If you run out of ideas on that theme, pick a new theme and try again. Pick a theme, then write down any ideas you have about it in a paragraph or so. What I've found is that having ideas is a skill, not an innate talent or something that magically happens if you set up the environment perfectly. I used to complain that I never had ideas. I've gone through #OneGameAMonth with these strategies, so they work pretty darn well for me. But a few are strong enough to make a nice prototype (example, "a game where you throw your eyeballs to see past corners"), and I basically choose one of those to get started.Ģ) The Molydeux method: I start with a ridiculous question, such as "what would a 2nd person game play like?" From there, I try to develop an answer ( Mirror's Edge, if Faith is an NPC that's always following a character you control), and make a prototype out of that. Seeing that I'm writing this almost instinctively, most of the listed ideas suck (example: last global game jam, I had a description for a game, "something involving white text on black background"). From there, I frantically write out a long list of single-sentence game descriptions that's barely related to the theme.
What are your habits when making up game ideas? How do you choose what to make?ġ) The brain dump method: When a theme is presented in a Game Jam, or I suddenly feel like basing my game off of something, I take my pen & paper or Notepad++ and a timer set to 1 hour. Later, if I haven't used the idea, I randomly pick it from that list along with something else on the list and try to make the combination work.
Then, I either combine that idea with another idea or throw the idea into a "use it later" list. Now, I start with simple gameplay ideas, like a gravity-shifting puzzle for example. Well, that's actually not a good idea, because then you have to make sure you have a decent plot and not everyone cares about stories. I used to start with a story idea, because if it can be told as a story, it can at least be an animation.
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