In regard to the vertical slice. Do studios work on/produce it to pitch a game or is it used as a milestone to reassure the money people that the game is progressing? (or both)?
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MARCH 27, 2024
What's more likely to happen is that they fund initial prototypes for several new game ideas, then approve the more promising ones and cull the rest. Most publishers won't fully fund projects from inception to completion unless they are well-established franchises (e.g. Call of Duty, Pokemon, Madden, etc.).
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