![]() ![]() So, when my reader and supporter Casey Muratori wrote to me to suggest an article that singles out some great puzzles for detailed explication and analysis, it sounded like a fine idea to me. And even if you just read this blog to experience (or re-experience) these old games through the sensibility of your humble author here, you’re missing out if all you ever hear about are the puzzles that don’t work. If you’re a designer looking for tips from the games of the past, it certainly helps to have some positive as well as negative examples to look at. Unfortunately, this leaves the situation rather unbalanced. I want my readers to have the thrill of tackling those for themselves. Spoiling the great puzzles, however, is something I’m always loath to do. The fact is, I don’t feel much compunction about spoiling bad puzzles. But, for reasons that I hope everyone can understand, I’ve spent much more time illuminating negative than positive examples of puzzle design. I’ve always tried to take the subject seriously, and have even dared to hope that some of these writings might be of practical use to someone - might help designers of the present or future make better games. She looks very excited but her mood is very suspicious.This blog has become, among other things, an examination of good and bad game-design practices down through the years, particularly within the genre of adventure games. The girl invites you to get into a house that look exactly as your own. And suddenly, you will realize it is your neighborhood. This is the moment when the whole story becomes really creepy! You will find yourself in a dark environment. But wait until you reach the third episode. If you fail to type the expected response, she will get mad. And she will never accept the answer that does not match her expectations. You may have already noticed that the character will ask you questions from time to time. ![]() You will have to watch three tapes about Amanda’s adventures. In the second episode, you may pay attention to strange behavior of Wooly who is trying to warn you about something. But already in the first episode you will notice that the main heroine does not care much about her friend when he complains about the apple allergy. So you never know when this unexpected twist will happen. Is she so reliable and trustworthy as she pretends to look? If you are a fan of horror stories, you know well that the monster can live inside the kindest characters. And if Amanda is joyous and well-natures in the first episode, some nuances are still alarming. Or is it only illusions that the personages are trying to create? You will accompany the heroes on the seemingly routine situation from the real life. They love to have fun together, and it seems they are also good friends. The main characters of that TV show are Amanda, a girl who cannot live without adventures, and her companion Wooly, a sheep that is scared of everything and everyone. But you have not the slightest idea that even the story from your childhood may unexpectedly turn dark! So you are tempted by the desire to return to your carefree years and refresh this fabulous show in your head. What was that about? No matter how hard you try, you cannot recollect the details of the plot or its characters. All of them are signed and you realize this is an old TV show for kids about Amanda that you watched when you were a kid. The hero of this story is bored and decides to check what is stored on the attic and comes across some old VHS tapes. You never know what you will find on the attic. ![]()
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