Is my idea awesome? How do you get the answer to that question? Who has that answer? That is what I am trying to figure out. Your game idea is always awesome to you. So you don’t have the answer. The answer has to be with your potential consumer, at least that is my initial thought.
So how do we ask them these questions? Kickstarter seems like a nice place to ask that question, but it is based in money. That could be good, or it could be bad. It seems like this question is outside the scope of cash. Is my idea awesome, usually does correlate directly to a sale though.
Is there another way to ask if the idea is awesome besides Kickstarter? Places on the net like tigsource could help. Maybe even Indie DB. But, how do you go about asking that question? Do you just throw a bunch of content out there and see if anyone likes it, or randomly posts about it? Or, do you come right out and ask the question, do you like this idea?
So many questions, but they need to be answered quickly and early in order to not waste a lot of time on a game that is not wanted. We have a lot of work cut out for us to figure this out. Anyone have any suggestions?