Day 015: Inspirations for Video Game Ideas

Today I submitted a game idea to the game development club for the "game in a month" project. It was a meme-based fighting game. It received 0 votes.

But y'know what? I'm glad it did, because even I didn't want to work on it. That goes against my, like, rule 1 of coming up with ideas: don't start something you don't believe in.

I'd like to be more creative in coming up with game ideas. I feel like it's right to "let the idea come to me" but...they don't. I feel like I have to reach for them.

Anyway, the best way to write is to read. Why shouldn't the same be true for video games? This great post says indie games are the most innovative, so starting with IGF finalists would be a good idea...

...like Minecraft...

Casual Game Design, by the way, looks like one of those sites that needs to be bookmarked.
And Game Tunnel looks inspirational too! A good place to stay "up-to-date with the latest indie games."