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Mattman
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Can anyone (Raven???) point me somewhere to help me with establishinga company???

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Cash Curtis III
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hmmm i think u got to be 16 to establish an "official" company.There are ppl here who know more, just wait a while.

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Mattman
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16, huh...

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It depends on what the company is going to sell and how much $ is envolved.

If you are selling software you are making in low volumes you arn't buying from other companies and you arn't dealing with a lot of cash so just sell it and keep records of every transaction just in case.

Some people sell a lot of stuff on ebay without any trouble.

I am sure your parents would be able to do all the legal stuff for you if it it needed.
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Mattman
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Well, i don't think we are going for the pc that much. I am involved with the nFinity and have recently been in talks with Nintendo, so we won't be a secret company, as we are hoping to work on GCN.

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nintendo? And wats gcn?

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Yes, i have acsess to all the equipment needed to create a gcn (Gamecube) game. So ha, yu people who thoughti was a worthless n00b!!!

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Mattman, I hope you don't get ahead of yourself, and push your team(me and the others). Over our head.

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Why start a business, when we havn't a finished game?




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Mattman
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Plan, plan, plan. I have the main code sitting around collecting dust. Can i have some models???

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Quote: "I hope you don't get ahead of yourself, and push your team(me and the others). Over our head.
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No, i'll stay up until midnight by myself everday. That's ok.



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sigh...I'll just sit back and watch Mattman turn to the dark side

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Mattman
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What dark side?

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Another n00b thinking he can make a game with nintendo. Last time I checked, your only 13..ish..and..hmm..good luck *sigh*

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Mattman
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No no no no no. I have contacted not only Nintendo, but people who already have a development licensce.

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You forgot about the $20K part. We're gonna need one hell of a good game before you get me to donate any money towards getting the cash for the equipment to develop for nintendo.


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Yes, 20k is alot, we will have to develop for nFinity for a while first... That's not bad though

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That's still a ways off, even though Nintendo had game programers in mind when designing the GC, it won't be a walk in the park. Also you have to be at least 16 just to get a decent job, 18 to start a business, what makes you think they will hirer you when they got college grads with fancy ass resumes. Untill I see any proof that you could handle this kinda stuff, I'll contenue to hold my doubts.

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I have my doubts too. It's 18? I thought 16...

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In sweden you must be 18 to start a company, 16 in special cases that I don't know about. And I have no clue about how it's in US. There's a lot to know, you have to take some classes in company management.

In Sweden you can earn up to 30000kr/year as a hobbyist, don't know what rules there are in US. That's what company management classes are for.

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Mattman
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I'll get some books on it.

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Here in sweden you even get paid to take those classes =)

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Mattman
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lucky!!!

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Posted: 14th Aug 2003 21:46 Edited at: 14th Aug 2003 21:48
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-Can anyone (Raven???) point me somewhere to help me with establishinga company???

Haven't seen him around lately...Kind of a Clark Kent phenomenon when he's not there I am and vice versa.


On the subjects though,a little 25 hours administration course can dramatically help depending on what's offered in your area.

-Here in sweden you even get paid to take those classes

In Canada,when you have one,you don't pay Gas and food.

Not to talkabout buisness 'meeting' in good company...

If I've seen it all before,why's this bus taking me back again? @_@
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The classes are free but the sandwiches and the luch isn't =)

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ONCE WE FINISH A GAME, WE THEN WORRY ABOUT BUSINESS AND MONEY.

It's good to be a little excited, optimistic, and be a little ahead of yourself. But right now you're way to far. Think that most pros don't get to develop with nintendo.

Quote: "we will have to develop for nFinity for a while first"

Ummmm, nfinity is unreliable, and like I said in my posts in the team request section, we'll be lucky to make more than $100 each.

(I think Raven's probebly on vactation/business or something, havn't seen any trace of him lately.)

All this arguing is making me tired, so I'm off to play some games.




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bye

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Cash Curtis III
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I'm with arrow, nintendo does have a whole list of grads and experianced programmers to choose from, why would they pick a 12 year old kid who doesnt even have any experiance? (no offence, most of us dont)

[quote]Yes, i have acsess to all the equipment needed to create a gcn (Gamecube) game. So ha, yu people who thoughti was a worthless n00b!!!

