Starting and coming up with a game idea is not an easy task as there are so many areas that need to be explored and researched in order to come up with something new and interesting.
To start this process i created a simple mind map to help with the cycle of creating a game idea from a visual side. This mind map shows a process that kind of snowballs and develops itself from a basic idea, whether that may be a story idea or a themed idea this can then develop to visualise what type of environments this game may have and how the world will look. From environments you can think what will live in this area of the world, how will the architecture look and so on, each element of the mind map should influence the next. For example if a character was designed then elements of that design would then influence what type of weapons or accessories that character might use, and even to the point of what vehicles that character might use.
To put this mind map technique into action i will first need to research heavily to get a basic idea to start the snowballing process. Having being tutored by Joe shorrocks today in class (Contextual studies tutor) he talked about taking reference from the real world and significant events that have happened in the past to influence the future, were not aloud to choose anything game related.....which seems a little strange at first but if designers are looking at past games for inspiration you just wont think of something new and exiting that no one has done before, so i think this is a great starting point for me to really think outside the box and start with something fresh and see where it takes me.
After i have chosen an event from the past or even a culture that is significant i will then research game genres and see what each genre usually contains.
Next post i should be posting images, mood boards etc.
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