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Geek Culture / 'developer's block'

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Pricey
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Posted: 7th Jun 2004 23:08
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does anyone else ever just have a time where they just cannot think of an idea for a game. i am working on a big project (see my sig) but i am awaiting media for it from my friends and can't do any further work on it. i therefore decided to make i small game like i used to love doing in my blitz days. but i just can't think of any good ideas for a game. i just sat there thinking but any idea i got wouldn't work or would be to hard to code. i wonder if this is just a phase that will pass or if this is permanent...


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Neofish
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Posted: 7th Jun 2004 23:15
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lol i get that, dunno, jus think whats fun


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MikeS
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Posted: 7th Jun 2004 23:16 Edited at: 7th Jun 2004 23:18
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I'm usually the other way around.

Have all these great ideas but no time to do them. Although, they're mostly for applications not games. You'll think of something. Best way to get your mind brewing might be to make a classic. Start re-making astroids or something, but add a twist, perhaps in full 3D with different ships and ability to buy parts, etc. (and if you've got the skills multiplayer.)



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Neofish
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Posted: 7th Jun 2004 23:20
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that happens to me sometimes as well, have a great idea but i know i wont be able to pull it off for a long time


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Pricey
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Posted: 7th Jun 2004 23:35
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i used to have loads of good ideas and never any time to do them but now i'm blank...


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Rob K
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Posted: 8th Jun 2004 00:30
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Play some other games!

Download some shareware demos off the net, play them for a couple of hours and hopefully something will come to you.

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Pricey
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tankoo veby muth fer yor advis!


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Ian T
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I have a crapload of ideas, but I've got two things I want to work on right now, and I've got a kind of writer's block for code

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Killswitch
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How about a game called Doom 3 - something that has amazing grahpics and a tonn of weapons and baddies, theres nothing like that!

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spooky
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Same prob here. Loads of ideas. Bought all the plugins. Bought all the tools. Got no time.

Hopefully the Retro Remakes Compo, which starts on 1st July, and a possible TGC summer compo will spark some enthusiasm.


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Manticore Night
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I just do my melting pot game: Though in Big Explosions, fast things, and gore. Viola, a Game.

It's amazing how much TV has raised us. (Bart Simpson)
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Pincho Paxton
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I first started with very simple ideas, and then they grew bigger, and better. Now I probably have about twenty games in my head.

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Dave J
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I always have cool ideas for the gameplay but I can never think up background stories to go with them.


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
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Manticore Night
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@Exeat: I'm the opposite.

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Pricey
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did anyone enter the acoders compo i was going too but gave up as it looked like no one else was going to enter and my game sucked


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