PK Studios

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PK Studios

• Rory Buck

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My Self

• I at this point will be out of college, and have
  a BA in game design.
• I have also worked in a game studio for 2-3 years
  and feel I have the leadership skills to run a
  studio.

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Business Game Studio

• I plan to make a game studio, called PK (Player
  Killer) Studios.
• With the video game market being a hundred
  billion dollar industry, I feel that I could
  bring something new to the market.
• All I require is a loan of 750,000. These slides
  will illustrate why I need that much money.

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Who Why 750,000?

• I plan to take out a series of Loans from
  Independent investors to pay them at fixed of
  their investments. Upon my first release of a
  game (concept of which is further down in
  presentation).
• Seeing the high amount of money the amount I
  would need, would make any investor willing to
  put in, provided they see they can get a return
  on their investment.
• I If I borrowed that much at 10 interest, I they
  would make 75,000 dollars. I would pay 75,000
  every time we release a game, or more if
  available. Until the sum of the money I pay is
  equal to 825,000 dollars. I dont account for
  this in my fees because this will mostly come out
  of profit of games

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Location
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Location Continued (1)

• 311 Broadway St.Lincoln, IL 62656
• Price 150,000(Roughly 30,000 more w/ tax.)
• Out in the sticks, everything is cheaper.

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Location (Heating)

• According to Nicor based on the Building Size
  (RSF)7,040 depending on the height and its
  seasonal use, it comes to approximately 220 a
  month, in the winter. However in the summer we
  shouldnt need heat.

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Local Electrical Plumbing

• Using a lot of Electricity- the price comes in at
  around 510(given their values on my use of 18
  computers) a month. It will cost and extra
  50-100 a month in summer (A/C).
• According to the Lincoln Water System, it would
  cost around 30 dollars a month for water for the
  place.

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Internet phone Use

• From insight-com I can get a bundle, of the
  High-end Internet and Phone Service for 100 a
  month.
• For an extra 29.99(30) I could get their cable
  package in a bundle.

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Location Additional

• It will require a new Set of Signs. Those will
  run about 230.
• Trash will be picked up by the local Trash Detail
  (no dumpster).

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Utilities Total

• 220(gas) x 6 months
• 30(water) x 12 months
• 100(phone and internet) x 12
• 500(summer electrical 6
• 600(winter electrical 6
• 230(new signs) (one time payment)
• Total- 9,480 a month(plus the 1 time 230)

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The Computers.

• Obviously me and my team will need require come
  serious hardware, as the Games are getting more
  and more realistic, if we want to remain in the
  business in the long term.
• These are the parts in the computer my studio
  will be using.

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Computers (2)

• 1- AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 / 2MB Cache / 2000MHz FSB
  / Socket 939 / Hyper-Transport / Dual-Core /
  Processor with Fan.
• 1- Asus A8N 32-SLI-Deluxe NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX
  Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI Ready /
  Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA
  / Dual RAID

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Computers (3)

• I-Inc by Hanns-G CY-199DP / 19" / 8ms / 7001 /
  SXGA 1280 x 1024 / DVI-D VGA / Black / LCD
  Monitor with Speakers
• Diablo Black and Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with
  Front USB Ports and 400-Watt Power Supply
• Lite-on Super Allwrite SHM-165H6S / 16x8x16x
  DVDRW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 5x DVD-RAM / 8x DVDR
  DL / 4x DVD-R DL / 48x24x48x CD-RW / Black/Beige
  Faceplates / Internal / DVD Writer with
  LightScribe

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Computers (4)

• Corsair XMS PRO 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory
  with LEDs
• Ultra 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory
• Seagate / 500GB / 7200 / 8MB / Ultra ATA-100 /
  EIDE / OEM / Hard Drive
• Kingwin Aquastar Socket A/754/939/478/775 Liquid
  Cooling System

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The Computers(5)

• ATI FireGL V7350 / 1GB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual
  DVI / Stereo 3D / Video Card
• The above Item costs so much, so the studio can
  stay competitive for a number of years without
  upgrading.
• Total Price of Computer- 3,255.90
• Mind you I need 18 of these.

