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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.86,0:00:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost impossible to imagine the game\NApe Out without an ape.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.48,0:00:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, that's exactly how it started life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.41,0:00:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to designer Gabe Cuzzillo, this\Nwas supposed to be a time-looping stealth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.43,0:00:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,game where you'd use push and grab\Nmechanics to slink along walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.37,0:00:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there were going to be guards in the\Ngame, then naturally you should be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.54,0:00:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use those same mechanics on them, leading\Nto gameplay that has you holding guards hostage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.75,0:00:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and chucking them at walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.35,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This turned out to be the most interesting\Npart of the game: and so Gabe decided to wildly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change direction and actually build the game\Naround this core concept.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.50,0:00:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He removed everything that didn't need to\Nbe there, like stealth and time-loops.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.32,0:00:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And did whatever he could to emphasise this\Nidea - most notably, by swapping the bald
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.48,0:00:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guy for a rampaging, 300-pound gorilla.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.24,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an example of a game design methodology\Ncalled "Follow the Fun".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the deceptively simple idea that designers\Nshould ignore their plans and preconceived
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.51,0:01:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas - and instead look to the game itself\Nto find out where the development should lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.35,0:01:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So take the microscopic tactics gem, Into\Nthe Breach.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.33,0:01:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This game started life as a pretty standard\NAdvance Wars-style game, where enemies chose
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.26,0:01:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacks at random and hid their intentions\Nuntil their turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.24,0:01:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one foe in the game would show you exactly\Nwhat they were about to do on their turn,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.81,0:01:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by highlighting the tile they were going to\Nattack.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.89,0:01:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The developers at Subset realised that this\Nwas the single most enjoyable part, and so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.03,0:01:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided to focus the rest of the game almost\Nexclusively on these telegraphed attacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.63,0:01:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this actually helped dictate the rest\Nof the design decisions that the studio had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.01,0:01:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.01,0:01:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, if you know what the enemies are\Ngoing to do, can't you just move your own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.94,0:01:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,units out of their attack zone?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.15,0:02:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, maybe the game is actually about\Nprotecting static buildings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.51,0:02:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so now it's about pushing the enemies\Naround so their attacks will miss.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.64,0:02:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, you could use this to trick\Nthe enemies into killing each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.37,0:02:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can probably see why the designers who\Nuse this method often say that their game,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.34,0:02:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some extent, designed itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.34,0:02:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Sam Coster from Crashlands-developer\NButterscotch Shenanigans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.18,0:02:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SAM COSTER: "We like to think about this process\Nas the game discovering itself over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.95,0:02:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as iterators, rather than designers,\Nit's our job to simply play the game, listen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.70,0:02:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to it, feel it, and kind of feel out what\Nit seems to want to become - and just follow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the trails of what's fun."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.70,0:02:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the idea of a game designing itself is\Nsurely rather exciting for those looking to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.98,0:02:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the next big hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.55,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, it's not like amazing game ideas just\Nappear from the ether.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.56,0:02:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where do they come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.43,0:03:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's look at the origins of the rhythm-based\Nroguelike Crypt of the Necrodancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.42,0:03:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Designer Ryan Clark wanted to see if he could\Nput Spelunky's quick-fire decision making
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.18,0:03:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a more traditional turn-based dungeon\Ncrawler.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.45,0:03:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he made a quick prototype of a roguelike\Nwhere you only have a second to make your
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.97,0:03:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he played it, Ryan realised that it had\Nan almost rhythmic-like quality - and it became
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.41,0:03:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obvious that the game should be set to music.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.28,0:03:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or perhaps we should take a look at the iconic\Nmid-air movement of Rocket League.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.99,0:03:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Psyonix was working on the game's predecessor,\NSupersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.10,0:03:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- they've learned a lot about marketing since\Nthen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.90,0:03:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, they had built a game about battling cars,\Nbut wanted to add a speed boost mechanic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.87,0:03:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the devs simply applied a physics force\Nto the back of the car.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.77,0:03:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In testing, they discovered that players could\Nuse that force in mid-air to rocket about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.08,0:03:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the arena.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.08,0:03:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That wasn't the plan, but the developers realised\Nthat this actually added enormous depth and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.69,0:04:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whole extra dimension to the game - so they\Nkept it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The studio says “we developed this mechanic\Nalmost by accident”.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.55,0:04:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, there's a whole history of games\Nwhere bugs, glitches, and accidents in the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.74,0:04:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,development process were turned into features.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.87,0:04:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Hideki Kamiya found a bug in\NOnimusha: Warlords that let you juggle enemies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the air by repeatedly slashing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.18,0:04:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was fixed in Onimusha, but Kamiya developed\Nit further, and turned it into the premiere
