radd

he's 100% right. endless sequels, "spiritual successors", AAA third-person shooter with special-vision mechanic frankensteins, and nostalgia-bait are where actually novel design goes to die. we've barely scratched the surface of what's possible to do and feel through this medium

partially a failure of business practice for sure, but I also blame low aim - it's not enough to follow your idols, you have to go beyond them

it's interesting seeing ppl be excited by the AI recompilation->bashing games into each other trend - I guarantee you every one of your favorite games has at least 1 thing you can't get anywhere else; having everything you want whenever you want it is the opposite of interesting

even worse I've been seeing a lot of "FINALLY we can fix [non-standard mechanic within game] with [homogeneous version the person likes]", which is the most flattening way to look at something idiosyncratic

it's interesting seeing ppl be excited by the AI recompilation->bashing games into each other trend - I guarantee you every one of your favorite games has at least 1 thing you can't get anywhere else; having everything you want whenever you want it is the opposite of interesting

this is one of the those things that's hard to get across to people who don't practice design but the most potent additions are usually by subtraction. ultimately games are constraints on your actions within a time period - you could argue a game is defined by what you can't do

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the only way to really know if a game is fun (or how to make it fun) is to play it, unfortunately there is a degree of sunk cost you just gotta accept. there's def a balance to strike though, especially when energy/resources are limited

otoh, if you're doing something more simulative or systems-driven, grabbing some pen and pad before dealing with digital implementation might be the move. e.g. your citybuilder with unique urban planning mechanics COULD be modeled with cards more easily than code, why bother w the computer

the only way to really know if a game is fun (or how to make it fun) is to play it, unfortunately there is a degree of sunk cost you just gotta accept. there's def a balance to strike though, especially when energy/resources are limited

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