Pardon me for blasting an entire legitimate genre of games. http://www.realarcade.com My gripe is I can't differentiate these products at all. They look like ...
... From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... They certainly have a lot of games with similar themes, e.g. Bejewelled, or 'Inlay' games. But in...
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... Not to me. I don't care how much you study the problem, it ain't rocket science. So we're talking about derivative work and mercenary propositions. If...
I used to work for RealArcade - as one of the original programmers for the client. My desire was to make games and RAC seemed at least a good stepping stone....
... Also to state it fairly, I have far less of a problem with someone trying to make the best *Casual* game ever than the best *Bejeweled* game ever. The...
Glad to hear you have less of a problem with folk trying to make the best *casual* game ever - as I am moving into that very area of games design myself! ...
[Approved as a legitimate commercial posting per forum rules on the gamedesign-l homepage. - Moderator] For original sound tracks exclusive and non exclusive...
hi all. i joined a few months ago and have been posting in my mind but not in reality. so here i am to change that. i absolutely love all the 4X talk on here. ...
... It's hard to say without acutally playing the game. Now, that might sound like a bizzare answer coming from me, the prince of anti- micromanagement...
I agree with Brandon, but for different reasons. For me, whether you should have 8 techs or 800 techs is to a large extent down to how they are represented in...
... So, continuing the obsession, I did a really good job of kicking the snot out of the known world really early. Guess what happened? Well, because I had...
ok, so you have no concrete answer to my question, which is fine. you did give me some things to think about. there may BE 830 tech but you can only research...
... But... 4X TBS games aren't good gameplay. :-) I mean, come on, all the Civ games have taken forever. Well I don't know about Civ4, as I haven't played...
... It's just being realistic. It's not humanly possible in any situation with significant complexity to perfectly balance everything. Trying to find that...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> To: <gamedesign-l@yahoogroups.com> ... I played a complete game (lost the space race) and it took 21 hours. ...
Gerry Quinn
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Nov 21, 2005 2:56 pm
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... The sum of armies on the board, however, would be quadratic if no wars occur. ... Yes but there are only 42 territories on the board. The tax is a ...
... Speaking in ideal terms here, and in my opinion, there should be enough initial randomization of the playing field, and the rules should be quirky enough,...
... Player perception is important here. It's not enough that the Game Designer enjoys the game, or the AI enjoys the game. Does the *player* enjoy the game?...
Hi folks, We are looking for candidates with Graphics experience and experienced in developing Games Software. This is for a long term UK opportunity. Skill...
Hi everyone, I have had this idea of a new game that may change the face of the industry for the past few months, but have no real clue where to begin. I am...
... Hello! ... No problemo, you've come to the right place. ... Hmm... unlikely, especially for the difficult reasons of getting the game made, getting it...
If you really want to go down the path of actually programming the game then I'd recommend a few different things: 1) Take a game programming class. Many...
... Bear in mind that the characteristics of a simple scripting language and a compiled language like Java are quite different. That is, simple scripting...
Brandon and Lee, THANK YOU so much for the well written and very insightful responses. At least I know what I am getting into, and so glad to see I have come...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... I have Civ4, but I haven't tried it. However good it is, it still seems likely to be a monster time...
Gerry Quinn
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Dec 5, 2005 5:24 pm
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Played a complete round of it with a friend. Apart from the frustrations of having a ponderous friend, it seemed identical to the single player. Came out of...
http://www.igf.com I judged; this is my 4th year judging. Honestly, my own judging pool was kinda boring this time, but I stepped outside it and judged...
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