Maybe graphic design lessons?

I suppose that’s a good thing too. Wonder what the developer’s gonna spend it on? =p

Oh no, originality was long dead on XBLIG Ruben. They’re amateurs because despite developing games based on long standing source material for years, most developers STILL CAN’T MAKE A GAME WORTH PLAYING FOR EVEN 20 MINUTES. It’s not hard. Really, it’s not. Look at Pac-Man. Call me a jaded gamer, but playing or even looking at nearly 1600+ turds tends to do that to you. 🙂 I think we need a “Zombie” letter in the ABC list, because that’s how many freaking zombie games we have.

I’d love to share my one-of-a-kind-game idea with you Ruben. But I’m afraid you’ll STEAL IT! It’s precious lol j/k

Btw Kairi, this ain’t a flame war. It’s a logical discussion about poop(everybody poops). 😀

I mean, it’s difficult not to call it like you see it in regards to XBLIG. It sucks too, because I thought(at the time 200 games were released) eventually as time went on, the games would get a lot better(I mean, you have FAQs and guides to make different games and tons of code samples, easy to copy+paste code into your projects). But look, a couple of years and almost an astounding 2000(TWO FREAKING THOUSAND!) games later, where are we?

Well, at least we have a couple of developers who are willing spend more than $20 at turbosquid. 🙂 Can’t ask for much more I guess.

Guys, guys, I wasn’t aiming to touch off a flame war here.

So you are calling developers “amateurs” for not being original? Maybe you would like to share your original one of a kind game with us (no sales #s required)?

You can disdain the ‘zombie masses’ if you like, but they’re your potential customers.

I actually hate using left click to run though, it ruins the controller. But let’s not have practicality get in the way of the ZOMBIE MASSES and their stick clicks.

Exactly. You still get people moaning about those occasional NES games where they defied tradition by using B to jump and A to attack. People expect to click the stick to run; like it or not, it’s become the standard. (Personally I find it quite entertaining to play with weird control schemes though. LB to run in Frontlines: Fuel of War!)

It’s a fair point, I just think it’s probably too ubiquitous for you to continue being puzzled about why games include it. They include it because it’s what a lot of people expect from their controls these days.