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  1. Aug 28, 2005 #1
    Quickman

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    (I figured this fit best in this forum because it's hacking-related and could possibly help others.)

    For a good few days now my well of inspiration for hacks has run dry as the Sahara is sandy. When I do have an idea it turns out someone else has already done it and it's therefore not worth doing.

    So I want y'all to help me remember how to be original and come up with ideas others haven't thought of or done. Help me regain my Muse. (Don't suggest ideas - that'll get me into a habit of coming back and asking for more. Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach him to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life.)

    I was asked in the chatroom why what I do has to be novel. My reply was that as a Tech Member people expect my hacks to be a cut above the rest. I can't make do with releasing a bogstandard level and palette hack which any Joe Bloggs with a copy of SonED can do. My hacks should be interesting and do things people may not have attempted before. I know there's no requirement to "prove myself" in any way by Simon's criteria, but the way I look at it is what's the point in being a Tech Member if I never do anything to show it? All I seem to do is start debates and postcount+1.

    Discuss.
     
  2. Aug 28, 2005 #2
    Ultima

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    How can I teach you to have ideas? o.O
     
  3. Aug 28, 2005 #3
    Heran Bago

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    Great source of inspiration:

    Play the original. Sit down at your megadrive or genesis and Play through Sonic 1, 2, and 3K. If you're low on time, just 3K. Durring the game your likely to come up with "I can do better than this" ideas.

    Try to play other games and figure "why hasn't something like this been done in Sonic?"

    Also, what can you do with Sonic's music or any ASM knowledge? See what you can apply and look at ROM hacking as a way to test yourself.
     
  4. Aug 28, 2005 #4
    voice

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    My ideas come simply, though I don't hack games so these ideas never become reality. Anyways, my ideas come from playing the game and saying "damn this move is old, I want something new!"
     
  5. Aug 28, 2005 #5
    LocalH

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    Also try thinking outside the box. Think of things that wouldn't necessarily be readily apparent.
     
  6. Aug 28, 2005 #6
    Rika Chou

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    think big. think something that has never been done before.
     
  7. Aug 28, 2005 #7
    Ultima

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    At the same time, think small. Think little things people wouldn't usually think twice about. =P
     
  8. Aug 28, 2005 #8
    StephenUK

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    Play the originals and think about what you didn't like and what would look good and work well. Make a note of everything and throw all of these changes into a hack. That way, you should come out with something technically different, and something you enjoy at the same time.
     
  9. Aug 28, 2005 #9
    Timecrash

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    Play the games and jot down some ideas. Then, try expanding on those ideas.
     
  10. Aug 28, 2005 #10
    Guifrog

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    And you see, the quotidian may not help you in some cases. When you're very attached to it, your mind becomes disturbed. What I usually do is to close my eyes and try to remove as many thoughts as I can, without forcin' anythin'. Just relaxin'. Yea, that's what I mean, remove thoughts to think better. This is a way of gettin' ideas faster while doin' all of the suggestions above.
     
  11. Aug 28, 2005 #11
    Tweaker

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    Think of how YOU wanted the game to be when you played it. "Why wasn't it like this in the first place? I'll fix that. =P".
     
  12. Aug 28, 2005 #12
    Qjimbo

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    You know my idea already, weather effects :(
     
  13. Aug 29, 2005 #13
    Lostgame

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    Well, Quick Man, Ketsuban, whoever you are now, there's what we talked about before, it's becoming more and more real to me now, possibilities are endless for it, and if you're not gonna do it, tell me so I can. :P
     
  14. Aug 29, 2005 #14
    Ultima

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    Smooth Criminal in EHZ plz *runs*
     
  15. Sep 1, 2005 #15
    Tweaker

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    I can get you Smooth Criminal in GHZ. =P
     
  16. Sep 1, 2005 #16
    Quickman

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    So can anyone. I imagine the engine in the MJ game, being roughly contemporary with Sonic 1 and using the same base driver, won't be so different to it.
     
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