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Hi guys,
I was wondering what your ways of coming up with stories for games were. A few could be...
1. Sitting down and writing from nothing...
2. Dreams - (These are gold mines except I don't dream a lot) ;)
3. Ideas you see in everyday life or think about in the day.
4. ???
Also feel free to post paragraphs of your stories which you think are excellent here. Be creative. That's what it's all about...
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Cangor
Blue Blaze Games, LLC.
BlueBlazeGames@hotmail.com
No website as of yet.
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For me...
This is rather uneffective. If I get a small base idea, I like to jot down that main idea and every worth-while possibilty for it.
My dreams rarely yield anything I could use for a game. It's all based around me, and I wouldn't make that great of a video game character.
I think this goes along with my response to number one.
If you ask me, the best way to get a good idea is to read a book, read a comic, watch a little television, rent a good movie... Stuff like that.
Quote:Original post by Cangor
1. Sitting down and writing from nothing...
This is rather uneffective. If I get a small base idea, I like to jot down that main idea and every worth-while possibilty for it.
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2. Dreams - (These are gold mines except I don't dream a lot) ;)
My dreams rarely yield anything I could use for a game. It's all based around me, and I wouldn't make that great of a video game character.
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3. Ideas you see in everyday life or think about in the day.
I think this goes along with my response to number one.
If you ask me, the best way to get a good idea is to read a book, read a comic, watch a little television, rent a good movie... Stuff like that.
I think daydreams probably make better game ideas than literal dreams. Because games are kind of like taking on a fantasy identity, playing make-believe for a while, in other words escapism.
for me, the ideas for storylines and such just happen throughout the day. I might get into a funny situation or see someone do something. Sometimes i get ideas from reading labels. They are just ever flowing and you have to listen to them and elaborate.
The only game that I ever thought of making came to me through studying literature. I have a few books that describe a certain system that seems to have no obvious connection to computers or technology in general. But, I thought that the system was worth understanding and teaching, so it came to me that a computer game would be an excellent medium for exposing people to the ideas of the system. I never got very far with it, though. There are artistic and engineering problems that I can't solve.
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I agree with walking around, looking around the room or just playing a game.But I tend to go with ideas and suggestions about something or someone. For an example,everyday experiences,working at a job site.These ideas happened to me more then a few times.Or by talking to people at arcade places, game stores,friends and family.
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Of course, everybody has something different which works.
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Cangor
Blue Blaze Games, LLC.
BlueBlazeGames@hotmail.com
No website as of yet.
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Cangor
Blue Blaze Games, LLC.
BlueBlazeGames@hotmail.com
No website as of yet.
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Think about an emotional experience, be it the climax of a story, an inspiring movement of shapes and images, or a funny way that a character acts. Expand on it, or figure out what would be good to lead up to it, what it could lead to, or be an effective part of.
There is a base upon which good stories are made, and where others seem to have their components out of place. Mastering that is hard, especially with the many poor examples we've had lately.
There are stories that are just regular churn-out fodder, some inspiring fables, and some masterpieces. There haven't been a lot of masterpieces recently, but I know it hasn't all been written yet.
There is a base upon which good stories are made, and where others seem to have their components out of place. Mastering that is hard, especially with the many poor examples we've had lately.
There are stories that are just regular churn-out fodder, some inspiring fables, and some masterpieces. There haven't been a lot of masterpieces recently, but I know it hasn't all been written yet.
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