http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051005/martin_01.shtml advances the idea of indies using pirate networks to distribute their games. The indie developer...
... From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... Bandwidth is always going to be an issue. As is the fact that the online hardware has to cater for...
Gerry Quinn
gerryq@...
Oct 7, 2005 9:12 am
7092
I believe that guild wars has an additional benefit to simply allowing you to find freinds online. When you login or connect, the system cna update the game...
... The thing that most comes to mind is a web-based game playable in a browser. However, it could work as a business model for other games. I'm loath to...
... Try playing Diablo 2 online and just password protect your game so nobody else can enter. Online single player game. ... Bomis: Behind every great man is a...
... I really got into the ilovebees ARG last year. It was the first ARG I played and I was entranced, and got into smaller homegrown ARGs for a while...
... I also got into ilovebees.com <http://ilovebees.com>, but it loast its interest the moment someone pointed out that Bungie had used a similar tactic in...
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I didn't approve this, and I doubt any of the other moderators did either. It seems that someone has found a way to circumvent the moderation settings....
Hello everyone! I'd want to ask for ideas of how to reward player when he succesfully finishes the game (or some significant part of it). To make things...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 9:53 am
7100
Personally, I think that motivation will always be lacking in the puzzle genre. Adding some new fireworks or an interesting twist will only buy you so much...
Well, while I agree that in general simple transition from puzzle game design to RTS will not suffice, still we can abstract out some similarities: think of ...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 11:50 am
7102
... I guess that's mostly true, but one of the fondest memories I have of my teenagerhood was playing the SNES version of Lemmings. The game might not have a...
... True, I just don't think this goal sits well with a puzzle game. It sits well with a game that has puzzles (a la Tomb Raider et al, or an adventure game),...
... You just made me think of an online single player business model. My first thought was, a reward is some kind of audiovisual content. Something the player...
... You think so? I suppose, in a limited way. though. To think that the second category lacks depth and cannot hold ... Maybe I just crave variety. Don't get...
... The following isn't going to work for all players, but I find myself quite obsessed by optimization pathways in the 4X TBS genre, and also the RPG genre....
LingMac wrote: L> I guess that's mostly true, but one of the fondest memories I have of my L> teenagerhood was playing the SNES version of Lemmings. The game...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 12:33 pm
7108
... Yeah, I think most games have an "abstract repertoire" of tasks that the player performs. This can get old really quickly, especially if the repertoire is...
JL> True, I just don't think this goal sits well with a puzzle game. It sits JL> well with a game that has puzzles (a la Tomb Raider et al, or an adventure JL>...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 12:49 pm
7110
... When, incidentally, would the term "puzzle" ever have a narrow sense? Just because before the computer game era, people did "crossword puzzles" and the...
BJVE> When, incidentally, would the term "puzzle" ever have a narrow sense? BJVE> Just because before the computer game era, people did "crossword BJVE>...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 1:08 pm
7112
[skipped some great points] BJVE> So: abstract repertoire quickly gets old, but concrete feedback of BJVE> individual play mechanics can sustain sufficient...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 1:12 pm
7113
From: "John Ludlow" <john.ludlow.uk@...> ... Real Arcade clearly don't think so. All their 'puzzley' games have some sort of story line, or graphics...
Gerry Quinn
gerryq@...
Oct 10, 2005 1:16 pm
7114
... A lot of it is the management of risk/reward. Civ games are easy if you save and reload, because you can send your settlers out unprotected, and reload if...
Gerry Quinn
gerryq@...
Oct 10, 2005 1:27 pm
7115
The term 'puzzle' can actually (like many words) can actually have multiple meanings. In the context of games, a puzzle is usually a task or problem that can...
JL> The term 'puzzle' can actually (like many words) can actually have multiple JL> meanings. In the context of games, a puzzle is usually a task or problem ...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 3:05 pm
7117
... Nope. With Tetris, different combinations can lead to completing the same level. Furthermore, Tetris simply presents the same problem, but with a harsher ...
JL> With Tetris, different combinations can lead to completing the same level. With Jigsaw different (correct) piece placement sequences result to completing ...
Ruslan Shestopalyuk
silver@...
Oct 10, 2005 3:39 pm
7119
... I don't know what kind of jigsaws you use. :p JL> Furthermore, Tetris simply presents the same problem, but with a ... Not really. Many puzzles are...
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