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Computers (Hardware Final)

• I require 18 of these. This comes to 58606.20.
• I require Windows XP Professional for the OS.
  (215)
• In addition I need Maya graphical
  software(2,540).

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Office Equipment

• I require 21 Chairs (88 apiece)
• 18 Desks (127 apiece)
• 1 Printer (477)
• 1 conference Table (330) 1 Projector (760)
• Total 5717

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18 Staffers

• All staffers will require knowledge in C
  coding, and a BA or equivalent in game design.
• I will end up hiring at least 1 graphic designer
  for ads in magazines, as well as 1 Sound
  director. They have to be able to compose music,
  and conduct an orchestra.

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Paying them peanuts

• I will pay them on a weekly basis, of 400 a
  week.
• However they will be required to finish certain
  tasks by a date I see fit, or no pay.
• Total- 7200

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Game Concept

• The game will feature a unique physical combat
  mechanism, with a 3rd person Perspective. This
  will separate our game in how it would use the
  right analog stick to fight as opposed to other
  games that use buttons for combos. This will
  create a large learning curve, yet due to its
  simplicity in concept will make it easy to learn.
  
• This would please both hardcore gamers in that
  it would add a certain amount of skill to the
  game, yet still make it marketable to those with
  no experience.

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Game Concept (2)

• Also it would add more complexities in how the
  blocking features and interactions of models
  could chain into a Counter (triggers) would
  interact to produce a fluidic motion similar to
  martial arts films.
• The story will change to match the game, but
  despite my current plan for it to be War themed,
  will maintain T rating material to keep the game
  open for the general audience as opposed to an
  M-rated Game like GTA
• I understand the industry and will use this to
  make good games that will sell. Above all else a
  game should be fun, or at least compelling.

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Audio Production

• Well Use basic sound software that comes with
  windows, and use import it into games as MP3.
• Eventually at the end of production Ill hire
  voice actors to do the voices and well rent a
  sound studio, and our sound director could
  compose music for the game. They will be paid by
  the hour and depending on how much dialogue in
  game, will affect the amount they are paid.

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Advertising

• Cheap advertising.
• Will advertise will be in game magazines(300-500
  a Magazine).
• Game Shows and Magazines will interview us for
  info on our game. This way they have articles, we
  get word out on our game, its cheap and
  effective.
• We may end up at E3 or other game developer
  conferences. And pay the 1,000 developer fee.
  Then We may get financial support from game
  consoles themselves and get word out on our
  game.
• Well also start an internet campaign by paying
  certain sites to do a comic of put an add on our
  site.

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Disc Production

• Well go through a production company and give
  them the stuff to put on the discs. Will go
  through a game production company like Majesco,
  to produce the Physical game. Well make 20,000
  discs in just the first run and based on their
  sales in the first week well go from there.
  Theyll charge us about 8 a disc to upload the
  data and burn the CDs with cases. So with a price
  of 40 Well make 30 a disc. (Retailers sell
  them at 50)

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Shipping Costs

• Costs for shipping the discs and the discs will
  go to distributors so theyll buy them from us
  and then theyll sell them to the stores.
• No real cost to us.

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Money vs. Expense

• With the loan of 750,000 it looks like this
• 750,000
• 180,000(building)
• 60,806(computers and software)
• 5,718(office supplies and chairs)
• 160,000 (Production costs DVDs)
• Total remaining343,476

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Wheres the rest going?

• To cover bills until game is released.
• It will act as buffer space if the first game is
  not successful.
• This will mean that the investors, get paid if
  the first game tanks and give us time to learn
  from our mistakes. Also it means that we could
  make more disks if the first game was a success,
  and make a larger profit to pay the investor back.

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PK studios

• Its a solid investment with a guaranteed chance
  of return.
• Its a smart investment, as once we make a
  reputable title, one of the bigger developers
  might buy our studio and cover the loan.

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PK Studios - End

• Invest with us.