Crowded Games
Do you want to designs video games? Want to get your feet wet, but just not sure how? How about collecting royalties on a game you helped create?
If this sounds interesting then check out Crowded Games.
Crowded Games was launched in 2007 for one reason, to enable the community to design a xbox arcade game called Pond Hockey. Bruno Steppuhn of Zensoft Studios (which developed soft modeling, 3D rendering and multi-player algorithms through various projects) saw the potential of a crowdsourcing game design community and bought Crowded Games in 2007.
“Pond Hockey is new twist on casual games” say Bruno “Its Mario Kart meets no rules hockey, in this funny comedic and chaotic family 4 player hockey game. Its a great game to play as a family or with a bunch of friends.” Pond Hockey is expected to start beta testing next month.
The real jewel is not the game. Its the community game developers. Crowded Games has a community of 50 members with many different backgrounds, from veterans of the game industry to high school students. These members are investing their time into these games for potential royalties down the road. But thats not the most important reason for many members, its the experience and the prestige of creating a new game. Members can win a one year XNA membership each month.
So if you want to get some experience developing games and see your name in the credits, head over to Crowded Games and join the Crowd.