Comments on: Eyeball Soup for the Brain http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2007/07/16/eyeball-soup-for-the-brain/ videogame development from the margins Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arca http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2007/07/16/eyeball-soup-for-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 Arca Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:16:57 +0000 http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2007/07/16/eyeball-soup-for-the-brain/#comment-5479 When you said you rarely see adventure games in which the puzzles are the story as opposed to an obstacle, I immediately thought of the Nancy Drew series. As the detective of a mystery case to be resolved, the whole point of getting into forbidden rooms and finding secret passageways is to resolve the mystery. I have enjoyed immensely a few of these games, but ironically, have been a bit disappointed with the back story. It's great to have purpose in the puzzles and have them make sense, but it doesn't mean life ends when you solve them. After all the hard work you only get a diploma or are published on the paper as having saved the day. It must be very hard to balance both purpose of puzzles and back story. When you said you rarely see adventure games in which the puzzles are the story as opposed to an obstacle, I immediately thought of the Nancy Drew series. As the detective of a mystery case to be resolved, the whole point of getting into forbidden rooms and finding secret passageways is to resolve the mystery. I have enjoyed immensely a few of these games, but ironically, have been a bit disappointed with the back story. It’s great to have purpose in the puzzles and have them make sense, but it doesn’t mean life ends when you solve them. After all the hard work you only get a diploma or are published on the paper as having saved the day.

It must be very hard to balance both purpose of puzzles and back story.

]]> By: Vince Twelve http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2007/07/16/eyeball-soup-for-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-4960 Vince Twelve Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:08:25 +0000 http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2007/07/16/eyeball-soup-for-the-brain/#comment-4960 I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice writeup! I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice writeup!

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