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.14,0:04:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,game mechanic of Devil May Cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.71,0:04:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point being, this process involves taking\Nsome initial idea - however loose, fuzzy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.86,0:04:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unoriginal it might be - and actually building\Na working prototype.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.29,0:04:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's here - during the process of coding\Nand playing - that new ideas can spring up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.91,0:04:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's up to the designer to be open\Nand attentive to what the game is saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.63,0:04:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realise what's interesting, and be willing\Nto explore those aspects… even if they don't
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.80,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally align with what you originally had\Nin mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.96,0:05:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how Gunpoint went from being about\Na robot in space who drops fridges on people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.95,0:05:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being a puzzle game about a spy who re-wires\Nbuildings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.36,0:05:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That re-wire mechanic was just one possible\Nidea for a hacking mini-game in a side-scrolling
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.44,0:05:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deus Ex-inspired game.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.19,0:05:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as soon as designer Tom Francis started\Nprototyping it, the game that would eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.83,0:05:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become Gunpoint started to emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.35,0:05:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Tom:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.35,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TOM FRANCIS: “It just immediately became\Nobvious that this should become a puzzle game.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.36,0:05:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was just a puzzle mechanic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.72,0:05:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so Gunpoint just kind of told me what\Nit wanted to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.65,0:05:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just wanted to be a puzzle game, just obviously.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.21,0:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just rolled with that, I just expanded\Nthe hacking mechanic to a crazy extent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.88,0:05:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I built the whole game around it."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.96,0:05:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this process generally causes the most\Nsignificant changes towards the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.37,0:05:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a game’s development - which is the point\Nthat Sam Coster describes the game as a white
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.09,0:05:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hot ball of malleable magma.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.59,0:05:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can still be used as development goes\Non, and the game starts to form and settle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.31,0:05:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into rock.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.53,0:06:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, for content generation: Jonathan Blow\Nhas said that the puzzles in Braid were simply
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.89,0:06:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a showcase of the unexpected consequences\Nof his time-travelling game engine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.69,0:06:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blow says "I had a curator role, cleaning\Nup the answers and presenting them in such
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.38,0:06:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way that they could be enjoyed by the game’s\Nplayers.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.25,0:06:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More on that in this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.25,0:06:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, it can be used for listening to player\Nfeedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.35,0:06:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Chris Hecker made SpyParty, players found\Nall sorts of exploits and unintended ways
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.03,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to play the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.50,0:06:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of fixing these “bugs”, Chris\Nleaned into them and made them an official
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.97,0:06:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the game - pushing the experience\Ntowards being more about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.90,0:06:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind-games and psychological tricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.68,0:06:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can simply be used to help guide the\Ngeneral development of a game.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.100,0:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Subnautica designer Charlie Cleveland:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.06,0:06:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHARLIE CLEVELAND: "You kind of think you\Nknow where you're going.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.73,0:06:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have some place on the horizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.73,0:06:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's many paths and you don't know\Nhow to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.81,0:06:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you listen to the game it will tell\Nyou where it wants to go."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.90,0:07:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how his studio made a horror game,\Nwithout that ever being the intention at the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.96,0:07:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start of the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.20,0:07:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now obviously, this sort of design process\Ncan make it very difficult to predict how
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.57,0:07:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long a game will take to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.86,0:07:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one reason why the methodology is\Nmore popular in the world of indies - rather
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.53,0:07:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the fiercely regimented world of blockbuster\Ngame production.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.18,0:07:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, when Tom Francis made his second game,\NHeat Signature, he hoped that the fuzzy idea
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.93,0:07:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of “you go inside spaceships” would magically\Nlead to good stuff - just like had happened
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.41,0:07:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Gunpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.80,0:07:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But… it just didn't. \NAt least, not for a very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.58,0:07:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In truth, Tom realised that he had to make\Na butt-load of stuff in order to find out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.60,0:07:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what made the game interesting, which lead\Nto a protracted development where he made
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.59,0:07:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ship generation system, artificial intelligence,\Na combat system, a whole galaxy map with an
