MOD DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

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MOD DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY

• Game mods provide new and exciting options for
  players, delivering original game concepts which
  challenge the status quo

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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MOD DB
Gamers, Developers, Creators

• Mod DB is the premiere online community that
  unites developers, players and their ideas --
  empowering them to shape the games we play. Mods
  provide new and exciting worlds for gamers to
  explore and Mod DB is the largest website for
  players and developers who want to create and
  play something different. Mod DB site traffic
  totals over 2 million unique visitors each month
  with 320,000 registered developers.
• Largest mod development site
• 320,000 registered members
• 8,000 mods for 600 games
• 61 game developers1
• 70 aged 18 to 342
• 98 male2

• Source User Survey http//www.moddb.com/polls/wh
  at-is-your-primary-expertise
• Source 2009 Internal Site Statistics

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YOU MOD DB
What can we do for you?

• Provide a one-stop shop for your games modders
  by providing a series of tutorials, videos and
  sample content created by Mod DB editors. Using
  Mod DBs proven design and framework to deliver
  content efficiently and effectively.
• Kick start your mod community, through a series
  of competitions targeted to our community of
  creative game designers allowing them to
  discuss techniques and refine the art of using
  your engine and tools.
• Showcase the mods judged best in the above
  competition, via video flybys and tournaments for
  the players to get involved in. This results in
  word of mouth viral advertising for you aimed at
  both gamers and developers.

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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MODS
User Driven Creativity

• Game mods provide new content for players to
  consume and extend their experience. Indies and
  mods augment gameplay to keep it fresh and
  exciting months after release.
• Games with successful mod communities
• 300 CC mods listed
• 1,200 Half-Life 2 mods listed
• It only takes 1 idea, 1 developer, 1 mod to
  breakout to drive innovation and success. (ie.
  DOTA Warcraft 3, CS/DOD Half-Life)

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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OPPORTUNITY
Development Content Community

• For 7 years Mod DB has been fostering indie and
  mod game development. We have the knowledge and
  infrastructure in place to help you implement and
  stimulate a development community around your
  products.
• Traditionally, games with strong development
  communities have strong sales and a long sales
  lifecycle
• Developers learning on your engine and tools
• Indies trial creative ideas, push boundaries,
  explore new styles using your game assets which
  you can leverage, work with and feed into future
  updates / content packs
• Mod DB has established relations with industry
  leaders, including EA, Ubisoft, Crytek and AMD

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY
Total Package 3 Stages

• Target developers and gamers on Mod DB via a
  dedicated subsite for your game
• Editor articles, tutorials and videos will be
  showcased in this subsite
• Competition run within subsite for one month,
  kick starting your games development within Mod
  DBs community of seasoned pros
• Post-competition wrap-up and game tournament
  utilizing the winning missions, allowing gamers
  to get involved

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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DETAILED PLAN
Implementation Specifics

• Pending plan approval, we will finalize the
  following
• Dates TBD
• Competition Structure TBD (need to explore the
  editors capabilities to decide what
  challenge/themes will yield the best output, be
  viral, judging etc)
• Prizing present numerous options - back
  catalogue of games, free trip to next community
  day, hardware, special game merchandise
  autographed by the team
• Editorial Content created by the Mod DB team
  making videos showing the mission editor in
  action and creating quality missions.
  Strategically revealed to heighten interest
  before contest starts
• Game Assets access to the game, mission editor,
  SDK, tools, tutorials, videos and other resources
  needed to create the subsite and plan the optimum
  competition.

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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BUDGET
Execution and Prizing

• The total package presented on the establish a
  community slide recommends three stages
• Editorial stage aims to generate buzz and a
  useful catalogue of content for aspiring
  developers to refer too
• Competition stage is the pivotal stage whereby a
  competition will be structured to generate buzz
  and kick-start a strong mod community around your
  game, as well as establish a catalogue of
  high-quality missions
• Post-competition mission play is aimed at the
  gamers, encouraging those that dont have your
  game to get it so they can play the amazing
  missions showcased as part of the competition
• Contact us to discuss budget and prizing.

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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NEXT STEPS
High-level Overview

• Approve or adjust the complete package / budget
• Review detailed plan options (dates, prizing,
  judging, competition structure etc)
• Mod DB prepares competition / content in its
  lead-up
• Announce the competition, share the editorial
  content and details
• Run the competition, choose the winners and run
  the post-competition mission play
• Empower your gamers and developers

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MOD COMMUNITY

• About Mod DB
• About Mods
• Opportunity
• Establish a Community
• Detailed Plan
• Budget
• Next Steps
• Contacts

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CONTACTS

• Founder, CEO
• Scott Reismanis
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• scott_at_moddb.com
• www.moddb.com

• Executive Editor
• Ryan Anderson
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• ryan_at_moddb.com
• www.moddb.com