tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post1535745315612745191..comments2023-10-18T08:34:32.335-07:00Comments on Banana Pepper Martinis: Crayon Physics DeluxeKirk Battlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-80962294768042375002009-01-27T07:54:00.000-08:002009-01-27T07:54:00.000-08:00It's interesting you mention that, one reviewer po...It's interesting you mention that, one reviewer pointed out that the biggest flaw of the game was uneven level design. The last 20 or so puzzles are really tough, forcing you to figure out all kinds of tricks for getting around them. <BR/><BR/>Spending 3/4 of the game breezing around and then hitting a brick wall was their major complaint. I suppose just figuring out the very basics of design for freeform games is going to take a while.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-76215052145493700772009-01-27T02:24:00.000-08:002009-01-27T02:24:00.000-08:00Well, maybe by communcating to the player that mor...Well, maybe by communcating to the player that more than one approach can be used for the situations or by designing levels (game segmenets?)where the most obvious solutions to the earlier problems are useless...morometehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941541226087417502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-7772506181593605932009-01-26T09:02:00.000-08:002009-01-26T09:02:00.000-08:00Ha, my English Prof back in the day used to say Sh...Ha, my English Prof back in the day used to say Shakespeare wrote such great lines because he had to work around censors all the time.<BR/><BR/>He did make a patch that fixed all these issues by having stars awarded for getting around various restrictions, but I'm not really a fan of the whole badge mentality.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-57094517738882177722009-01-26T06:54:00.000-08:002009-01-26T06:54:00.000-08:00A maxim I embrace is "Restrictions breed creativit...A maxim I embrace is "Restrictions breed creativity".<BR/><BR/>Only small children are able to create fun and goals out of literally nothing. Adults, unfortunately, generally require boundaries and rules to encourage creative play or solutions. The more restrictions the better.<BR/><BR/>This is why we can give crayons to a child and they will have an incredible amount of fun, while we need a game, a set of rules based around physics puzzles, in order to attain a comparable level of enjoyment from the same tool (a digital version of that tool anyway). I haven't played Crayon Physics Deluxe yet but it sounds like the developers didn't go far enough.Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302937491137230150noreply@blogger.com