Comments on: Happy Puzzle Party

By: d

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:24:23 +0000

i finally beat it! it takes a long time, but the reward is well worth the wait

By: M!ck Lauer

M!ck Lauer — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:54:42 +0000

Anti-game … awesome. Perhaps I’m giving this “game” way too much credit, but I think HPP is less a meditation game (though that could be it’s official genre) … and more of a commentary on the effect games have on the psychology of people.

For example, I found it took at least 20 tries before I realized I wasn’t supposed to actually do anything. But even after I came to this realization, I still found it so difficult to fight the urge to “figure it out”, to pop something, to discover the “secret” … somewhat like packing the U-Haul and suddenly feeling like you’re in a Tetris game.

The strange urge to “play” … because everything is becoming interactive … and we’re programmed by the nature of gaming achievements to “win”.

By: axcho

axcho — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:55:24 +0000

Ah, a meditation game! Excellent. :)

However, I find that I’d like more responsive feedback for my other actions, such as quitting the game, that end up being more attractive to me than popping the balloons. Or at least more interesting visuals to prevent me from wanting to quit. Don’t Shoot the Puppy, another meditation game, succeeded in providing feedback for quitting the game because any move of the mouse cursor would invoke instant failure.

I think there is a lot of potential for the meditation game genre, as long as it is treated with respect and not like a simple gimmick.

By: ZokWobblefotz

ZokWobblefotz — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:36:22 +0000

@Daefydd

The theme is Failure… so the objective is to fail?

By: daefydd

daefydd — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:32:48 +0000

@Amidos – Think of the theme.

By: ZokWobblefotz

ZokWobblefotz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:36:04 +0000

I am sooooooooooooooo confused….