Comments on: Design Process http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/ Notes of a Potential Independent Game Developer Sat, 01 May 2010 13:27:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: neb http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/comment-page-1/#comment-51 neb Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:31:24 +0000 http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/#comment-51 Here's one that looks perfect from ThinkGeek: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/98ce/ Here’s one that looks perfect from ThinkGeek:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/98ce/

]]> By: Todd http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Todd Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:39:48 +0000 http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/#comment-20 Wal-mart is where I got mine. It has an aluminum shell. The writing half fits into the bottom half as if the bottom were the cap. Then the writing half pulls out and attaches to the bottom half the other way so that it is a full-sized pen. The result is a full-sized pen that collapses to about half the size of a normal pen. Wal-mart is where I got mine. It has an aluminum shell. The writing half fits into the bottom half as if the bottom were the cap. Then the writing half pulls out and attaches to the bottom half the other way so that it is a full-sized pen. The result is a full-sized pen that collapses to about half the size of a normal pen.

]]> By: neb http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/comment-page-1/#comment-19 neb Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:47:04 +0000 http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/#comment-19 I almost always have a top-flip back-pocket notepad with me, too. I used to have a bendable pen. Now I run the risk of snapping my gel-ink pen in my pocket. I also have a mini-pen that almost fits within the spiral of the notepad, but I don't like writing with it. A collapsible pen is a good idea. I'll have to look for one of those. I almost always have a top-flip back-pocket notepad with me, too. I used to have a bendable pen. Now I run the risk of snapping my gel-ink pen in my pocket.

I also have a mini-pen that almost fits within the spiral of the notepad, but I don’t like writing with it.

A collapsible pen is a good idea. I’ll have to look for one of those.

]]> By: Todd http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Todd Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.potentialgames.com/blog/2008/02/29/design-process/#comment-18 I have found that writing things down is key, especially now that I'm getting older and cannot remember every little thing I've ever thought. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and think about an idea for an hour ... or two ... and then lose half of it in the morning. So now I carry around a mini-journal in my back pocket. I usually keep it next to my bed at night. I've also bought a collapsible pen that I keep clipped to it at all times. I don't always go back to it because some of the things stick with me due to the fact that I wrote it down, but it's nice to go back and look and all of the weird crap I've thought. I have found that writing things down is key, especially now that I’m getting older and cannot remember every little thing I’ve ever thought. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and think about an idea for an hour … or two … and then lose half of it in the morning.

So now I carry around a mini-journal in my back pocket. I usually keep it next to my bed at night. I’ve also bought a collapsible pen that I keep clipped to it at all times.

I don’t always go back to it because some of the things stick with me due to the fact that I wrote it down, but it’s nice to go back and look and all of the weird crap I’ve thought.

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