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“As a rule, the experienced designer does not begin with some preconceived idea. Rather, the idea is (or should be) the result of careful observation, and the design a product of the idea.”

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Paul Rand, A Designer’s Art

I think about this a lot before I start a project. I don’t want to limit myself to what I already know. Before I made Sunburst Fly I had never done any audio programming or made anything close to a game. I try to approach a project with a clean slate so I can let my imagination go anywhere. I want it to feel like I can do anything even though I may not actually know how to do it. I do however think about practical constraints or key elements I want to incorporate. Those are the foundation of the idea.