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My brain coming up with mechanics: (smart) Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants looking through a microscope, taking some notes
My brain coming up with story and characters: (dumb) Patrick that accidentally nailed a board to his head
I know copying/adapting an already existing story/character isn't unheard of, but my goldfish memory can never remember any
I used to share the struggle with names, until I started to learn Dutch and realized that I can just use common non-English names.
No more Bob the Blacksmith, Tom the Wizard Shop Dude, Jane the Horse-Mechanic; now there's a bunch of Noor, Sem, Yara, Mees, Saar, Bram, Lotte, Luca, Felix, Mia, Lia, Gerrit, Hendrika, Inaya, Mael, Manon..
I'm mostly using local names (Polish in my case), because they're easier to remember