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.36,0:07:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economy, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.59,0:07:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took Tom years to to figure out that the\Non-ship combat was the most interesting bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.77,0:08:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that's why it’s worth remembering\Nthat the real phrase is actually a bit longer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.65,0:08:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just "Follow the Fun".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.51,0:08:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traced the coinage of the phrase back to\Nthis guy - Marc LeBlanc.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.70,0:08:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s a designer who worked on Thief and\NSystem Shock, and an educator who helped come
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.88,0:08:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up with ideas like the MDA framework.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.49,0:08:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he coined this phrase, he actually started\Nit with a well-known idiom from the world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.01,0:08:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of design and entrepreneurship: "fail fast".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.55,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s the process of throwing something\Ntogether as quickly as possible, to see what
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.14,0:08:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,works and what doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.03,0:08:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter if you fail, because you\Ndidn't waste much time - but that so-called
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.89,0:08:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"failure" will tell you so much about what\Ndirection the next attempt should take.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.98,0:08:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, perhaps there are some concrete techniques\Nfor speeding up the iteration process?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.94,0:08:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one is something all GMTK viewers will\Nbe familiar with: Game Jams.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.70,0:08:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those frantic game creation marathons where\Nyou have to try and make a game in, perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.36,0:08:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a single weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.87,0:09:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arvi Teikari, who dreamt up the award-winning\Npuzzler Baba is You at a Game Jam, speaks
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.02,0:09:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the power of these events:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.47,0:09:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ARVI TEIKARI: "The whole idea\Nis you can take a prototype that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.32,0:09:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your head and try to make something around\Nit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.83,0:09:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it doesn't work, that's fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.91,0:09:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can toss it away after the game jam. you\Nare not committed to the idea for longer than
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.60,0:09:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the game jam takes".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.61,0:09:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another technique is to use tools that suit\Nrapid prototyping, like Game Maker and Godot.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.48,0:09:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or perhaps paper prototypes, LEGO, or the\NPS4 game-creation suite Dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.77,0:09:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've already made most of the game and\Njust want to generate content, you can develop
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some custom level creation tools to speed\Nup the creative process - and get more people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.89,0:09:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on board to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.25,0:09:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for Mario Galaxy 2, Nintendo made simple\Nlevel creation tools to encourage everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.93,0:09:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the team to think up unique mechanics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.84,0:09:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to quickly focus on design and mechanics,\Nyou can use placeholder art, music, and plot.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.91,0:10:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Klei made the very first game jam prototype\Nof Don't Starve, the hero of the game was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.59,0:10:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually represented by…
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.20,0:10:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Link, from Zelda.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.96,0:10:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, it can actually help to have\Nsomething
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.86,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the game that absolutely cannot change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.00,0:10:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunni Pavolic from thatgamecompany says the\Nstudio used a very iterative methodology when
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.62,0:10:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making Journey, but always with the idea that\Nthis game would explore the theme of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.17,0:10:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gave everyone on the team a singular\Ndirection to follow, and helped narrow the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.56,0:10:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,range of possible ideas that they might discover\Nand develop.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.78,0:10:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there’s one thing I’d want you to\Ntake away from this video: it’s to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.32,0:10:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the perfect game idea to come\Nalong.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.20,0:10:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s easy to look at something like Ape Out, \NCrypt of the Necrodancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.82,0:10:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Crashlands and assume that\Nthese games were designed in a flash of insight
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.28,0:10:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- which seamlessly transitioned into the final\Ngame.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.49,0:10:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you can’t come up with an idea\Nas good as these ones - why bother trying?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.23,0:11:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I’ve shown in this video, nothing\Ncould be further from the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.51,0:11:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In reality, the thing that ties all of these\Ndevelopers together is that they got started
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.57,0:11:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they built something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.02,0:11:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was only then - as the designers tried\Nnew ideas, played their prototypes, and even
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.97,0:11:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created bugs - that the games we know today\Nstarted to form.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.83,0:11:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re great designers not because they\Ncame up with amazing ideas - but because they
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.52,0:11:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew how to listen to the game, knew which\Navenues to follow, knew how to fail fast and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.65,0:11:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fail often, and knew how to coalesce these\Ndisparate ideas into something coherent.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.75,0:11:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you watch Game Maker’s Toolkit and\Nthink you might like to make a game - don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.34,0:11:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wait for the perfect idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.12,0:11:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Build something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.58,0:11:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can listen to the game, follow\Nthe fun - and you might just discover that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.55,0:11:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the game, in some small way, designs itself.