Social Mobile platforms are starting to smell like old school hardware platforms. Each with its own set of standards and requirements if you decide to launch your game on one of them. Could this lead to more segmentation as developers await the clear winner the same way they did on ...
@Christian I agree, which is why I pointed out that I had no issue with games designed to require X number of players to enjoy. The difference between board games and social games is how integral the social experience is to the game design. Board games are deliberately designed to ...
Making failure fun was always something that the Burnout series did very well. Failure was cathartic, if i 'm going to fail then I will do it in a blaze of glorious destruction. Failure should not be the end, there can be mechanics designed around failure so that it becomes ...
Never put the cart before the horse as they say. Let me design a game that people can fall madly in love with that they can 't help but spend money on it. r n r nWe all pur money on things we are passionate about. Same goes for games ...
Slippery slope this is. Most people who get into gaming see an intrinsic value in the activity. Switching to extrinsic motivators ie. play and we 'll pay alters the behavior and expectation of players. Intrinsic value in an activity is what drives long-term engagement in an activity, especially ones that ...
