Comment by wccrawford
16 years ago
This is yet another thing that I said, 'Man. I wish I'd written that.'
It's not outside my ability, it's just that I never think of these things first. And creating a clone doesn't have the same feeling as a new thing.
I'm betting a lot of other developers feel the same way.
Of course, that won't stop me from enjoying -playing- the game. :D
Perhaps it's not too late for you. He's re imagined Robotron as a voxel game. Think of other classic arcade games that could be taken to their roots and reinvented with voxels. Any classic could be interesting: zaxxon, donkey kong, Asteroids...
Oh, I'm sure it's not too late... And I'm working on my own projects in my free time. But it's games like this that finally pushed me into doing that. If I hadn't thought 'Man, I wish I'd written that' I'd probably still be doing nothing about it.
It's all about inspiration :) It doesn't matter what actually pushes you to do it, it's that you actually do it. All great ideas start somewhere, and most (if not all) are inspired by other ideas and people.
Zaxxon would be an excellent candidate for a voxel re-make, as it had 3d gameplay.
Hmmmm. I was just looking at one of my old game prototypes, of a tunnel-run.
Minecraft wasn't first to the party. See Infiniminer. Don't give up -- just write it anyway.
Creativity involves combining known elements, occasionally adding novel elements.
Rather than looking an idea and saying, "Cool, but since I wasn't first, I'm too late" try approaching it as "Neat! What else can I do with that?"
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