Show Investors What Your Game Could Be
Transform your game concept into a playable demonstration that communicates vision, mechanics, and market potential in investor conversations.
Back to HomeMake Your Vision Tangible for Investors
Fundraising conversations often hinge on helping investors understand not just what your game is, but what it could become. Pitch decks and written descriptions have their place, but there's something fundamentally different about letting someone experience your game concept firsthand, even in prototype form.
An investor presentation prototype gives you something to demonstrate during meetings - a playable experience that communicates your vision more effectively than slides alone. When investors can interact with core mechanics, feel the gameplay loop, and see your concept functioning, it changes the conversation from theoretical to tangible. This shift often leads to more substantive discussions about market positioning, development scope, and funding needs.
What This Delivers
- A focused prototype highlighting your game's most compelling mechanics
- Professional presentation appropriate for investment meetings
- Clear communication of what makes your concept unique in the market
- Confidence entering fundraising conversations with something tangible to show
The Challenge of Communicating Game Potential
When you're seeking investment for a game concept, you're asking people to imagine something that doesn't exist yet. Investors see many pitches, and distinguishing yours requires more than just describing features or showing market research. You need to help them understand why your game will resonate with players and what makes the experience compelling.
Perhaps you've found that verbal descriptions don't fully capture the feel of your gameplay, or that concept art and wireframes leave too much to investors' imagination. You might worry that without something playable, it's difficult to demonstrate why your mechanics are engaging or how your concept differentiates from similar games in the market.
Building a full game before fundraising isn't realistic for most teams - that's precisely why you're seeking investment. But entering investor meetings with only documentation can put you at a disadvantage compared to teams that have interactive demonstrations. The question becomes how to create something playable that serves fundraising purposes without consuming resources you need for actual development.
Strategic Prototype Development for Fundraising
We create investor presentation prototypes that balance professional presentation with development efficiency. The goal isn't to build a complete game - it's to demonstrate your core concept in a way that supports fundraising conversations. This means focusing on the elements most relevant to investor decision-making while being strategic about scope.
Our approach identifies which aspects of your game are most important to communicate and prioritizes those in the prototype. If your game's appeal lies in a unique mechanic, we ensure that mechanic is implemented and feels good to play. If the concept involves a specific visual style or atmosphere, we create enough of that to be representative. The prototype becomes a tool for clarifying your vision rather than a miniature version of the final game.
Development Focus
- • Core mechanics that define your game experience
- • Visual representation of your intended style
- • Enough content to demonstrate gameplay loop
- • Polish on elements investors will interact with
Strategic Scope
- • Focused feature set that proves concept viability
- • Professional presentation without unnecessary features
- • Clear communication of full game potential
- • Demonstration suitable for multiple pitch meetings
Investor Communication
The prototype serves as a conversation starter and reference point during funding discussions. When investors ask about specific aspects of your game, you can show them rather than just describing. This concrete demonstration often leads to more detailed conversations about development plans, market positioning, and resource requirements.
Creating Your Investor Prototype
Strategic Planning
We begin by understanding your fundraising context and game concept. What are investors likely to question? What makes your game compelling? What timeline are you working with? This strategic discussion shapes what we build and how we present it.
Scope Definition
We identify which game elements are critical to demonstrate and which can be represented through description or mockups. This scoping ensures we deliver something polished within your timeline and budget rather than attempting too much and achieving less.
Focused Development
We build the prototype with emphasis on the elements you'll demonstrate. Core mechanics receive the most attention, ensuring they feel responsive and communicate your vision. Visual and audio elements support the presentation without requiring production-level assets.
Refinement and Practice
Before your investor meetings, we ensure the prototype runs reliably and you're comfortable demonstrating it. We can help you prepare talking points that align with what you're showing, making the prototype an effective tool in your pitch.
Timeline Considerations
Investor presentation prototypes typically take 3 to 6 weeks to develop, depending on complexity and how much existing work you have. If you're approaching specific investor meetings with scheduled dates, we can work backward from those deadlines to determine feasibility and scope.
Some founders prefer having the prototype before actively pursuing investors, using it as they schedule meetings. Others have meetings already scheduled and need the prototype within a specific window. Both approaches work - we adapt to your fundraising timeline.
Investment in Your Fundraising Success
This investment covers development of a focused prototype designed specifically to support investor conversations. When you consider that this prototype could influence funding decisions worth significantly more, it represents a strategic allocation toward increasing your fundraising success probability.
