the game. I'm truly hoping to see something that will match the Defoe Series style. Thank you.

-Brad Newsom

PS: You can visit our website at http://www.vigilantec.com/

PPS: No criticism please.

EDIT: Thanks for all those who PM'd your ideas. We will go over them ASAP and will figure out which one we would like to choose. Again, thanks!