I find my game time dominated by a small portion of free-to-play (aka freemium, f2p) games that have all, surprisingly, earned money from me. No, I'm not talking about games on Facebook or even iPhone apps. These are huge games on the PC!
I still think the majority of Facebook and iPhone free-to-play games need to do more to entice me, both as a player and a payer. But, if World of Tanks and Spiral Knights are indicative of the future, I'm all for it.
Showing posts with label free to play games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free to play games. Show all posts
June 1, 2011
April 16, 2011
Wurmin' Around
A friend and I downloaded Wurm Online and took a spin in its free server. Overall not a very fun game. It's very ugly visually and has probably the most unintuitive interface in history. It feels like layers and layers were added to deliberately make the game difficult and not fun.
After about 2 hours we were done for good. We were hoping to find an empty spot in the world, chop some trees, and begin making something. Unfortunately, the world seems incredibly settled, yet every settlement was empty. There were no wild animals to challenge us. Just mountains and water everywhere to impede movement.
The highlight of the game was when we stole a canoe called the "tarantula."
There's a quick scrapbook of our journey after the jump.
After about 2 hours we were done for good. We were hoping to find an empty spot in the world, chop some trees, and begin making something. Unfortunately, the world seems incredibly settled, yet every settlement was empty. There were no wild animals to challenge us. Just mountains and water everywhere to impede movement.
The highlight of the game was when we stole a canoe called the "tarantula."
There's a quick scrapbook of our journey after the jump.
February 21, 2011
Farmageddon: Rules
NOTE: THE RULES BELOW AND ON THE LINK ARE OUT OF DATE. FARMAGEDDON CAN BE BOUGHT WITH FINAL RULES AND BEAUTIFUL ART FOR $13.99 HERE!
Farmageddon is my most recent card/board game project. I didn't create it to sell, so in the hopes of more people enjoying it I am posting it here for others to create and try. Please feel free to print the rules and build the game yourself. All I ask is that if you play it, leave me a comment and tell me what you thought! If you have any questions, please post a comment.
The rules can be seen in document form here.
Farmageddon is my most recent card/board game project. I didn't create it to sell, so in the hopes of more people enjoying it I am posting it here for others to create and try. Please feel free to print the rules and build the game yourself. All I ask is that if you play it, leave me a comment and tell me what you thought! If you have any questions, please post a comment.
The rules can be seen in document form here.
April 29, 2010
Crappy Web Game Rant
This year's GDC focused quite a bit on Zynga, social games, and all the accouterments. I didn't attend GDC nor do I play many of these games, but I've read several blogs, opinion pieces, and presentations about Zynga, free to play games, and the "future of our industry."
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