Here's how you can craft a compelling creative game concept.

To craft a compelling creative game concept, I start with a unique idea or twist that excites me. I define the core gameplay mechanics, ensuring they are engaging and fun. I then create an immersive world with a rich backstory, memorable characters, and a clear objective. Visualizing the art style and audio design helps to enhance the game's atmosphere. Finally, I refine the concept by considering player feedback and iterating on my ideas to ensure they resonate with the target audience. This process helps me create a game concept that is both innovative and captivating.

Lo principal para entender el género en el que vas a proponer tu idea es tener un buen conocimiento del mismo probando varios títulos y viendo sus puntos fuertes y débiles desde su dise?o. Entender que cosas los hacen divertidos y por qué dentro de su género te hará mucho más sencillo trabajar sobre tu idea

Think about the player experience you want to create. What emotions do you want to evoke? What kind of challenges do you want to present? By focusing on the player experience, you can design mechanics and narratives that align with your genre's strengths while delivering a memorable and engaging game. It sets the stage for gameplay mechanics, narrative structure, and player engagement. By knowing your genre, you can innovate within its boundaries, blend elements from different genres, and craft a unique game concept that excites both you and your players. Remember, the goal is to create a game that you are passionate about and that resonates with your target audience, ensuring a compelling and enjoyable experience for all.

Understanding the genre of your game is crucial as it sets expectations for gameplay mechanics, story, and audience. Are you aiming for a fast-paced first-person shooter, a strategic role-playing game, or perhaps an immersive simulation? Each genre comes with its own set of conventions and player expectations. By knowing the genre, you can innovate within its boundaries or even blend elements from different genres to create something truly unique. Remember, your goal is to craft a game concept that excites you and fits within a genre that you're passionate about and familiar with.

Comprendre le genre de votre jeu est devenu une étape difficile, le jeu vidéo s'est tellement développé que pour chaque genre, vous avez des dizaines de sous-genres potentiels. Plus que n'importe quoi, vous devez trouver des références et inspirations claires et précises. Partons du principe que vous voulez faire un jeu de plateforme. Sera t'il 2D ? 3D ? Simple ? Kaizo ? Voulez-vous proposer une expérience simple axée autour d'une mécanique, à la manière d'un Grapple Dog ? Inclure des éléments de narration, comme dans Céleste ? Voulez-vous partir sur une base qui a fait ses preuves, en reprenant les éléments de Game Design d'un Mario, ou essayer d'innover comme dans Sylvie Lime ?

In the modern world of games where there are so many games, and so many are similar to each other, the ones that stand out to players are the ones that are unique. If you were to release an FPS game with a PvP and campaign, it would be identical in concept to 10 other games released that month. If you were to release a game about a cat getting lost and discovering a world full of animatronics, you would be competing with one game in the past decade. Therefore a unique and creative design must be crucial to establish your game's identity. In order to ensure that this happens, you must work on creating a design before beginning work on development, and identify potential competition and market gaps.

Un bon jeu ne doit pas forcément disposer d'une mécanique unique, même si ?a peut aider. Parfois, le simple cumul de plusieurs idées déjà existantes peut créer l'unique. Vouloir absolument un jeu unique peut être une cause d'un syndrome de la page blanche, une grande partie des idées ont déjà été exploitées. Aujourd'hui, certains des meilleurs jeux se concentrent sur la qualité des éléments de gameplay plut?t que sur le c?té innovant de la chose : De Elden Ring à Dave The Diver en passant par DUSK ou Tunic.

Unique mechanics are important for the identity of a game, but it is important to not fall into the common pitfalls. If you focus too much on the mechanic, you can blind yourself to the experience as a whole and instead of a creating a unique spin on an idea or something new and innovative, you’ve developed only gimmicks that try to reinvent the wheel so to speak. To avoid this, I find that it is important to step back and see your design as a whole from time to time and ask yourself why this mechanic exists and is it fun and/or interesting? If it’s not, then don’t scrap the idea but rather find out why and see if it’s fixable. If not, don’t be afraid to start from scratch.

