No touching!
Talking to a friend recently about my work he came out with somewhat of a revelation that hadn’t occurred to me before. Talking about Warfare 1917, he said to me:
“You know what I like about it? I can play it while I’m on the phone at work.”
Sure enough, you can. The gameplay doesn’t require the attentiveness of the average action game. His comment got me thinking, do people like playing games where they’re not required to give it their full attention ALL the time? The popular casual games of the last while seem to back the theory up, look at Desktop Tower Defense, Sonny, Age of War. Interact with them a little, then sit back and watch the result. I know with all of the aforementioned games I set off with the intention of only playing a while but the simplicity and lack of effort on my part keeps me playing for hours.
What do you guys do while playing these types of games?
Are you a fan of these minimal interaction required type games? Why?
ya man i love these types of games, i have played warfare 1917 like atleast 20 times in both campaigns and it never gets boring, also i would really like to see last stad three, i know that you are cuurently working on a sequel to warfare 1917 but keep the great games comin,keepem comin!
I look for point and click games that I can shrink down to play at work. I wish that armorgames had such a category.
i am a college student, and i will admit that i have played 1917 a few times in my lecture class while the teacher is talking, i love that game. a cool thing to add though is if you could some how put trees your guys can hid behind, or hills. and i really cant wait for the new last stand i could not tell you how many times i have played that it is the reason i started playing games on this site!
yeahhhh.
Well I wouldn’t say so for me, I like being active in a game, but IF there’s a game that has my attention, and I know it runs for a while, I do other things like browsing my boards or well other things I do when I don’t play games
Working is nothing I do while gaming, as I have to concentrate on most programming I do
well if you want to play game you will not do somthing else in the same time and these games are realy great in warfare 1917 you can play and then you want to get some drink from the freezer what to do ?! pause ? if there is no pause ?! well it doesen’t matter in warfare 1917 ! you can make some machineguns make them go to trench and go get youur drink and some EXP at the same time well shortly i AM fan of these games just becouse i like them like some people enjoy watching anime that i hate so much ..
I like both sometimes if u a game do not need your attention it can get kinda boring, but somehow warfare 1917 is still fun an it have 8millions view, but your game is really good too, cus u need to stay focus, but i pretty much like all kinds of game :D.
I like different games for different purposes. I love the ability to play Wizard 101 or GemCraft while multitasking on some art I might be doing, but I also love to play games that reward attention and skill. There isn’t much intersection between the two, but I do have interest in both… just at different times. As I age, and as my children get more demanding, I want to be able to drop a game at the drop of a hat, and not be punished unduly for having a priority other than the game.
I love games like that! I have played Age Of War about 7 times, and it’s never boring!
im dead serious if u teach me and get me a job for ANY video game i promise u ill giv u part profit and credit
Casual games are nice when you are multitasking, but i think they may be tedious and repetitive. I think that games like Warfare 1917 is great to just play while doing homework or watching tv but you can’t really get into it that much. For people who actually focus on playing these kind of games get a little boring after a while. Also, casual games are often too easy and lack that challenging aspect, but i guess that’s why they are casual. Maybe if there was a multi-player option for warfare 1917 or age of war so that if the 1 player mode is too easy, you can challenge your friend. Know what I mean?
well, I always put BIG attention to all games, even though if someone talks to me on the MSN y answer ASAP and for the full-attetion games I just wait until I can pause it to respond, I LOVE ALL GAMES!(except for sports games ^^)
Whatever you guys make,its amazing.
I really would like games where you need full attention, but put a pause button :S
Whoa, whoa, whoa. If you’re going to make a game, then make a game. Don’t go halfway and end up with a game that leaves the brain inactive half the time. Apparently, we’ve reached the day and age where the people who like so-called “casual” games outnumber the people who prefer real games. But for me, give me juicy, challenging games, don’t leave anything out and don’t hold back!
