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Originally Posted by Steve Ince
An idea isn't just "We'll make an adventure game called Day of the Tentacle", it's "We'll make an adventure with wacky characters, art and dialogue, involving time travel, the founding fathers of the USA, a tentacle with plans to rule the world..." etc. etc. Which, in my mind is very original. To me, the quality of the design and the writing are part of the idea.
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I think, then, that you're operating under a wholly different definition of "idea" than I am (or than Tom is).
To me, the idea is that nugget, that concept that convinces the company to LET you do the design and the writing. You execute to the idea, and the design and writing are part of the execution, they extend from the idea but are not the idea themselves.
(And yes, I don't know of anyone who believes the *title* constitutes the idea -- unless it's so on-the-nose that the title succinctly sums up the general plot, theme, and style of the game.)
--Josh
