Comments on: Fun: The final achievement http://blog.vortixgames.com/fun-the-final-achievement Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Vlad http://blog.vortixgames.com/fun-the-final-achievement/comment-page-1#comment-522 Vlad Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:43:38 +0000 http://blog.vortixgames.com/?p=802#comment-522 Hey Sash Actually copying mechanics is what most gamedev is all about if you think of it. There aren't that many mechanics. I read a book once (don't remember which) that connected all game genres (by their original title) through the time, from the original Pong to Doom if I'm not mistaken. What I mean by copying is when there's no added value. It's just a copy, maybe other graphics, other 'aesthetics' in several parts of the game, but all creativity ends there. Look at our games, we have a match-3 (similar to Collapse) , a shooter (similar to Asteroids), a chain-reaction IP (don't even know what's the original one), another matching game and that's it. So if we look at mechanics, we aren't original, but we say many times 'with a twist'... all our games offer some added value, that's our whole point. Hey Sash

Actually copying mechanics is what most gamedev is all about if you think of it. There aren’t that many mechanics. I read a book once (don’t remember which) that connected all game genres (by their original title) through the time, from the original Pong to Doom if I’m not mistaken.

What I mean by copying is when there’s no added value. It’s just a copy, maybe other graphics, other ‘aesthetics’ in several parts of the game, but all creativity ends there.

Look at our games, we have a match-3 (similar to Collapse) , a shooter (similar to Asteroids), a chain-reaction IP (don’t even know what’s the original one), another matching game and that’s it. So if we look at mechanics, we aren’t original, but we say many times ‘with a twist’… all our games offer some added value, that’s our whole point.

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]]> By: Sash http://blog.vortixgames.com/fun-the-final-achievement/comment-page-1#comment-517 Sash Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:14:47 +0000 http://blog.vortixgames.com/?p=802#comment-517 Hey Vlad, Pretty sweet post, I see way to much of what you're talking about, people copying things mindlessly because they were "fun" in other games. But still, if you know where you're going with it, copying other games can be incredibly useful. I wrote a post a while back which is actually pretty similar to what you've written here, although it talks more about copying mechanics to generate value in a game. Check it out: http://bitbattalion.com/2010/02/experience-driven-game-design/ Hey Vlad,
Pretty sweet post, I see way to much of what you’re talking about, people copying things mindlessly because they were “fun” in other games. But still, if you know where you’re going with it, copying other games can be incredibly useful.
I wrote a post a while back which is actually pretty similar to what you’ve written here, although it talks more about copying mechanics to generate value in a game.
Check it out: http://bitbattalion.com/2010/02/experience-driven-game-design/

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