Link to the article: https://www.construct.net/en/tutorials/think-good-game-idea-146
My notes
Step one: Find a main Character
- The main character can be a person, place, or thing
- Most well-developed games have some sort of the main character
- The main character is the character controlled by the player
- Now it’s time to elaborate on our main character
Step two: Creating Variables
- These are things that the character encounters in the game
- Can be objectives or goals that must be achieved in order to advance
- Can also be obstacles that your character must get around
- There are two types of variables, an objective variable, and a conflict variable
Step three: Elaborating our idea
- What Is your character’s goal?
- How will he achieve that goal?
- Answering these questions is elaborating
- You are telling the story of your character
- This is also the part where you can decide if you want to add more characters
Step four: Game Specs
- We must add a name, category, target audience, and description to our game
- The title of your game should be catchy and related to the game
- Identify what type of game you created
- The target audience is who you expect your game to be played by
- A description should be a short summary of the game and excite the player and make them want to play it
Summary
Overall I found this article really helpful. I struggle with coming up with ideas so this article helped me break it down into smaller pieces. I definitely will be using this when I make my next game.
