Write the game you want to tatoo!

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I just read Gamasutra's newsletter and I couldn't help noticing one article where Game designer David Jones (Grand Theft Auto, Crackdown, Lemmings) points out something that is quite true when you think about it.

He says that "If I forget about an idea after 4 or 5 months I know it was a good thing we never started it, but if after two years it's still there and you're still excited by it, then that's the time to start thinking about putting it into production."

When you think of it, this is the exact same principle as making a tatoo. I mean, you should only tatoo something that you envision in your head for several years. Then you know that you really would like to have that tatoo'ed in your body permanently. Exactly because it is supposed to stay there forever.

I was already thinking about writing down some of the ideas I have in my head, but now I'm sure that I should start by writing those who have been in my head the longest. On to creative writing we go!