What's Included
- Strategic consultation on prototype scope and focus
- Development of core mechanics and gameplay loop
- Visual style implementation representing your concept
- Professional polish on demonstration elements
- Cross-platform build suitable for investor demonstrations
- Demonstration guidance and presentation tips
- Source code and assets for future development
- Support during your initial investor presentations
Value Perspective
Consider that a compelling prototype might influence an investor's decision on funding your project. If this prototype increases your fundraising success probability even modestly, the return significantly exceeds the development cost. We've seen prototypes help founders secure funding that enabled full game development.
Beyond immediate fundraising, the prototype serves as a foundation for further development once you secure funding. The work done here doesn't disappear after investor meetings - it becomes the starting point for your funded development phase.
Payment Approach
We structure payment as 50% to begin development and 50% upon completion. For founders in pre-funding stages, we understand cash flow constraints and can discuss alternative arrangements that align with your fundraising timeline.
Why Investor Prototypes Work
Investor decisions involve assessing both the market opportunity and the team's ability to execute. A prototype addresses the execution question by providing evidence that you can translate concept into functional reality. When investors see working mechanics and professional presentation, it reduces perceived risk around your ability to deliver.
The prototype also serves as a filtering mechanism. Investors who respond positively to what you demonstrate are more likely to be genuinely interested in your concept. This helps you focus fundraising efforts on conversations with higher conversion potential rather than pursuing every possible investor.
Communication Advantages
- • Demonstrates concept more clearly than verbal description
- • Provides concrete reference point for detailed discussions
- • Shows execution capability alongside vision
- • Creates memorable experience for investors
Strategic Benefits
- • Differentiates your pitch from concept-only presentations
- • Validates technical feasibility before full investment
- • Provides foundation for post-funding development
- • Enables more substantive due diligence conversations
Realistic Outcomes
A prototype doesn't determine funding outcomes - your market analysis, team, and business model remain critical factors. What the prototype does is remove one potential objection and provide evidence supporting your ability to execute. Some investors will fund based on team and market alone, while others need to see technical validation before committing.
We've worked with founders who secured funding after demonstrating prototypes, and we've worked with founders who didn't secure funding despite having strong prototypes. The prototype is a tool that improves your fundraising position, not a certainty of success. Your pitch, timing, investor selection, and numerous other factors all influence outcomes.
Our Approach to Your Prototype
We understand that founders in fundraising stages are often operating with limited resources and tight timelines. Our approach prioritizes delivering something useful within your constraints rather than pursuing perfection that consumes your available budget.
Strategic Development
We focus development on elements that matter most for investor communication. This means prioritizing mechanics that demonstrate your concept over features that would be nice to have. Every development hour aligns with making your pitch more compelling.
Timeline Sensitivity
If you have investor meetings scheduled, we work backward from those dates to ensure the prototype is ready in time. We're transparent about what's achievable within your timeline and adjust scope accordingly rather than promising what we can't deliver.
Presentation Support
Beyond just building the prototype, we help you prepare to demonstrate it effectively. This includes discussing how to frame what you're showing, which aspects to emphasize, and how to handle technical issues if they arise during presentations.
Honest Assessment
If we believe your concept would be better served by a different approach or if the timeline you need isn't realistic for quality work, we'll say so. We'd rather turn down a project than deliver something that doesn't serve your fundraising goals effectively.
Managing Expectations
The prototype will not be a complete game. It will have limited content, placeholder elements, and focused scope. Investors understand this - they're evaluating concept and execution capability, not expecting a finished product. What matters is that the core mechanics work well and the presentation is professional.
Technical issues can occur during demonstrations despite thorough testing. We minimize this risk through preparation and testing, but unexpected problems sometimes arise with technology. Having backup plans and staying composed when issues occur matters as much as the prototype itself.
Starting Your Prototype Project
Beginning an investor prototype project requires understanding your fundraising timeline and game concept. The conversation helps us determine whether we can deliver something valuable within your constraints and budget.
Fundraising Discussion
Share your concept, fundraising timeline, and what investors need to see.
Scope Planning
We define what to build based on your needs and timeline constraints.
Focused Development
We build the prototype with regular updates and deadline adherence.
What to Have Ready
Before our initial conversation, having these elements prepared helps us move quickly:
- • Clear description of your core game mechanic and gameplay loop
- • Visual references or art direction ideas if you have them
- • Timeline for when you need the prototype completed
- • Understanding of what differentiates your game in the market
- • Target platform for demonstration (laptop, tablet, etc.)
If you haven't fully defined all these elements yet, that's okay. Part of the scoping process involves clarifying priorities and making strategic decisions about what to emphasize.
Ready to Strengthen Your Fundraising Pitch?
Let's discuss your game concept and how a prototype could support your investor conversations.
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