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title: "10. Cut Your Game Idea in Half"
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# 10. Cut Your Game Idea in Half

Get practical tips for shrinking an overly ambitious first game idea into a small, finishable project you can release.

Did you know 50% of self-proclaimed game developers on Reddit have never released a game? To me that is crazy! Nothing can teach you faster than sticking with a project and releasing it to the world, even a super small one. By far the biggest reason for this is their first game idea is too big. In this lesson, I go over some tips on bringing that ambitious game idea down to reality.

Additional links:

[GameDevUnlocked.com](https://www.gamedevunlocked.com/)

## 1. Cut your Game Idea in Half

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20201110/videos/fa7920d6-aa98-499b-8fdc-c77c95c04d2d_04_03_CutYourIdeaInHalf_Conclusion.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20201110/2d9010e5-6d7c-400d-974a-4db46e8cbef2_04_03_CutYourIdeaInHalf.vtt))