A bit of blogspam, but I wrote an article about coherency in games and other media, and it refers back to my LD blog!

One of the most challenging things in games and in any creative work is in figuring out what direction to go in.

The basic strategy most folks will use when they don’t have other process ideas is “copy-paste-modify” or “remix”: Take something that looks appealing and try to make your own spin on it, maybe add in a few other ideas. The majority of creative techniques are an enumeration of remix methods...