Comments on: I hate you, Milkman Nifflas. http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/ The video game blog necessary for 200% completion Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:21:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on I hate you, Milkman Nifflas. by: RavenWorks http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-34683 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:47:41 +0000 http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-34683 Oh, and about people paying for flash games -- I'd bet a minor bodily organ that http://www.theexchangestudent.com/ runs in Flash. The trick is just to make it hard for people to tell that that's what they're getting ;) Oh, and about people paying for flash games — I’d bet a minor bodily organ that http://www.theexchangestudent.com/ runs in Flash. The trick is just to make it hard for people to tell that that’s what they’re getting ;)

]]> Comment on I hate you, Milkman Nifflas. by: RavenWorks http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-34680 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:33:38 +0000 http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-34680 aaargh, your 'math' thing just ate my post, but I'll try and summarize it... I really dug Knytt, as an example of a game without challenge, without frustration, where your only purpose is to enjoy the thrill of exploring this beautiful little world he made.. then, I found out about the rest of the iceberg :P It may sound a little strange that I resent that the developer put in 'bonus content', but as per the icebergvania moniker, it's starting to feel like the game you "unlock" by working to find all the secrets is the real game... it's still perfectly playable as the "casual exploration-platformer" I thought it was, but I can no longer point to it and say "see, these guys didn't need to make it challenging OR long in order to feel like they had a complete and worthwhile game". It seems a little silly to be making any deal at all about something as minor as optional bonus content, but for me the bonuses ruin the principle that made me love Knytt. aaargh, your ‘math’ thing just ate my post, but I’ll try and summarize it…

I really dug Knytt, as an example of a game without challenge, without frustration, where your only purpose is to enjoy the thrill of exploring this beautiful little world he made.. then, I found out about the rest of the iceberg :P

It may sound a little strange that I resent that the developer put in ‘bonus content’, but as per the icebergvania moniker, it’s starting to feel like the game you “unlock” by working to find all the secrets is the real game… it’s still perfectly playable as the “casual exploration-platformer” I thought it was, but I can no longer point to it and say “see, these guys didn’t need to make it challenging OR long in order to feel like they had a complete and worthwhile game”. It seems a little silly to be making any deal at all about something as minor as optional bonus content, but for me the bonuses ruin the principle that made me love Knytt.

]]> Comment on I hate you, Milkman Nifflas. by: Aaiiee http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-33990 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:37:15 +0000 http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/i-hate-you-milkman-nifflas/#comment-33990 Loving the Red Meat reference, thanks for that. I'll try this game out when I get some spare time too! Loving the Red Meat reference, thanks for that. I’ll try this game out when I get some spare time too!

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