Sometimes others can say it better…
“Whenever I meet a new group of game production students at The Los Angeles Film School, I ask them what role they want to have in the game industry. Every so often, I get one who says, “I’m really good at ideas. That’s what I want to do in the game industry: be the guy who comes up with the ideas for games, stories and characters.”
Join the line. At the back. Behind the guy who can draw; the girl who can code; and the ones who can write, plan, create, evaluate, debug, submit and deliver. They’ve all got ideas, too.”
Read the rest at: Sorry, There Is No “Idea Guy” Position In The Game Industry By David Mullich