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So, important game mechanics and interactions, not the entire game. If it's fun even without full-fidelity, it's fun. But if it's not fun, it might just be the
by hyperthesis 3y ago
So, important game mechanics and interactions, not the entire game.
If it's fun even without full-fidelity, it's fun. But if it's not fun, it might just be the lack of fidelity - not believable enough. I guess one needs an opinion for how much fidelity is enough to know, for the specific mechanics/interactions.
EDIT can always increase fidelity.
Through this discussion, I realize I'm more interested in "feel" than fun as such - e.g. a sense of place, being somewhere, in a walking simulator; or the feel of guns in COD. Not a mechanic; but perhaps a kind of interaction.
Not necessarily "cinematic", but probably more akin to issues in cinema than game mechanics.
I suppose one can still isolate an aspect and iterate on it; but it seems fidelity is important here...
- jncfhnb 3y agoI don’t read their post as fidelity to realism, but to the vision of the game
- Jensson 3y agoGames don't get more fun with more fidelity, minecraft and terraria are very low fidelity but still fun. Fidelity improves other aspects, but not the "fun" part. Audio feedback and visual feedback are very important for fun though, like the knocking you hear when hitting things in minecraft and blopping from picking things up, but it is better to try to make things fun without that at first since those can make just clicking around in a forum fun.
- hyperthesis 3y agoWhat aspects does fidelity improve? Your point on a/v feedback reminds me of "cow clicker", started as a joke, creating the idle-game genre.