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Favorite Puzzle

Grumpy Gamer

Chatting with a game designer friend the other day and we were bemoaning the state of adventure game puzzles and it got us talking. So I was wondering what is your favorite puzzle in Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island or any other classic point-and-click game? What makes a puzzle good? Is that bad?

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Favorite Puzzle

Grumpy Gamer

Chatting with a game designer friend the other day and we were bemoaning the state of adventure game puzzles and it got us talking. So I was wondering what is your favorite puzzle in Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island or any other classic point-and-click game? What makes a puzzle good? Is that bad?

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Jussi Kemppainen is exploring AI-assisted game development with Echoes of Somewhere

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point-and-click adventure game anthology series titled Echoes of Somewhere he’s exploring AI-assisted game development. “To produce a point and click game, and to document the creation of a partly AI-generated game.” With his free, experimental 2.5D His preliminary conclusion? “It

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Verbs and Adventure Games

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I was chatting with a friend the other day and the conversation turned to modern point-and-click adventure games and there was much lamenting on how the UI (the way you interact with the game) hasn’t changed that much. I spend too much time analyzing puzzle structure. It’s an occupational hazard. ” “Pull?”

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What is an Adventure Game?

Grumpy Gamer

Is Limbo an Adventure Game or just a puzzle game? What makes an Adventure Game an Adventure Game? Some people called L.A. Noir an Adventure Game but it lacks some of the basic components of an Adventure Game. Or does it? Why do we call them Adventure Games? I see no other reason they are called Adventure Games. Certainly not Adventuring.

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Verbs and Adventure Games

Grumpy Gamer

I was chatting with a friend the other day and the conversation turned to modern point-and-click adventure games and there was much lamenting on how the UI (the way you interact with the game) hasn't changed that much. I spend too much time analyzing puzzle structure. It's an occupational hazard. just use "Use".

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What is an Adventure Game?

Grumpy Gamer

Is Limbo an Adventure Game or just a puzzle game? What makes an Adventure Game an Adventure Game? Some people called L.A. Noir an Adventure Game but it lacks some of the basic components of an Adventure Game. Or does it? Why do we call them Adventure Games? I see no other reason they are called Adventure Games. Certainly not Adventuring.

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