Haha, I keep seeing the same themes every four months. Why do we keep seeing \u201cAfterlife\u201d and \u201cChaos\u201d for example, those are quite mainstream themes. And you can put some chaos in your game with every possible theme ! Even if the theme is something like \u201cpeaceful\u201d, you can have chaos as an opposition to peaceful moments.<\/p>\n
Of course there are always some original ways to use these themes, but most people won\u2019t push the reflexion too far, and we\u2019ll see the same kind of ideas everywhere. Like in \u201cEvolution\u201d, how many people did a game about getting stronger and bigger ? That\u2019s already a concept present in many, many games.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not the kind of guy that will say \u201coh, this theme sucks\u201d because even if they disappoint me, there is always something to do. But I wonder why there is a theme slaughter if the ideas are the same every four months. For instance, latest Global Game Jame theme was the sound of a heartbeat. This leads in so many different directions, like rythm, blood, life\u2026<\/p>","time":"April 21st, 2013 9:54 am","title":"Same themes every time\u2026","title_was_empty":false}