First of all I apologise if there is already a post for this, and if I put this in the wrong category.
I just thought that there might be other people out there who are willing to help others out if they are stuck with a good name for their game development team/self.
Common Name StructuresHere is a list of common company name structures I got from
gamedevmap.com, where X is the unique part of your company name:
- X Entertainment (e.g. Retard Entertainment)
- X Interactive (e.g. Your Face Interactive)
- X Studios/Studio (e.g. Amazing Studios)
- X Software/Soft (e.g. Very Soft)
- X Labs/Lab (e.g. Evil Minion Labs)
- X Company/Co/Corp (e.g. Shinra Co.)
- X Media (e.g. 1337 Media)
- X Games/Game Development/Development (e.g. My Frog Died Yesterday Games)
- X Online (e.g. I Go Online)
- X Design (e.g. Curly Brackets Design)
- X Systems (e.g. Asterisk Systems)
- X Technology/Tech (e.g. Synsys Tech)
Spiffy NamingSome suggestions for greatness include:
- Oxymorons (e.g. Ice on Fire, Old Babies )
- Completely random two or three (max) word phrases (e.g. Porcelain Chicken, Chinese Fried Tofu) <-- can't you tell I'm hungry
- Japanese (sounding) words. Because it sounds pro.
- Merge words together (e.g. Stormtronics, Enterbrain, Microsoft )
Words that make you sound spiffy (open for more suggestions):
- Point
- Zone
- Mode
- Zero
- Generation/Gen
- Republic (lol)
Logo DesignIf you already have a company name, keep reading!
Some suggestions for good, balanced logos include:
- First and last letters are same type (e.g. ToT, aBBa, quoop)
- If you merge two words, make them similar lengths (e.g. MacroHard is 5, 4; TimTam is equal)
- A pretty first letter (e.g. Q, F, define pretty I know)
- Include a geometrically awesome letter (e.g. X, Z, O, T, I, V, etc.)
- Have it match the style of your game (e.g. futuristic font, bubble font, etc.)
game_guy's 3D TextSend game_guy a PM with what you want and he can help you out:
Logo: Logo name
Color: Color of logo
Background(optional): Give me a background or just mark transparent.
Font: Name of font
Here are some awesome examples of his work!
I'm also selectively available for designing logos for your company name. I specialise in simplified, shiny or flat logos which make use of basic geometric shapes, so if you're interested I'll see what I can do for you. Just bear in mind I still have to go to school...
Hhmmm mental blank atm. I'll happily mod the list if you have more suggestions. Hope people find this useful/ help others out.