Company name help!

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Hello!

After weeks of looking around on forums, name generators etc, I haven’t find a good name for my future game company. It’s so hard to find something good and I’m kinda picky when it’s about choosing names that you need to stick with.

It would be awesome if you guys could help me come up with an awesome name!

I want it to sound cool, for example names like Raiden, Bizotic, Blizzard etc.

I’ve come up with some names that I’m not 100% happy with:
Arcatinu (Games)
Panorum (Interactive)
Insidge (Interactive)
Drust (Games)

What do you guys think of these?

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I dunno, Panorum sounds cool…

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I googled all of them and only Drust came out as something that already exists. Personally I have to agree with Dallon here tha Panorum interactive has a nice ring to it.

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Yeah I thought so too, but I think it kinda sounds like the movie Pandorum :stuck_out_tongue:

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I was going to type something longer but found this article says it all, and more.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/15/10-rules-for-picking-a-company-name/

There’s some kind of iOS app called ‘Panorum’, no idea what it does. That may or may not be a barrier to you using it as a new company name. It’s all about mind-share.

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people best remember simple cartoonish imagery and funny wordplays. where mouse is a funny word play. purple Penguin and names like that get remembered for a very long time. Abstract names less. It’s psychological.
I was thinking of a funny name combining darkness/occult and cute, like shadow-banana, Rabbit of rage, doom slug, elite frog, night banana.

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I think this thread is irrelevant to unity3d :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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Lethal Puppies.

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risex.org / .net are available :slight_smile:

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http://www.risexworld.com/ isn’t available. :wink:

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Ohh, ok maybe changing RiseX to another also :stuck_out_tongue:

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Portmanteau Entertainment

Portmanertainment

Portmantainment

Portmanment

Portment

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Yeah, Panorum has a nice sound to it.

Would I need a company name I would probably pick a random Finnish word. Something short. That worked for Nokia and Rovio.

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Insidge is cool and catchy name. Domain name should also be available.

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I don’t like any of the names you suggested. You want a name that is easy to remember, easy to pronounce, easy to read and not a tongue-twister. Think usability - how easy is it for someone to USE the name e.g. when typing a web address, when referring to your company, when talking about you to others etc.

I notice that many companies take a normal existing word that they like, like superb, and then change a few letters… so like, superX or zuper or something.

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I went through this recently before settling on bitgremlin, some other names that came to mind based on .com or .ca availability:

pixelforce
dataquest
bitstream

Stuff like that, didn’t really work for me but perhaz it will for you.

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Ugh, submission snafu there - anyhow, ya what he said ^

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this + easy to spell.

Also make sure the website is available, and that googling the name doesnt return a set of results that will be impossible to trump.

Also dont wank off about ‘my games studio company bs’ until you are actually a legally recognised entity.

There is NOTHING worse than ppl that say they are director of ‘bs not really a company name’

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Don’t bother with a domain or web site. Find an easy name like ‘Gala Games’ or ‘Winesap Games’, register it for $25 or $50 and don’t bother with a website or such things. If you’re not worried about a becoming rich from games, you don’t even need to try and hide behind a company name: you can use your real name.

A web site will waste your time and money and advertising dollars if you spend any. You are publishing games not a newspaper. Your game is good and you get lucky or not.

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Lol.