Ok, hey do you have an email? If so email me @ witherin@ymail.com because i am think about making a con artist website. PS also i liked all your games, plus could you make them harder. im a real gamer and after 3 hours on the pc ive finished lol
you got good games( like warfair 1917 or last stand 2 or 1 ) but you shold make big comquter game like runescape or disk games like cod5 or
brother in armes
I like these, but mostly because they seem to be the type of game you can play over and over again with a different strategy each time. They’re also useful because they can keep you from getting too bored while working, but since they don’t require too much attention you can still concentrate on other things.
Your fame went down because you are creating games that people did’nt inherited your games,it’s just like this,When the played last stand 2 they hopefully wait that the last stand 3 is about to come out but you created warfare which people liked also,So why don’t continoue creating the 2nd part or the third part of your games which popular?Take a look at sonny 2 and Look at the blog of Age of war,They have the 2nd chapter.so if i were you,You must continoe creating games that have part by part not seperated,take a look at your sin mark it doesnt even reaches 9.5 til now
i love the games that you make and it true you do not do that much for your game but they are so awesome
I usually do homework or listen to music while playing these games. I also chat with friends over AIM and Google Talk while playing games, so I constantly pause the game or cease actions semi-frequently.
I enjoy these games because they allow me to get a lot of fun out of it while being able to carry out what I usually do with little interference. I could even say that these games motivate me to work as I make trade-offs between work and play; for example, I force myself to do a certain amount of problems of homework to make further progress in the game.
It depends on the kind of mood I’m in and if I’m busy. I have to agree though, if I’m on the phone with someone, I like games like Age of War. BTW I don’t think that game will ever get old.
Yea, I am the kind that likes to do, and then watch the results. Like a scientist. A good example is risk. I play my turn, but then get to watch what happens when the other players are playing.
Another good example are the chain reaction games. You don’t have to monitor it constantly for you to be effective playing it.
WHAT IF THE BOSS COMES!
I can’t play a shoot-em-up game with that lingering over me. I need to be able to use my boss key 95% of the time and it will not affect my game.
yesss!! i love it!! i like to shorten the screen enough so that i can see the what i call “battle screen” and the rest of my comp screen is a chat box on gmail so i can chat with friends when im playing those sorts of games (mainly sonny or sonny2) p.s:u should tell krin to hurry his kiester up on those achievements
(not meaning to rush you krin take ur time..)and maybe even sonny 3 (but give me some time to beat sonny 1 and 2 >_>)
I, for one, definetly like games that don’t require much attention. Looking at todays lifestyles, how many of us actually have time to get thoroughly involved in a game, that could take at leats an hour of timeout of a day? On the weekends sure, but what about weekdays, when everyone’s busy with school, work, family, bills, etc etc?
People like the idea of multitasking. Read a book while listening to music, do homework while watching TV, everyone does it. Therefore, everyone could also get into playing a computer game, while doing whatever else. In the office, at home, on a laptop, anywhere. I always carry my laptop around for the same purpose.
People also enjoy games that don’t require much attention. You don’t have to worry about the constant threat of GAME OVER, because a character died in an action game, or RPG. I, for one, simply enjoy just watching events unfold, and having the power to sway them.
In this light, games that require little attention to play are great. Now I’m not saying every game should be so simple, but keep the ideas in mind. Short and simple are not always bad.
(Sorry this was so lengthy!)
Onslaught 2 is a prime example
precise strategys win the forever lasting game that can be set up and left playing over night.
(using awesome black holes of course)
it has a pause button and fast forward
I find that I enjoy “minimal interaction” games, as you put them, because of challenges to the mind. Strategy is an interesting component in a game; one that can either make or break a title depending on how it is applied. I know I enjoy games like Warfare 1917 and Sonny 2 because of the strategic complexity that goes into it, making me think instead of just indulging a simpler sort of fun by just blasting through hordes of zombies with an AK47. They warrant a different kind of enjoyment, really. Not one of primal thrill, but a more refined, intelligent enjoyment. That’s why I like them.
I know this is a comment you get all the time but…. how is things with stand 3
I love games like that!
I love playing Warfare 1917 because it doesn’t really require much effort. I think a sequel would be nice.