Here at Quasar Shrine we've been thinking a lot about ideas. We think we're heading to a good destination :) And you ? Here's a lil' question I asked to my teammates, it may open some good discussion among all of you :)

A creature is something that is living. How to let the player understand that this... thing, is alive ?

Let say you only have a square (colored or not) on a blank screen. - You can't add text - You can't add texture/sprite/polygons - You can't add sounds...

So...

How to show the player that something is alive ? How do you make it "alive" ?

Hope this will help you to get you unstuck (if you are stuck) on the game ideas phase or to toughen you ideas

Good luck for now !