Tom Sloper said:
You want an animation studio for games, you said. That's a game developer. You will have to work to figure out which ones do animation.
I assumed you wanted someone whose services are available for pay. If you wait until they don't have a project, you're just wasting time. You don't call a plumber and ask them to stop what they are doing to fix your plumbing. You call them and they fit you into their schedule. A professional animation studio is always interested in hearing about projects, even when they're busy.
Okay; I see where you are coming from, and that makes sense.
Still, as a solo indie developer I somehow don't think I could call up someone like SquareEnix and ask them to make content for my game.
But aren't there companies that specialize in building stuff for other studios? Not everyone is interested in building content for other studios. How would I know who is?
…And if I did contact someone, do you think I should describe myself as an indie developer or a solo developer? I want to be honest but I also want to sound competent.
GeneralJist said:
You really can't find them?
It's not that hard, I get a message almost once every few weeks on Linkedin from some outsourcer company that asks if they can help me in any way.
Just go to google or linkedin and look for outsourcers. They are always out there seeming pretty desperate for work.
Maybe because we are a registered company, idk.
From time to time I've been contacted by people offering to spruce up my website. I'll tell you right now those aren't people I would work with. I have gotten a message or two from people offering vague non-specific business support. I'm pretty sure I could get more out of my money by just burning it. Oh yes, and after registering my website I once got an offer from someone offering to partner with gaming developers that I eventually realized was talking about the kind of “gaming” they do in Las Vegas.
Suffice it to say, I don't believe I've ever been contacted by anyone who has any idea what I'm trying to do.
But hey, if you know of anyone you could actually recommend to create content for an indie game studio, hook me up.
If I just look up outsourcing companies on google, how would I know if one is actually worth my time or not? (and I worth theirs?)
The only outsourcing companies I know of are ones I know from my day job, and while there is “drawing” and “programming” that we get from them, well, experience with AutoCAD and CNC machines doesn't fit here.