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AI for Game Ideation — Prompting for Concepts That Actually Work
Learn to use AI as a game design collaborator, not just an executor.
Email subject:AI for Game Ideation — Prompting for Concepts That Actually Work
Topics Covered
- •The problem with generic 'give me a game idea' prompts — too broad, too generic
- •Better framework: constrain by mechanic, not genre. 'Give me 5 games built around the mechanic of X'
- •Your taste filter: games that match your sensibility (indie, narrative, satisfying mechanics, not twitch-heavy)
- •Prompt patterns: 'Combine [mechanic A] with [mechanic B] in a mobile game that takes 2-3 mins per session'
- •Ideation session structure: 20 ideas → filter to 5 → prototype 1 → validate the mechanic
- •Using AI to stress-test ideas: 'What are 5 reasons this game concept would fail?' — invaluable