I am a Software Engineer and creative type (I write music and have come up with an idea for creating my own video game, see details below). I have a wealthy friend who is interested in investing but I need a business plan/proposal for him that he has requested in order to invest in my project.
I need investment money to pay for websites related to the game, a new computer to develop the game on, Unity (a game engine we are going to make the game in) plugins for two software developers and one graphical artist, and probably other unforseen expenses. The exact needs are about:
$30,000 for Unity game engine plugins for two software developers and one graphical artist
$2,500 for one computer, a desk, and other essential equipment
$500 for website hosting for one year, multiple WordPress plugins, and other software
$2,000 for unforseen miscellaneous expenses
$750 for incorporation legal expenses from Legal Zoom
$600 for trademark legal expenes to trademark Meta Anxiety from Legal Zoom
$600 for trademark legal expenses to trademark Ottoman Overlords from Legal Zoom
$600 for trademark legal expenses to trademark American Awakenings from Legal Zoom
The video game will be called “American Awakenings: Ottoman Overlords”. It is about a different history than what takes place in which the German Empire never sank the Lusitana, the United States of America never militarized like it did in our history, did not enter The Great War, and thus Britian, France, and Russia (who in this story withdrew from the war just like did in our history) lost against the Central Powers. 20 years later and over the course of 10 years, with the help of the German Empire due to a trade of technology for oil, and desperately wanting a colony outside their empire, the Ottoman Empire invaded and colonized what is known to us as the Contintental United States of America (including Alaska) and Canada. They ruled completely and viciously in a theocratic and totalitarian regime, with technology and culture stagnating completely, from around 1950 until 2020, when under great distress and suffering, the populations finally revolting against their oppressing rulers. For ten long years the revolutionaries battled with guerilla tactics and gained much territory back and captured much territory, dividing the territory equally between the Ottoman Occupiers and the American and Canadian Revolutionary alliance.
The game will be a two player divided space war game similar to Risk with a card deck that includes military units and historical, political, and cultural special abilities which can be used one per turn before making military moves. Each card will have a point cost and points are earned by the the amount of territory owned. Players will be able to have diplomatic relations with the other existing nations left in the world and trade or make deals with them to help themselves or hurt their opponent (other nations include the Japanese Empire, The German Empire, the Soviet Union, and the British Empire).
I have attached the opening crawl which will display (think star wars) when the game opens and be used in advertisements.
I have already attracted one software developer who knows the Unity Game engine as well as a computer graphics graduate, a hardcore gamer to help me design good game mechanics, and history major to help me get the political/cultural/historical aspects right on what might happen if the Lusitania didnt sink and what might change as a result.