x3Darkie Wrote:Just for clarity, I understand that audience analysis is a very real thing and I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm also not telling you to not use audience analysis to your own advantage and that you'd have to follow my suggestions to the letter. I'm just saying maybe take a different approach to stuff. I still firmly believe that a successful project starts with making something you'd first want to play. But yeah, my two cents.
I am huge on breaking new ground, especially in what I consider worn-out designs (like the way world of warcraft has been copy/edited into so many games). My point is that you have to understand the audience's expectations of the project before you can even begin to design it. Building what you want to play, like writing what you want to read, will only get you so far.
