Electron Gun's Animator talks about the recent spate of TCGs and their increased integration with virtual content:
"Tapping, milling, cascade, artifact creatures and Planeswalkers. This may sound like nonsense but Magic: the Gathering is a known staple to the table-top gaming world. Considered the father of all trading card games, M:TG is a game that changes its rules every year, adds new spells every half a year, and even more cards every few months. Since its creation back in 1993, Magic has had 69 blocks of cards (70 by the end of September), with each block sporting anywhere from 90 to 420 additional cards. That’s a huge number of cards, but can this game’s ever-expanding library and rules translate into a video game? And what about the social aspect? Can a player have just as much fun beating an opponent through a screen as he or she experiences beating an opponent face to face?"
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
