Creativity is not worth it

In addition to the gaming industry, many people think that idea is a terrible thing: with this idea, I can go to the rivers and lakes independently, and with this idea, I can make a printing machine game, with this idea, I will bring the game into the next generation. With this idea ...... Some people even wrote down idea and sent it to a game company, claiming that this idea is perfect and is not enough to be "implemented". At the end, they solemnly warned against this idea, otherwise, legal liability will be held.

 

Not to mention the effectiveness of such bandit NDA protocols, gaming practitioners do not need such idea, really.

 

Idea is a very informal saying. The general idea is that there is a concept of a flash in the game. I think it should be fun to make such a game. Since the translation into an "idea" is a bit out of Chinese style, I can call it "idea" here. In today's world where small apps are rampant, some people believe that creativity is the whole product.

However, creativity is indispensable in this industry.

 

1. Everyone is creative. Everyone is creative, and new ideas come out from time to time. That is, the most unimaginative person may occasionally come up with one or two ideas to let people take the case. My Google Docs documents are full of creative documents that I wrote down on time. I believe I have no time to implement them one by one in my life.

2. Creativity is not necessarily reasonable. In the twinkling of an eye, the idea looks so glamorous that other things in the world are eclipsed. However, when you do it, creativity is not what you think. People who have played game jam have all experienced the feeling that idea is popping up, and the rationality and time pressure are like blisters. (If you don't know what game jam happens to live in Shanghai, this is an interesting place)

3. Your idea may have existed for a long time. Many times, we feel that our creativity is unique and cross-era. However, when you broaden your horizons, you will find that it has been in this world for a long time and is even older than you.

4. Even if your creativity is extremely reasonable and indeed exclusive, can you ensure that you will lead a team that fully understands the idea to reach the final goal without any deviation? In other words, we do not lack creativity. What we lack is a creative team.

5. Finally, it can be said that creativity has nothing to do with great products. The most famous game in the world is a game about the absurd water manager to save the princess. The most popular game in the world is because it is bundled for sale in windows, the most popular Minecraft technology in the past year is the enhanced version of voxel 3D games, and voxel has been used to represent the 3D world as early as the Delta era.

 

Therefore, if you are still wandering outside the industry and want to take a piece of "creativity" to work as a stepping stone, you can rest. It is better to make things in a steadfast manner, even if it was done by the predecessors. Get your hands dirty, at least let you know how difficult this road is. If you only want to stay in the fantasy stage, pray for the gods to help you turn your fantasy into reality!