Hello forum
This is my first posting by the way. I have a terrible problem with shooting down my ideas before they get to the drawing board ! I have the problem of being unable to come up with game mechanics that appeal to
myself as a board game designer . I think of all of the games out there
and think , how can I really come up with something different ? How can I make my game different than others out there without making the same
old same old ? What i'm trying to say is perpetuallity is what i'm having trouble with . As in roll the dice , token moves here , draw a card , token moves there , when token goes there it's killed , etc . How do I get out of this delima ? Board gamers block is what I have . Can someone please help me with this problem ?
Thanks!
Although this will only produce games that are not that much fun, try limiting the amount of components you let yourself use in a game. Like make a trading game that only uses cards and one token. Or just simply go to the store and buy those games you have been looking at. Don’t worry copying their ideas, if anything playing as many different games as possible is a good idea so you know exactly what’s been done so you do not step over anyone’s toes. Also buy a lot of things that you think would make good game pieces. Some times it just takes a bit of "free playing" with the bits of a game and then you will discover a game. I just recently came up with a came by making a name and designing around that. There are lots of ways to do it, all of them have one thing in common you have to make a solvable problem, once you have that you should be able to make a game.