Contest: October 2019

Every time I try to sit down and make a large project, I either give up quickly or work slowly.

super bearland remake when

You see now adays, people have already thought up of every thing. Sure, you can tweak the story a little bit and tweak the art, but literally every idea has already been taken. At this point creativity is not something new, but a reinterpretation of something wether it's slight graphics change to a different story, it's all the same. At least when it comes to the gameplay, you can't think of something new. A cross puzzle? Nope sir diggity dog. A 2D game that with the click of a button could change to 3D? Paper Mario has a word with you. A game where you explore New trinton, a brand new galaxy? Well good code of paint But it's still a basic copy of metroid or like any other game where you explore planets/galaxies. So at this point remakes are justifiable. But hey, you don't have to think that. This is just my opinion.

You see now adays, people have already thought up of every thing. Sure, you can tweak the story a little bit and tweak the art, but literally every idea has already been taken. At this point creativity is not something new, but a reinterpretation of something wether it's slight graphics change to a different story, it's all the same. At least when it comes to the gameplay, you can't think of something new. A cross puzzle? Nope sir diggity dog. A 2D game that with the click of a button could change to 3D? Paper Mario has a word with you. A game where you explore New trinton, a brand new galaxy? Well good code of paint But it's still a basic copy of metroid or like any other game where you explore planets/galaxies. So at this point remakes are justifiable. But hey, you don't have to think that. This is just my opinion.

I disagree. I feel like you can create your own universe, and programming is a tool to do and visualize just that.

Well you could have a game mechanic where, sense green isn't a creative color, everything that's green is also defective. That's my own original idea (except the thing about green not being creative from dhmis, but the defecting because of only that is my idea.) Oh also, just because something has been used before doesn't mean nobody can come up with it on their own, because they haven't necessarily seen the mechanic in the past. But they would still get sued.

There is plenty of space for originality, it just might not be as obvious. First and foremost, game design philosophy. Who said beating every boss has to lead to a new ability? Why can't beatting one boss lead to another dead end that you need an ability for? Who it be disappointing? Yes. Would it make it one of the most me memorable dead ends in your game(if the boss was well designed), maybe. That is just one example. Break conventions. How about a metroidvania where you have to lose abilities to progress? Like a room where there's a low spike ceiling, but you jump too high to survive. Go ahead and use these ideas. I'm probably never going to use that second one anytime soon. Also your story could be a defective block of green beans.

There is plenty of space for originality, it just might not be as obvious. First and foremost, game design philosophy. Who said beating every boss has to lead to a new ability? Why can't beatting one boss lead to another dead end that you need an ability for? Who it be disappointing? Yes. Would it make it one of the most me memorable dead ends in your game(if the boss was well designed), maybe. That is just one example. Break conventions. How about a metroidvania where you have to lose abilities to progress? Like a room where there's a low spike ceiling, but you jump too high to survive. Go ahead and use these ideas. I'm probably never going to use that second one anytime soon. Also your story could be a defective block of green beans.

Okay. I guess I forgot to mention that there are no GOOD original ideas. XD

What I'm saying though is that even though someone has already made something, you aren't necessarily taking their idea, and could still have an original idea. Original ideas are just ideas that you came up with yourself no help. EDIT: Oh also music composition I invented my own style with that lol

Wait, we were arguing?

Why try to create original game mechanics when you can build off of the ones that are proven to be engaging and enjoyable by the end-users? I believe you can use existing mechanics and still make your game feel unique. With that being said, what kind of mechanics have you come to expect from survival games (this will help my entry)?

Instead of double jump make double fall, makes you fall again after falling off a platform.