Ashley from GamersFTW writes: And so our arduous journey has come to an end, with 15 designers down here are GamersFTW top 5 most influential game designers. If you missed the countdown so far here are the other lists 20-16, 15-11, 10-6.
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A look into the sad trajectory of indie games from high successful releases to complete irrelevancy in just a few weeks or months.
That's the thing with gaming there's always new experiences to have why spend months or years playing a single game when there's a new experience right around the corner.
Indie or AAA if your building your game expecting long term player counts you'll probably be disappointed as gamers often enjoy something for a few weeks and move on only to return if it's truely a classic.
Out of all the generations I've experienced there's games from 30 plus years ago I still dust off and play like super Mario bros, earthbound, vice city and san Andreas being games I treasure and revisit every few years but I'm not going back to play a game designed to keep me engaged for months on end because it's also designed to milk my wallet in most cases.
Build a great game that people love make it playable offline and ask does it matter if the concurrent player count is under 100 a year post launch more often that not it doesn't
The price of entry is too high to take chances like I used to. Was looking at V Rising and that ranges from $50-$130 CAD. That’s a lot for an indie imo. By the time it goes on sale, the player count might be dwindling. But that’s the trade-off, I guess.
GB: "We take a look at 15 amazing games that had the perfect length."
Pretty good list. Botany Manor would be the newest addition that encapsulates that title.
I know this is part 4 so I'm probably late to the party here. But I actually learned loads from this (I tend to focus on the games themselves, not the creators). Nicely done good sir
As a big Nintendo fan, it's nice to see Shigeru Miyamoto up there. Appreciated the inclusion of designers who were essentially the start of home and portable gaming.
Great article, very informative
Totally agree with number 1!
The list is great but I think modern gaming's moving away from single directors being that important, as game's get bigger. Love to see a follow up on the most influential development teams, naughty dog and team silent for a start