ABSTRACT
Coming up with ideas is diffi cult for many people; coming up with excellent ideas is even more diffi - cult. But coming up with an idea is just the beginning of the creative process. Cra ing your ideas, fl eshing them out, and bringing them to life is all part of the ongoing work of game design that in the end means generating not just one grand idea but rather layers and iterations of ideas that all help to refi ne and evolve your original concept. This process will be diff erent for every game designer and for every game on which a designer works, beginning with different sources of inspiration and yielding a variety of results.
