Comments on: Hidden Fun http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aldo http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 Aldo Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:44:09 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/#comment-3596 Another cool idea for the game, would be something like...finding homonyms. E.g: Find "bill"...and there would be a dollar bill...a duck's bill...stuff like that. Also, I think the fun of this game might come while playing with other people...you can play it with anyone, they don't need to be computer literate or play any other types of games. Imagine playing it with a little kid and you're racing to see who can find the most or find a certain one first. Another cool idea for the game, would be something like…finding homonyms. E.g: Find “bill”…and there would be a dollar bill…a duck’s bill…stuff like that. Also, I think the fun of this game might come while playing with other people…you can play it with anyone, they don’t need to be computer literate or play any other types of games. Imagine playing it with a little kid and you’re racing to see who can find the most or find a certain one first.

]]> By: RohoMech http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3479 RohoMech Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:05:21 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/#comment-3479 I think a large part of the appeal is exploration...people like to discover things, wander around. I'd say Myst falls into a *similar* category, a huge part of certain puzzles revolves around discovering what interactions you can do. Think how different the game would be if at each screen you were presented with a list of possible actions. You'd quickly read the list, ignore the artwork, and flip over to puzzle solving mode. I think a large part of the appeal is exploration…people like to discover things, wander around.

I’d say Myst falls into a *similar* category, a huge part of certain puzzles revolves around discovering what interactions you can do. Think how different the game would be if at each screen you were presented with a list of possible actions. You’d quickly read the list, ignore the artwork, and flip over to puzzle solving mode.

]]> By: Derek http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 Derek Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:09:56 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/#comment-3475 The same reason people bought that "Big Game Hunter" crap. :( The same reason people bought that “Big Game Hunter” crap. :(

]]> By: Impossible http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3462 Impossible Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:31:45 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/hidden-fun/#comment-3462 Funny thing is I'm not a huge fan of Bejeweled 2 and I think Grimm's Hatchery, outside of the theme and artwork, is pretty mediocre, but I can see the appeal of hidden item games. Hidden object games are finding specific patterns (objects) in noise. Its the same exact appeal that I Spy or Where's Waldo books have, people like finding stuff... You have a good point in that as you progress you have less objects to find. Maybe an interesting twist on the theme would be giving it a more match 3 like structure. Find patterns in noise, but those patterns "refill" as you find or clear them. The trick is introducing new objects without making it immediately apparent where they are. Maybe you could not have matches with new objects until 7-8 appeared afterward. It might also be possible to slowly fade in objects (or even fade them out) so its not so apparent they are popping in. Funny thing is I’m not a huge fan of Bejeweled 2 and I think Grimm’s Hatchery, outside of the theme and artwork, is pretty mediocre, but I can see the appeal of hidden item games.

Hidden object games are finding specific patterns (objects) in noise. Its the same exact appeal that I Spy or Where’s Waldo books have, people like finding stuff… You have a good point in that as you progress you have less objects to find. Maybe an interesting twist on the theme would be giving it a more match 3 like structure. Find patterns in noise, but those patterns “refill” as you find or clear them.

The trick is introducing new objects without making it immediately apparent where they are. Maybe you could not have matches with new objects until 7-8 appeared afterward. It might also be possible to slowly fade in objects (or even fade them out) so its not so apparent they are popping in.

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