Castle Paradox

JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

Better yet:

Stop worrying about all this crap and just design the game. If it's good, it's good. Concentrate on one element if that's all you have the potential to do, or whatever. Don't debate what section is 'the most important'- let your game determine that.

MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject:

yeah, don't be like jsh.

JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

Let's not even discuss a certain Castlevania fangame you released not too long ago. :p

MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:27 pm Post subject:

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Flamer · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:37 am Post subject:

Focus on ALL aspects, there is no IMPORTANT one... since ALL of them are IMPORTANT.

btw, I think this is RMZ's second or third thread on the same topic. Raspberry!

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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:

What this simply amounts to (even though there were 5 million threads on this same topic in the past), none are more important. What you need is the best balance of all of them.
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Flamer · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:32 am Post subject:

exactly

any experienced creator of some calibre should know that.
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TMC · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:50 am Post subject:

There's always the example of tetris, pac-man etc. though. Those definitly play better when they are made with gameplay is focus rather than graphics or 3D-ness, whatever. I've played truly awful pacman games where the game creator decided to improve all aspects of the game rather than focus on the gameplay. I think the lack of consideration of other aspects makes those games better.

Anyway, it seems that we are not agreeing that all aspects are equally important.
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Poodles · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:23 am Post subject:

teh most importint thang is hot chix. gayms w/hot chix rule, amirite? lol lyke ff7
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

You're mostly fools, so I won't bother replying to this thread after this, but:

Don't focus on 'everything' in a game. That's a stupid idea, because it's highly unlikely that one game is going to be great in every category. Instead, concentrate on whatever the game's theme is and make the best if it- everything else is second burner.

ex. Mario and Luigi: The entire focus of the game is on timing the A/B buttons in correspondence with the Mario brothers. To get better at the game, all you have to do is associate things with those two buttons more readily. All of the extra minigames use the same concept, and the equipment system is designed to augment whatever you have each individual mario brother doing. (Granted, it's the most poorly done aspect of the game) Everything else about M&L is pretty weak (except the dialogue), but it's still a fantastic game because it emphasizes its idea better than any other game on the market.

Enough said.

... JUST KIDDING I AGREE WITH POODLES :D

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:47 am Post subject:

I very much agree with you, JSH, however:

If you noticed, there is no such thing as the "perfect game", not even in commercial games. All games, whether or not their good, all have a point in which they lack. It's all a part of being human. We as human beings are not capable of creating anything to be perfect and absolutely foolproof. It's just a fact of life.

You just give your game the best shot you possible can, and if other people want to dis that, then oh-freaking-well.
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Uncommon · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject:

Setu, thank you for saying something totally unnecessary and unhelpful.
Of course it's impossible to make a perfect game. You're not going to be able to make a brilliantly perfect balance between all aspects, so why not focus? Why not do the best with what you already know you can do well? Why not let the writers write, the scripters script, the composers compose, etc?

...And get other people to do the other stuff? :D