[casual_games] Casual games user groups (player side)

[Lennard Feddersen]

I agree with Brent, that's an excellent link.  Most of my companies 
success has been in the handheld market and I've been surprised that - 
from the customer info. that I do get - that "The Green Myste" ran close 
to around 40% women purchasers.  TGM is an old school dungeon crawler 
for PPC & Zodiac.

I downloaded Wild Tangents' Phoenix Online and Fate - high production 
values and, I would suspect, dev. costs.  Despite what I have said 
earlier I would like to know how those titles are faring in terms of 
sales.  For the last year or so I've been reading about the oncoming 
higher production cost and complexity of casual games.  It would be good 
to know if people are looking for this sort of thing or if they really 
just want very simple games.

Thanks Wade,

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7



Wade Tinney wrote:

> Just to clarify, James. You are asking about groups/sites where casual 
> games are discussed and/or reviewed by players, right (and NOT links 
> to sites that simply distribute said games)?
>  
> It's a very good question. I've had a tough time finding such sites in 
> the past. I'd love to hear what you uncover.
>  
> There is a lot of player-to-player interaction on Pogo, of course, but 
> it happens in real-time during play.
>  
> Also, if you've never checked out the contest winners pages on 
> WildGames, those are pretty interesting/entertaining as well. At the 
> bottom of this page, you'll find a whole set of "view winners" links:
> http://www.wildgames.com/ECS/htdocs/contests.aspx?dp=wildgames&bw=high 
> <http://www.wildgames.com/ECS/htdocs/contests.aspx?dp=wildgames&bw=high>
>  
> I realize it's not exactly what you're talking about, but if you're 
> looking to better understand the casual audience, I think its pretty 
> useful.
>  
> -Wade
>  
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* casual_games-bounces at igda.org
>     [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Jack Pearson
>     *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2005 4:16 PM
>     *To:* Andy Makely; IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
>     *Subject:* RE: [casual_games] Casual games user groups (player side)
>
>     www.tournamentgames.com <http://www.tournamentgames.com>  online
>     pay to play tournaments. All DirectX casual games online since
>     since 1997.
>     236 million games played to date.  350,000 played each week
>      
>     Jack Pearson, CEO
>     Tournament Games Inc,
>     www.TGPool.com
>     www.TournamentGames.com <http://www.TournamentGames.com>
>     jack at tournamentgames.com <mailto:jack at tournamentgames.com>
>      
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         *From:* casual_games-bounces at igda.org
>         [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]*On Behalf Of *Andy Makely
>         *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2005 1:39 PM
>         *To:* IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
>         *Subject:* Re: [casual_games] Casual games user groups (player
>         side)
>
>         www.jayisgames.com <http://www.jayisgames.com> is a great
>         games blog that covers primarily web games, but also touches
>         on downloadables sometimes.
>
>         -- 
>         andy
>
>         On 9/26/05, *James Baker - WDDG/Inferno* <james at wddg.com
>         <mailto:james at wddg.com>> wrote:
>
>
>             I'm trying to put together a database of user-groups
>             and/or websites on
>             the user/player side that are dedicated to casual
>             games.  Anything from
>             forums dedicated to word games to yahoo groups to
>             newsgroups to websites
>             would help me out.
>
>             Thanks!
>
>             James Baker
>             Principal
>             WDDG/Inferno/Funtank
>             212-219-9222
>             james at wddg.com <mailto:james at wddg.com>
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