[casual_games] Use of keyboard on casual games

[Stephen Triche]

Just as "killer apps" can push hardware sales I think a killer app in
the casual space is bound to come along, eventually, that will break
that no keyboard bubble.

- Stephen Triche
Yatec Games
www.yatecgames.com


-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Andrew McLennan
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:01 PM
To: casual_games at igda.org
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Use of keyboard on casual games

Ever tried Tetris with a mouse?

I just find it ironic that the most popular casual game of all time
doesn't
play well with a mouse.

The real phenomenon here is that we are now dealing with an audience
that
expects mouse control and is most comfortable with it. So it has become
self
reinforcing.

This does limit innovation possibilities and restricts genre expansion.
However, we have a long way to go to get out of the world of clones
before
that is truly an issue.

Personally, I think cursor key control is most natural, but when I was a
kid
computers didn't have mice.

Best

Andrew


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