Game Ideas Training

In October 2006 Pierre-Alexandre Garneau started a blog in which he shows us his attempts to train himself in game design:

While I already have a few years of experience as a videogame designer,I’m not at a world-class level. I want to reach that level however,so I decided to train myself. A sprinter trains himself by running a lot;a game designer trains himself by designing a lot of games. This blog will hold the resulting designs.
Here’s how it works. At the beginning of each week,I choose a random theme (eg. “Space Race”) and a random platform (eg. “Nintendo DS”). I must then come up with an interesting game concept that fits the theme and is appropriate for the platform before the end of the week (eg. a game about a space race for the Nintendo DS). As the week progresses,I plan on posting some bits of informations about how things are shaping up. The end result should be a description of the main characteristics of the game,that give a good idea of the overall vision of the game — what’s called a “pitch” in the business.

It isn’t a weekly exercise anymore,more monthly,but he’s still going. I like the idea.

Check it out:http://www.gameideas.org/

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