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Time for a Game Brainstorm

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 Let's get started! Brainstorming spider diagram Image source Idea 1: Online  Rubik's Cube My first idea for a game comes from my childhood rather than internet research. I used to simply call it "The Colour Blocks" but would like to change the name to something more interesting. It's a game similar to a Rubik's cube as you have to sort out each colour in its place. It's a fairly simple yet educational type of game in my opinion. I think it could be a nice game for anyone to play and have fun with it. It is easy to play and it's a good mind game that doesn't require any magnificent gaming skills or knowledge. I really enjoyed playing it when I was younger using colourful building blocks that I had. Since I have the opportunity to make my first game, I would like to consider this one and turn it into a video game. The game has a square platform and starts off with 4 rows that consist of 4 blocks except the last row which has only 3 blocks. Each row ...

Game Design

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 Reading about Games Type of a game Image source After doing the reading, I realised that there is a lot more to games than just a good idea, plan and software tools. I think that the question in the first reading "what is a game" is an extremely hard question to answer because it can mean something different for everyone. The truth is that most things in our life that we interact with a lot will have a different meaning to an individual. For someone a game might be nothing more than just a little fun way to complete a level or task and move on to the next one. Gamers see it as being part of their life, their break from reality, a brain exercise etc. There are some people that don't find a big interest in games and will have an even more different opinion on "what is a game?" I myself like gaming, I do it often if I have the time however thankfully I never get obsessed which means I can play whenever I have time and still be have my chores done. In my case I wou...