I'm so stuck

[Sailor Spoon]

Can't think of the main characters name. Making ideas is almost harder then making a game.

[Rodak]

Re: I'm so stuck

I like to make the names related to the character's role in the games.

My Poop Mage was a Sheep named Dung-Dung.

The Pee Mage was a female Ostrich named Uriana.

The Politician was a Penguin named Cobblepot (a Batman Reference for you younguns'!).

And the Frenchman was a Pig named Slurry.

I had a Fish character I put a smoke visual effect on, and named Lox, The Smoking Salmon.

I think you get the idea...

Just have fun with it!

[Whataface2]

Re: I'm so stuck

I sometimes look to english to chinese dictionaries or japanese to english dictionaires. This way I can translate a couple of the characters traits into words that sound like a name. Or I just look up names from other languages.

Here are some links to help you out:
english to japanese dictionary;
http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/

english to chinese dictionary
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/dictionary.html

or a good name generator helps too:
http://www.thewingless.com/forge/about.html

[Valkysas]

Re: I'm so stuck

I don't have a hard time coming up with character names, I have a hard time coming up with names for games.

[Duel]

Re: I'm so stuck

Thinking of names for characters is something I'm terrible at. It's evident in Dorito Dash. The NPCs later in the game have some ****ty ass names that I pulled out of my ass and I don't mean literally. So you meet a guy named Fred and then meet some dude with a lame medieval name like Sir Glorydoyle or something. Damn.

[Hrafn]

Re: I'm so stuck

I always enjoyed character naming. Post up a short descriptor of the guy or gal, and let's see if we can throw enough turds at the wall that one sticks.

[Drew]

Re: I'm so stuck

I don't have a hard time coming up with character names, I have a hard time coming up with names for games.

Door:The Sequel 2 =]

[Ryner]

Re: I'm so stuck

Keep this in mind for the rest of your life: Anything that slows down the creation process increases the odds of you just stopping forever. Don't ever just sit around trying to think of names. Names are in the category of things that aren't that important in terms of design. Use placeholder names and focus on other aspects of your game, over time names are sure to come to you.

[Alzar]

Re: I'm so stuck

Keep this in mind for the rest of your life: Anything that slows down the creation process increases the odds of you just stopping forever. Don't ever just sit around trying to think of names. Names are in the category of things that aren't that important in terms of design. Use placeholder names and focus on other aspects of your game, over time names are sure to come to you.

Agreed.

Use pavilionite names as placeholders. We have amazing names.