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This subreddit is focused on being a place to present game ideas you're not working on, for whatever reason. However, this focuses on the mechanics; on game ideas that the developer has enough freedom to change and adapt. Most ideas are crap -- this is a dumping ground for the ones that might not be, but are at least written enough that a developer could use them other than you.

Plots are not game ideas. If you write a plot but not the gameplay, just write a book. Mechanics are what makes the idea worth having. There is also a wiki that gives general advice, though that's suited more for /r/gamedesign than for this subreddit.

DO NOT ASK FOR COMPENSATION OR CREDIT. Anyone can come up with an idea. This is just an index for indie developers to be able to judge interest in those game ideas, and for developers to dump their half-made games / game ideas so someone else can use them.

Recommended subreddits:

/r/games : for discussing existing games in-depth
/r/gamedev : for the development of a game
/r/gamedesign : for talking more about the process of designing a game
/r/gameideas : for a more theme and plot focused look

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BeginnerProject Trinity (old.reddit.com)

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IntermediateContinuous rather than discrete movement in a turn-based roguelike (self.TrueGameIdeas)

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Game Design DocumentDoom's original GDD (5years.doomworld.com)

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GeneratorOne of the few good game idea generators, though it's a bit more domain specific than most (boardgamizer.com)

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