U are saying you have acceses to GC dev kit?? Or what? Cuase I been studing Dreamcast development for a few months now, and let me tell you, if u don't wanna mentally kill your self, stick with pc programming. Oh and i also looked in to GBA programming with C++. Wuz too hard so I quit.

here read this article for ppl who want to develop for nintndo on gamecube

http://www.nintendogamenet.com/specials/0018.shtml

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I mean i know someone who creates games for gc, therefor he has all the equiptment.

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16 to open up a private limited company in the uk.

dunno about the us, but i'd take an educated guess at 18.

and you'd probably make more money making pc games, and its cheaper, and easier. i don't personally know ANYONE who owns a gamecube anyway, they all have ps2's.

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The problem with PC vs Console is that consoles have better controls, and PCs have more, and bigger games So it all depends on your perspective.

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I want to go cross platform of nFinity, GCN, and PC

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ummmmmmmm MattMan, your saying stuff about you talking to Nintendo, and about you programming games for the GC for them, when i belive that the won't even consider you unless you are of 16(may be 18) or older. And another thing.. You are 13 or 12... so all money you would make would be technically your parents.

Oh and Where have you been contacting Nintendo... at the Jp HQ or US Hq?

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They don't know my age, I'll work it out with my parents then, and US

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Well if they don't know now... they will soon lmao.

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*sigh*

This post might as well be locked, lol.

Quote: "I mean i know someone who creates games for gc, therefor he has all the equiptment."

Personally? Or are you twisting the truth? I mean, all of us KNOW, or could research and find someone who has parts to build games for the GC.

Quote: "I want to go cross platform of nFinity, GCN, and PC"




Quote: "Yes, i have acsess to all the equipment needed to create a gcn (Gamecube) game. So ha, yu people who thoughti was a worthless n00b!!!"





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1. Ya, this is getting poinless.

2. Yes, as a matter of fact i talked to him today.

3. I do!!!

4. Maybe I don't...

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Quote: "Yes, i have acsess to all the equipment needed to create a gcn (Gamecube) game. So ha, yu people who thoughti was a worthless n00b!!!"



dooobeeeeeeedoo




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back atchya

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What am i lying about???

I am a complete truthful human...it aint fung shui to lye.

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oh and after exploring the nintendo.jp site.. i learned that they won't even consider you unless you show them a previous made game... proof of identity, and proof of you having a backround in C/C++.

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SO?

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They won't even let you program a game for any of there systems.... lmao. If you can't program in C/C++ how in the hell do you expect to program in GCL. It isn't like Basic and VB, its a hell of alot different. So even if you join a company that programms for GC..they still won't accept the game because a lil kid made it.

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How do you know i don't know C/C++???

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because i read you saying it in a topic..lmao

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Quote: "Mattman
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I don't think he'll pay for .net, but it might come with a book I get. Here is my programming list

Done:
HTML
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In Progress:
PHP
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Soon:
DBP

After That:
C & C++
Java

If for Some Odd Reason I Wanted To:
Cobol (My Dad used to do it and he has a book on it...)

Anything else you guys would recomend?


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theres my proof...lmao


and heres the topic he said it in(pretty recent topic too) [href]His topic http://www.darkbasicpro.com/apollo/view.php?t=14924&b=2[/href]

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So is it worth making some suggestions about starting up a company, or is this whole thread just a load of crap?

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whole load of crap... well it turned to that when mattman said stuff about him programming on the GC.

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Quote: "Well, i don't think we are going for the pc that much. I am involved with the nFinity and have recently been in talks with Nintendo, so we won't be a secret company, as we are hoping to work on GCN."


Nintendo have talked with a 12 year old about making Gamecube games? They have given you an SDK? I've read about Nintendo's practices when it comes to developers and it's certainly, shall we say, watertight.

I look forward to reading a review! Good luck. You're gonna need it (frm what I've seen on GBA developing [- actually it wasn't that bad after a while]).

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