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i realised recently, there is a correlation between the file size of a game and how likely i am to enjoy it. the smaller the file size the more likely i am to
by 5350-uiop-1130 2y ago
i realised recently, there is a correlation between the file size of a game and how likely i am to enjoy it.
the smaller the file size the more likely i am to enjoy it. and the opposite is true.
i think part of it is time investment. having less time. i dont see much value in 60gb of 4k graphics textures.
pac man on the atari or snes is maybe less than 100kb, while modern pac man could be easily 10gb or more. same for tetris or any game with the same gameplay that hasn't changed much.
- coumbaya 2y agoYou'll love Desert Golfing then.
- nubinetwork 2y agoNESert golfing is better...
- imp0cat 2y agoNinja golf...
- animuchan 2y agoI totally support this! Coincidentally I wrote a small 2048-inspired game just recently, it's under 13 KiB (zipped; the "real" file is about 30 KiB): https://js13kgames.com/2024/games/king-thirteen https://js13kgames.com/2024/games/king-thirteen If you're interested to check it out, please tell me what you think :)
- bubblesnort 2y agoThe game I like most is a multiplayer immersive reality game in 0 bytes called frogger, where I'm the frog. Beat that! ;)
- msephton 2y agoI got a GOTY 2023 for my game YOYOZO which is just 39KB and includes custom physics, online high scores, two music tracks, and more. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372936
- graynk 2y agoAnimal Well is 33 MB and is absolutely great
- jhallenworld 2y ago>pac man on the atari or snes is maybe less than 100kb Off by an order of magnitude! Pac-man sizes: 4K: Atari 2600 (it's bad) 8K: Atari 800 16K: Atari 800 Ms. Pac-Man 24K: Original arcade machine (Z80) BTW, Atari 2600 "Flappy" (4K): https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1038 https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1038