[casual_games] Point & Click Adventures

[William Willing]

There might be. Adventure games are doing quite well on Manifesto Games 
(www.manifestogames.com) it seems, so there is a market for them.

Whether they can succeed in the casual space is a tough question to 
answer. Adventure games require a longer up-front time investment than 
most casual games, but I believe Aveyond (www.aveyond.com) did well in 
the casual market, so that need not be a problem. Also, a casual 
audience might not respond well when they get stuck on a puzzle; you 
need to keep them moving forward.

I think the best way to go when you're making an adventure game for the 
casual player, is to make it fairly short - three or four hour of 
gameplay, like 5 Days A Stranger 
(http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/) - and not too hard. Of course, 
the only way to find out  is to try.

William Willing

Andreas Schneider - GAMGO wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> you all know point & click adventures like "Maniac Mansion" or "Day of

> Tentacle" from LucasArts. What do you think, is there a market in the Casual

> Gaming Space for those kind of games? Using an easy interface with a great

> story and no overhead.

>

> thanks

> Andreas Schneider

> Gamgo Games

> www.gamgo.com

>

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