   Game Ideas
  Yeah creating games from older games is a great start.  It gives you that prior knowledge because many of them games you create have the "meat" of something you might do it your next game that you create, I get all that, but what about "original games".  Where to start?  I keep wanting to make a basic game but I just can't seem to come up with any ideas, anyone recommend a site to start on processing my own game ideas?While your at it, recommend some "games" 2d based that I should try tackling.   
Quote:Original post by scheolsI just can't seem to come up with any ideas, anyone recommend a site to start on processing my own game ideas?No, but I know some good books.A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creativeby Roger Von Oech, George Willett (Illustrator)Paperback - 232 pages Revised edition (December 1998)Warner Books; ISBN: 0446674559 A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior to Be More Creativeby Roger Von OechPaperback - 160 pages 1st Ed. edition (February 1986)HarperCollins (paper); ISBN: 0060960248Creative Whack Packby Roger Von Oech (Creator)Cards edition (January 1990)United States Games Systems; ISBN: 0880793589 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.90 x 4.84 x 3.18An illustrated deck of 64 creative thinking strategies to enhance every player's creativity. Complete instructions are included with cards.   ;  I get my game idea's from dreams that I have or current events.  Anytime something interesting happens I write it down in my "game idea book" and from time to time, I flip through the book to piece together a bunch of these ideas to create a "new" game.   ;  Take a look at the current and previous contests here at GameDev:  http://www.gamedev.net/community/contest/  Currently, the 4 Elements contest is ongoing.  The premise is to make a game with at least 3 of the 4 elements in place.  The current elements are Ponies, Accountants, Crystals, and Explosions.  That should put the creative juices to flowing!-Kirk