Oh, a boardgame!
As it happens, I created some, and have boardgame publishing and distribution experience in the past (to 110 shops and a dozen countries). It was still very hard to find funding despite all this and these activities stopped at some point to focus on video game develpment instead ( ;) ).
There are so many ideas to make in boardgames; but a boardgame project requires long testing too.
I hope you will be able to show your creation in some way, and that it will please the publisher and gain traction :)
Thanks. It's in initial design phase. I have a set of rules on 6 pages and about 70 unique cards in early version which has to change into something cooler, 10 of them illustrated.
Illustrating is good for player tests (we can't even make our friends be into any atmosphere without it) but the publisher won't notice or require that.
Good luck out there once it happens!