Comments on: Design Principle #3 – Everything is useful http://passionfruitgames.com/2010/03/09/design-principle-3-%e2%80%93-everything-is-useful/ Creators of the romance casual game "Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box," based on the novel by Marjorie M. Liu. Download free demo here. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:12:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cordia http://passionfruitgames.com/2010/03/09/design-principle-3-%e2%80%93-everything-is-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Cordia Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:19:06 +0000 http://passionfruitgames.com/?p=932#comment-1246 I apparently didn't read far enough back in the series to catch this. This is so important to me! Building atmosphere is possibly the single most important aspect of a good game for me. Another problem I have with the hidden object genre is that it doesn't feel very "game-like" to me. I like the addition of a timer or some competitive aspect here or there. In most casual games, there is almost no chance of losing, which is a huge draw to some people, but it kind of defeats the purpose to me. I apparently didn’t read far enough back in the series to catch this. This is so important to me! Building atmosphere is possibly the single most important aspect of a good game for me.

Another problem I have with the hidden object genre is that it doesn’t feel very “game-like” to me. I like the addition of a timer or some competitive aspect here or there. In most casual games, there is almost no chance of losing, which is a huge draw to some people, but it kind of defeats the purpose to me.

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