What Designing a Hit Board Game Taught Me About Creativity (and Songwriting) – Holistic Songwriting

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqJMKAWpRw

Summary

### Summary
The speaker discusses their experience creating the board game Cantaloop and how it came to be. They emphasize the importance of creativity, thinking beyond obvious uses for objects, and challenging the medium when designing games or other creative projects. The speaker also talks about trusting the process and not being too focused on achieving perfection in order to create something unique and engaging.

Highlights

• Cantaloop is a board game that combines puzzle-solving with an open world exploration
• The creator has a diverse background, including songwriting, producing music albums, writing books, running a YouTube channel, teaching at a university, and creating a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Songwriting Dex deck of cards
• Emphasis on trusting the process and not worrying about achieving perfection when working on creative projects

Key Takeaways

• Cantaloop encourages players to think beyond the obvious uses for objects in the game
• Creativity can be applied to generating ideas or making products, and thinking of objectives and solutions creatively is important
• Focusing on quantity rather than quality during the creative process can help spark creativity and maintain a sense of flow