In one of my previous projects, we were working on a 1v1 word game that truly encapsulated the experience of real-time battles. The type of experience games like Clash Royale has, but as a word game! This is something we felt was missing from the word game scene. We (and other game developers) get our ideas from lots and lots of research. Look at what is currently trending and popular, look at what is underrated and has potential. Gamers crave for a game that currently does not exist, and your goal is to find what is missing.

Whether you are a solo game designer or part of a large team, the story behind your game and within your game is critical. Understanding your story helps guide every decision about what should or shouldn’t be included. Getting stuck? Leverage Generative AI. Not only can a GPT give you great ideas, it can help you flush out more details and provides inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.

Tous les jeux n'ont pas besoin d'une bonne histoire, voire même d'une histoire tout court. L'intégration d'un élément aussi important qu'une histoire et ce que cet élément implique (cohérence globale, écriture...) pèse beaucoup sur le scope d'un projet. Le narratif est devenu un incontournable aujourd'hui dans la création de jeux, et paradoxalement, très peu y arrivent. Si je devais donner un conseil, c'est de rester honnête. Vouloir romancer est un choix dominant dans l'industrie, et pourtant les jeux narratifs les plus populaires / appréciés sont ceux qui restent terre à terre. N'ayez pas peur de faire simple, bizarre, de ne pas faire de structure en 3 ou 5 actes.

La vision artistique est un terme flou, les termes "artstyle", "direction artistique", "patte graphique" volètent un peu partout, sans comprendre que la vision artistique ne se limite pas à son style graphique mais au jeu dans son ensemble, interactions incluses. En fonction du genre, certains styles ont une dominante (le pixel art est très en vogue pour les platformers et point-n-click, la 3D PSX fait des ravages chez les jeux d'horreurs et les Boomers Shooters), ce qui peut aider à choisir un style pour votre jeu. Concrètement, la visée artistique de votre jeu va se dessiner dès le concept, pas à partir du moment ou vous aller imaginer les visuels et la musique de votre jeu.

Grounding the player in the game world and it's denizens is one of the most important part for any game developer. Mostly this is done through the player character or an "Avatar". Each encounter needs to have a purpose behind it, nothing happens without a cause and result would always leave with some sense of fondness, pain, irritation and etc. This is to be considered while designing the encounters, as whenever the avatar interacts with the game world. Player needs to reciprocate and feel the burden of the choices be has made. Player did something heroic, let the world speak of its glory. Did the player abandoned their homeland let this be known. This sense of being constantly involved, makes the game more fun and dynamic.

Market research is one of the most important steps towards a compelling concept. In the end everyone needs to decide for themselves if they want to create their own dream game or the dream game of many. You want to increase your chance of creating a commercially viable product. To do that try to go with the Zeitgeist, follow trends to a certain degree and try to solve user problems with your game.

Many game developers find success in making what they feel other games are lacking. Ideas can spring up from as simple as "I wish there was X in Call of Duty." You can often find niches in gaming that are "ripe for disruption." Studios often sacrifice game quality for profitability, and all it takes is a passionate game dev to siphon those dissatisfied users (look at Helldivers 2).

Be authentic! No matter the game genere you are in, be authentic and emotional, even if its an action, or racing, or sports game, you can allways look for a way to make it original. We mostly build games for brands, so we are very limited to the vision, message and assets fo the brand, however we allways try to make something that feels unique, not just some advergame.

Craft a compelling creative game concept by starting with a unique and engaging idea that stands out. Define the core gameplay mechanics and how they will provide fun and challenge to players. Develop an intriguing story or theme that complements the gameplay. Create detailed character and world designs to bring the concept to life visually. Consider your target audience and what will appeal to them. Iterate on your concept through brainstorming and feedback from peers. Ensure the concept is feasible with available resources and technology. Present your concept clearly and passionately to convey its potential impact and appeal.