PopCap On Casual Gaming 13
Gamasutra has an article on the ever-burgeoning market for casual gamers, with commentary by the people who know the most about it. James Gwertzman is the Director of Business Development at PopCap Games, and he talks about the business side of the non-hardcore market. From the article: "One, of course, is to raise the quality bar - but there are risks there. No one wants to go the path of traditional $30 million games. And second, we are continuing to try to maintain our high level of reputation. Making clones of existing games isn't as profitable as it used to be. We're trying hard to continue innovating."
So.... (FP?) (Score:3, Interesting)
Zuma (Score:1)
Re:Zuma (Score:2)
I've always been a fan of Zuma.
I actually prefer Luxor [download-free-games.com] to Zuma. It just feels like it's more polished and plays smoother.
Casual? Not for long (Score:3, Funny)
PopCap Games are ADDICTING! (Score:1)
One game that my wife and I play a lot is Typer Shark. It's really been a good aide in getting our typing speeds up. It's a fun way to do it too! She creams me every time with her 85-90+ wpm lol. I can't top 75 unless I'm having a really good day.
I hope that PopCap is able to continue to make great games. I'd love to see some PopCap stuff
Re:PopCap Games are ADDICTING! (Score:2)
Re:On PopCap Support (Score:2)
Pricing (Score:2, Informative)
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/casual_games/2 005-December/000570.html [pairlist.net]
The whole $20 price point seems pretty fixed but I don't know how long for. As a gamer, I hope it becomes more dynamic. As a developer, I'm not so sure.
For anyone wanting to get into Casual Games, as a developer or as a gamer, there are worse places to start that then review of 2005 on GameTunnel:
http://www.gametunnel. [gametunnel.com]
Re:Pricing (Score:2)
Not all indie games are clones (Score:2)
I don't think it's a clone of other games, although I could be wrong.