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14.3 DEFINE CONCEPT
After the stakeholders have approved the initial direction of the concept, your
core team continues to define the concept. During this phase, the team starts de-
tailing more specifics about the game mechanics, setting, characters, storyline,
and major features. Technical limitations should be loosely considered, but don’t
censor any ideas on perceived limitations at this point. Instead, focus on creat-
ing and prototyping a fun game. When these elements are ready for review, the
engineers can fully assess the technical limitations. Although they might not be
able to implement what was originally designed, ...