[TillE]

> the end result could be quite different

Exactly. Notch (of Minecraft fame) recently expressed a desire to make a game that's something like a fantasy RPG version of Football Manager. I'm really, really tempted to steal the idea and make something with it.

Because I know that whatever I make with that simple core idea will be utterly unlike someone else's creation with the same idea. It's just a germ of inspiration; all the important details still need to be worked out and actually implemented. It's probably not true for every market, but similar games can happily coexist unless they're really identical clones.

[jarin]

That idea already exists too:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/03/wiiware-impre-6/

It's incredibly addictive, but after playing it for a while you start to run into the limitations of the game. If you could make it better and play up the indie cred you'd have a hit on your hands.

[wlievens]

> Notch (of Minecraft fame) recently expressed a desire to make a game that's something like a fantasy RPG version of Football Manager. I'm really, really tempted to steal the idea and make something with it.

Cool, did he say that? I'm sortof building something that contains that element.