Drunken Russian game ( pics and video ) - how do I find a publisher for it?

RogerT

Hi guys,
I've been working for quite a while on a game "Devil Buster". It's an angry-birds style game where the main character - a drunk Russian - is having a delirium tremens and seeing red devils everywhere. Players task if to use certain household objects to bust them.

See screenshot attached and video over here

What I have so far
- main character animations, fire effects, physics, drawing sprites on screen - 100% done.
- level editor, which lets you create levels in photoshop and import them into the game - mostly working.
- main menu, devil animations, levels - nothing done yet.

I wanted to ask, what do you think about such concept in general and what kind of perspectives do you think it might have.
Simply finishing the project, adding banners and just publishing it on google play / appstore probably won't bring in any money, at least without firstly investing some in promotion...

maybe you know some companies that might be interested in either promoting or maybe even fully buying out such product?

Thanks.

fxone

@RogerT go to http://www.chillingo.com/ for sure before release! Great, big congrats!
=D>
I also can send info to Emma from LeTang about your game, if you don't mind

RogerT

Thanks for the link, I'll contact chillingo. Yes, please, send here the info. >-

fxone

@RogerT hi Roger, I've just talked little via Skype with Emma Guo, Head of Marketing Department at LeTang Inc. They are interested to try cooperate with you:

Emma Guo skype ID is: emmaguoxiaoqian
Email: letangmarketing@gmail.com

ar2rsawseen

BTW we as Jenots are also starting to cooperate with Letang, signed contract and lets see where this will get us

hgvyas123

@ar2rsawseen

with mashballs?

ar2rsawseen

yes, will be releasing separate version, now waiting for their approval of the last build

hgvyas123

cool curious to see the downloads

ar2rsawseen

me too

But for @RogerT I would start with Chillingo first

john26

@RogerT: very impressive game! good luck with publication. I think you are right you need a publisher to be successful.

@ar2rsawseen, I also got emails from Emma at LeTang. But when I replied they never answered me. I assumed they were not serious (or maybe a con) but it seems they are legit...? The original email they sent did not mention my game specifically so perhaps it was a form letter and when they actually saw my game they decided not to proceed.... Still, not polite to start a conversation then refuse to answer email... Is this their normal practice?

hgvyas123

@john26

i had also contacted letang inc long time ago and my experience was good they had replied all the questions and we also had long conversation on skype however they didn't like my games so i can't say much but i like their attitude. try to contact them on skype may be emails are not good option with them.

ar2rsawseen

@john26 they've contacted us about specific game, so they reviewed that beforehand, suggesting continue the conversation on skype (and we did) so can't tell how it is from the opposite side, but from our, everything was quite good and clear

john26

@ar2rsawseen and @hgvyas123

The situation is very strange! Here is the email I received:

"Hi Developer,

My name is Emma and I work for Letang Inc. I’m writing because I just checked out your app via Google play .I was wondering if you might be interested in increasing the visibility of your app.I am sure you get lots of emails like this every week and you might wonder what makes Letang’s service different than the others. Letang, the Leadering game distributor in china?we have established long-term cooperative partnership with China Telecom, China Mobile, Tencent, Sina and many other magnates of internet industry.... (etc) "

I replied positively but got no further correspondence. I then got another, similar, email, and replied to that too, but again received no correspondence...

The contact details I got were

LeTang Inc.
Marketing Department
letangmarketing@gmail.com
Address:5/F ,KeMao Mansion, No. 71
JinZhai Road,Hefei, Anhui, China
Skype: emmaguoxiaoqian
QQ: 2535933969

Do these agree with yours?

ar2rsawseen

@john26 yes and it is the same email we used to contact with Emma.
As I understood right now Emma is on Business trip and is responding pretty slowly to emails, the messages you have received must probably be automated.

EmMaKuo

Hi Guys, this is Emma, and many sorry for reply email slowly I'd like to reply every friend one by one, but many emails in my inbox, so i can't find it some also in my spam. I hope i can response all of our friends' questions,yes i will do it. I think skype is communication tool. once again. many thanks for all your supports and efforts! Good day!

john26

Hi Emma

I sent you an email on 5 April (my email is simpleinteractive@gmail.com). That was in response to an email you sent me 27 March.

I'd appreciate an answer!

EmMaKuo

already reply you:) @john26