RE: Different vs. too different was Re: Reviews (was RE: [GD-Design] Indie games?)

[Brian H. <ho...@py...>]

>it to some publishers their reaction was : "Turn based ?!? No=
 one
>wants to play that ! It's long and boring ! Make your game real=
 time
>!"

And this is largely what publishers said to Chris Sawyer when he=
 was 
shopping around RC Tycoon.  Specifically, they were deriding the=
 fact 
that it had no competitive aspect, lots of little people, and no=
 
blood or violence.  They felt such a game simply wasn't=
 relevant.

So there are always opportunities when the big publishers simply=
 
refuse to believe that some market segments exist.

>hmmm... what about the "rewarding" factor in the game. It has=
 been a
>long time paradigm to reward players with better graphics, more
>demanding enemies and improved items to keep him playing.

That's not rewarding as much as it is simply providing=
 progressively 
greater challenges.  Obviously you want to do that, but at the=
 same 
time you don't want to save your best stuff for the few players=
 that 
find it by finishing a game.

Basically, first impressions count.

Brian