"So I DON'T have an Idea for a game........."

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Started by DpakoH December 20, 2012 11:46 AM

18 comments, last by Tom Sloper 11 years, 3 months ago

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December 20, 2012 11:46 AM

Hello all,
As the title says I don't have an idea for a game and until the end of the year I will have plenty of spare time, which I would like to spend working on a fun project. So if you have an idea for a game (your own, remake of old game, etc) please share with me. The requirements are as follows: only 2D, no multiplayer.
Also I forgot to mention, but the project will be open source with no profit at all.

Waiting for fun ideas!

https://github.com/yanislavgalyov

jbadams

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December 20, 2012 12:09 PM

You could take a look at Three Hundred Mechanics and see if anything inspires you, or perhaps try one of the Lost Garden prototyping challenges.

- Jason Astle-Adams

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December 20, 2012 12:32 PM

You could take a look at Three Hundred Mechanics and see if anything inspires you, or perhaps try one of the Lost Garden prototyping challenges.

Thanks for posting that, was considering trying the 12 games in 12 months, and something like that would narrow down the thinking of idea's time.

Liuqahs15

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December 20, 2012 03:58 PM

There are two quick methods you can use:

1. Look at some 2D art online, and get inspired to do something with it (you'll have to uh... steal it, of course). This is good for when you've just learned something new and you wanna try it, but have no specific ideas.

2. Put yourself in a box. Right now I'm interested in making games in which you can only use the mouse. This puts a limit on things, and challenges me to try to make the most out of three buttons and two axes of movement (well, two buttons and three axes to be correct). I guess it's like, when you work with no limits, the question "What should I make?" is open-ended but when you work with limits, it's multiple choice. Something like that.