At Southend we have something that is called hippie day. No, we don’t practice free love in the park and smoke weed all day (at least some of us don’t) – it’s a day in which everyone is free to work on their own concepts that they can present to the team at the end of the day.
Some will work on new tech, some will work on a graphical style that they are interested in exploring and some will write down gameplay concepts or even stories.
The concepts might become projects, some might work as an inspiration for ongoing projects.

An Action Brawler Rhythm MMORPG exclusively for Amiga CD32?
In a lot of ways it’s like fishing. You might just catch a big one. But then you have to be really quiet and wear a fishing hat. Eh…

Karja working on the next big thing
