I don't have a problem with cart life (except the music ) ...

my point was that (in general) the consumption of any game requires you to jump some hurdles (mechanics, controls, installation etc). That make games a hard sell to the "masses". There must be a really good reason for me to start a new game...

I played cart life a bit.

http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2013.php?id=133

I think it has some depth. It is a retail shop simulator. Something
like a bigger version of lemonade stand.

You are doing mundane tasks, you are simulating day-to-day-life.

What I did not like at all was the 8-bit-chip music. It does
not add atmosphere, actually it is hurting the atmosphere of
the game. It is constantly running, it drives me crazy.
Check out the video... the music is too much!

I would have preferred street noises and sounds. City sounds.

What I was noticing again. Games are not made for easy consumption.
You always have to learn the mechanics and controls.

This is a big hurdle if you want to check out a few games.

It feels like work.

cheers

http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2013.php

589 entries... Your game should start with a number or special letter like () then it will be on top of the
list

Audio Games: The Secret of the Talisman
http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2013.php?id=894

I have not tried it yet, but a game that has no graphics, only audio could be exciting
(depending what you will hear of course). There was an audio game on for the GameBoy Advanced
(dont't remember the name), but it was really great to play with your ears. You were exploring
a sound field... I hope this game is good, too!

brilliant. If you need a beta tester, I would submit myself

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thanks, SteamBirds.. whew, it is different enough... I had this BitSoccer idea at least 2 years ago...
I hope my friend will have some success with it.

forgot to mention

BitSoccer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4twD2UtPA

This is a game made by a friend of mine (I helped a bit with programming, design).
(it will be at the IGF)...

I think the official entries will be announced next week after the deadline for submissions....

It is this time of year again.

www.igf.com

Please post any spotting of a good or interesting game here. There are probably several hundreds of games
in the contest. And the mainstream journalists usually do not cover the interesting games, but only the gamey-games.

Let's try to collect the interesting stuff here....

thanks a lot! Interesting talk, resonates with my own ideas...

Somewhere someone wrote that Marienbad is not the story, but it gives us the possibility
for a story, or it opens the space for story.

And the term posibility space is very well established in the gaming universe.

Make your own conclusions...

another ridiculous story.

Armstrong was found guilty of doping. He will lose
all his titles and buzz aldrin will be appointed
to be the first man on the moon. A famous quote will
change to: "One small step for the man behind me"

I used jump-cuts in my notgame "Labyrinths". There were 10 labyrinths to explore, each maze had its own content like music, letters, images. The game was jumping around from labyrinth to labyrinth in a very formal way. It was an attempt to mock videogames by trying to emulate film, mocking expermimental short films from the 80's / 70's

Since cuts/jump cuts are taken from a different medium, film, I don't feel comfortable in using them in interactive software.
Some artists like Chung might make good use of it, but I fear the worst for the big developers. They appear to be very
naive, when implementing film techniques into games.

I bet 100:1 that we will have jump cuts in one of the next Call of duty games....
I remember, that Uncharted 3 was cutting seamless vrom one location to the next, without
any loading screen.


cheers,

It was entertaining, OK. I am not a fan of the cutting, though. It is put to good use here,
since it was a pretty short experience. But I felt to lose control too often. The game felt
more linear and directed that way. I am okay with it, wish it would have had more substance.
This is the spy/agent/killer story n+1 ... told in a new way. Give me something else...
(I do not mean Zombies). Something I could care more about.

I certainly do not want to have jump cuts in every future game.

There is no moon. I want to teach children in school, that there is no moon. The moon
would never be mentioned in class. Every reference in any school book or literature should be removed. If a child
would ask me, the teacher, what is that pale, round thing up there, I would answer: nothing.

If we want to know what is possible in notgames, then we could take a look at L'annee derriere á Marienbad,
which showed what was possible in cinema 50 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc6n2McMAnY

Cinema is dead, I think we agree Videogames are not dead, yet.

We should go for the limits, throw out all conventions immediately.
Don't think of pleasing the audience, the audience does not know what it is
looking for...

Good night.