Anyone else get the best game ideas when you are about to head to bed?

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Everytime Im about to head to bed, or sleep I get the best ideas, but the next day Im feel lost again :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yeah, sometimes, when I go to bed (really late), I get some really good game ideas and canā€™t sleep any more :o, I always stay awake and write them down until i can sleep in peace :smiley:

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Same here. I get nearly all my game ideas when I go to bed -> thatā€™s why I always have a piece of paper + pencil beside my bed so that I can take notes :smiley:

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Itā€™s like a curse, yeah =_=

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I thought I was the only one. =P Iā€™m like , I always have notes ready to jot down ideas because I know they usually come right as I go to bed.

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Dreaming about my dreams in most cases lol.

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yes of course the best game ideas come when I go to bed, and I usually note down them on paper.

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I carry a notebook at all times. I often find walking to / from work rather than taking the bus is a good time to consolidate ideas.

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I woke up at 5am with a few, so I had to get up and start working on them. Iā€™m going to need a nap this afternoon after the Twitch stream! :smiley:

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Mines are when taking a shower, and, by the end of it, I donā€™t remember anything -_-

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Yop, but i also get ideas on recreating things when playing oldschool games.
I also have pen and paper at my bed.

But i also get these ideas when iā€™m tired in the morning, driving by bus/train.

Itā€™s simply because our brain needs some time to freely think about everything.
Thatā€™s because if you stay concentrated the whole day and directly go to bed
after finishing your work, you canā€™t sleep and your brain wents full ret*rd.

So in the morning, when my brain is still half a sleep and i canā€™t concentrate,
i get the wildest ideas. To put my brain to rest, i write everything down
or draw what comes to my mind. (: It helps alot to stay clear and organized
in your head and donā€™t go insane by a never ending conversation in your head.

ā€¦ Talking about going insaneā€¦ where does this tetris music come from? o.o

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Yes

and when i need a idea or have a problem without easy fix i lied down in the bed/couch with the eyes closed (yes sometimes fall to sleep :rolleyes: )

or going to walk to the beach, walk in a quiet place help a lot.

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Ha the same for me, I could probably do with a whiteboard in the shower

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Most of my important decisions in life, as well as the ones related to game development are decided when I sit there. You get disconnected from the world and start thinking with a free (and absolutely powerful) mind. :cool:

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Not sure if UE4 render or real lifeā€¦

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Bike rides are good too. No phone or web sites to distract you.

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same here :smiley:

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A somewhat related question: has anyone based a scene or game off of a dream? Iā€™ve always thought that would be interesting to do for an environment. Trouble is remembering it. =P

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My job happens usually in bursts, ie. i have 10-15min of thinking (need to be done fast) then i have 15 to 30min waiting for results.
In those waiting periods usually i have my ideas (and make most posts here).

Best ones I dream about during night, that is when i get very pumped up during my evenings with unreal.
Surprisingly (or not) my brain picks only best ones (or those i like most, so i think they are best) and i have very precise dreams with lots of details ā€œrenderedā€.
Then it is a matter of remembering and creating them for real next day (or writing down in trello).

I envy how fast and precise my dreams are, cannot get nowhere near to that during my awake time.

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Haha, glad to see its just not me :stuck_out_tongue: