Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The company has developed two mobile titles— Word Tiles Puzzle: Word Search and Restaurant Tycoon. The studio raised $25m in Oct’24 to develop a narrative sandbox game based on an original IP. a fantasy multiplayer RPG, but the project was shut down in May’24. While neither became widely popular, they generated around 1.4

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Portal was a solid 2 hour puzzle game. A lot of people don't want sandboxes. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software creates turn-based, indie, old-school fantasy role-playing games. Be Funny When someone asks me what an underserved market is in video games, I always have the same first answer: Humor. To have this, you need a story.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Best game of 2022 A year ago we talked about Death Loop, Final Fantasy IV, Outriders, Valheim, and Royal Match as being in the run for being the best games of 2021. And that will lead to less mobile gaming companies formed, less new games and overall more mature and stagnant market - apart from launch of big budget and big IP titles.

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