Quick Question

[DanielH]

I'm really stuck on ideas, but i'm thinking of doing a star wars game, but it just makes fun of everything star wars is.

(replace Star Wars with James Bond, Harry Potter etc.)

Question: Would you play it?

[miguel]

I would, look at what Radiant did with Harry Potter! It's just brilliant!
Also, serious adventure games are harder to do on a amateur level, imo.
I am a big SW fan, so go for it!

[Buckethead]

I think you should come up with a better idea if you want to do this. Not just make replace the characters by random characters from other games/movies and let them say cheesy things. I think Warthogs is indeed a good example. And everyone should try that game anyway. 

[DanielH]

You're right. It's a pathetic idea really. It's just every idea I come up with just collapses. You know, like it sounds great before you go to sleep but when you wake up it's shite. Truth be told, I've been trying to come up with one decent Idea for a month, i guess it's time to give up.

[miguel]

There's no such thing as a pathetic idea. And if you keep thinking all your ideas will not work, then you'll let them collapse everytime.
Who knows what the world is missing when you drop one of your ideas?
Don't be hard on yourself, do what you want to do and be ready for critics when it comes out.
keep them coming!!!
Bond for R2D2? - Jesus!

[Afflict]

Seriously I have round about 35-40 game ideas (adventure) I would say about 60% of them are mere overviews and ideas that I have noted as to where I want to go with them. (Also the doodles for them included I normally end up sketching at least one or two bg's and some characters) so they have that too.

The Ideas are merely on hold.

The rest is slightly more developed the story has been drafted and /or re drafted and loads of sketches drawings etc have been made. I update these as the creative mood strikes me, and I only work on them when I'm in the zone for that specific story etc.

I have a handful where i have story boarded the everything and just needed to start creating the game... but some other title always gets the attention. Anyway I "shelve" and "unshelve" my ideas frequently as the mood strikes me to work on them.

My latest game ideas are more arcade and action based, and I've been coding on them most of my free time. Trying to get working prototypes of them up and running, once again multiple games... which sorta help me not to get bored but also spreads my time way to fin to finish them in a reasonable space of time.

Anyway, just work on your ideas, over time you can see what you want to trash and don't want to trash. Just be patient, keep writing keep at it, etc. I say go and make your comedy Star Wars game why not. If anything else you would have gone through the whole game making process and built up more experience than allot of people so when that Great idea comes forth you are better equip to handle it!

[Emerald]

The initial 'idea' isn't really that important. You can develop it as you go. For example you might start off thinking 'Star Wars parody', but as you write the characters, plot, draw backgrounds, etc. it becomes your own original sci-fi comedy.

A story could start with something as simple as a room, or a line of dialog. Doesn't have to be a big fancy thing.

[radiowaves]

I'm really stuck on ideas, but i'm thinking of doing a star wars game, but it just makes fun of everything star wars is.

(replace Star Wars with James Bond, Harry Potter etc.)

Question: Would you play it?

No.

[skitzo]

I would, look at what Radiant did with Harry Potter! It's just brilliant!
Also, serious adventure games are harder to do on a amateur level, imo.
I am a big SW fan, so go for it!

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