thread: 2005-07-05 : Setting and Source Material
On 2005-07-05, Jay Loomis wrote:
All good stuff here. You've done it again Vincent!However, I must agree with some of the other voices that the type of creativity you're talking about isn't as common as you'd think. Again and again I've encountered gamers who want to be able to pick stuff from a published list and go without a lot of creative effort.
So, yes, we need a starting point for the creative process. But we also need the social guidelines in place to make everyone more comfortable with putting their creative butts on the line. Not that we can do that as designers necessarily (although we might be able to go part way)—but we can as fellow players.
