http://viridia.org/2008/10/13/theres-no-constructive-theory-of-fun/ Imaginative Projects and Interesting Ideas Sat, 19 May 2012 09:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://viridia.org/2008/10/13/theres-no-constructive-theory-of-fun/#comment-34435 Amanda S Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:31:40 +0000 http://viridia.org/?p=88#comment-34435 Great ideas, is there a place to elaborate on this all? Great ideas, is there a place to elaborate on this all?

]]> http://viridia.org/2008/10/13/theres-no-constructive-theory-of-fun/#comment-32896 Mark Butler Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:29:48 +0000 http://viridia.org/?p=88#comment-32896 When I first played Faery Tale Adventure, the problem was that I always died far too quickly. It seemed impossible to survive for more than a few minutes. It was stunning (two level tiling and all), but not 'fun' (for me at least). A couple of years later the company I worked for was responsible for porting FTA to the PC (EGA 16 colors), and I watched people test it who didn't seem to have any such problem. They became good enough to run through the whole game in a couple of hours (it probably normally takes dozens), and I thought I shouldn't have given up so easily. When I first played Faery Tale Adventure, the problem was that I always died far too quickly. It seemed impossible to survive for more than a few minutes. It was stunning (two level tiling and all), but not ‘fun’ (for me at least). A couple of years later the company I worked for was responsible for porting FTA to the PC (EGA 16 colors), and I watched people test it who didn’t seem to have any such problem. They became good enough to run through the whole game in a couple of hours (it probably normally takes dozens), and I thought I shouldn’t have given up so easily.

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