{"id":1158,"date":"2016-10-26T14:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/?page_id=1158"},"modified":"2016-10-26T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:34:34","slug":"too-many-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/assignments\/too-many-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Too many ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bring to class 20 original game ideas expressed in less than 140 characters.<\/p>\n<p>DON&#8217;T POST THEM, PRINT THEM ON A SINGLE SHEET.<\/p>\n<p>Original means: they must not be descriptions of existing games<br \/>\nGame means: they must not be just plots and narrative scenarios, we will talk about storytelling next week<br \/>\nIdea means: don&#8217;t think about whether or not you are <em>able<\/em> to develop it, BUT it should be something you would be <em>interested<\/em> in developing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspirations:<\/strong><br \/>\nMany developers post outlandish game ideas, some turned that into an art practice:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pippinbarr?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Pippin Barr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterMolydeux?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Molydeux<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBsGameTOILET?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Game Toilet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludumdare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Game Jam themes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting points<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s way too easy to think in terms of established genres and their combinations (x meets y) or in terms of narratives (a girl &#8220;solves puzzles&#8221; to find her dog), so try something different:<\/p>\n<p>What are some non-game-related issues and themes you are interested in?<\/p>\n<p>Are there games that you wish existed in the world?<\/p>\n<p>What are the games that you and only you can make?<\/p>\n<p>What is the type of game you hate the most? Why? How to fix it?<\/p>\n<p>What is a thing you wish you could have done in a game but you weren&#8217;t allowed to?<\/p>\n<p>What is the aspect that you enjoy the most in game development? How can you devise a game around it?<\/p>\n<p>What is the part of game development you wish you were better at? How can you make a game that forces you to confront it?<\/p>\n<p>What is the part of game development you hate the most? How can you make a game that allows you to avoid that?<\/p>\n<p>What are the most unlikely adaptations or gamifications you can think of?<\/p>\n<p>What about making games for a specific audience, space, context?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring to class 20 original game ideas expressed in less than 140 characters. DON&#8217;T POST THEM, PRINT THEM ON A SINGLE SHEET. Original means: they must not be descriptions of existing games Game means: they must not be just plots and narrative scenarios, we will talk about storytelling next week Idea means: don&#8217;t think about &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/assignments\/too-many-ideas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Too many ideas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":304,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions\/1166"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}