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What would you do in this situation, or what HAVE you done in this situation?



My predictable answer: hire a lawyer!

This way you will be sure to get fair pricing on you level or game and he/she will be able to suggest the best course of action. Be sure to do a pre-interview with them which should be at no cost (if they charge you for merely scoping them out, walk away). Explain the situation (usually you will have 1/2 hour free so prepare and be concise) and note what they can do for you and at what price. If you have a strong enough product, you may work out a deal with the lawyer so that the the more money he gets for you, the more he makes (forget right now what that's called) and that is a GREAT incentive for him to go to bat for you.

I say this because you are WAY low-balling your efforts. If they want to license your game, you should be thinking in the thousands, not hundreds, and a lawyer will be able to put this thinking into more concrete terms. Furthermore, licensing a single level is not the same as selling a level since they will have much more creative freedom over it, hence there as well I would start in the hundreds and not the tens.

Going at this blind may land you a fair deal, but if this is a publically traded company you KNOW they have lawyers on their side trying to get the most bang for the least buck and so should you.
Consult a professional, Blue. We can give you opinions, but ultimetely what you want is money and that is something for you and a professional (ie lawyer) to hash out, not us.


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