[casual_games] Use of keyboard on casual games

[Juan Gril]

Oh yes, I have already tried playing Tetris with a mouse. Mouse left to move
left, mouse right to move right, right click to rotate, and left click to
drop. It has been done in a lot of Tetris versions out there.

It's an interesting way of looking at the lack of innovation for the lack of
evolution in control possibilities. However, if that would be the case then
all the other forms of media would have never evolved, as their format and
form of interaction between the content and the viewer/listener/reader have
always been the same for decades or even centuries. Still, there is always
somebody out there who surprises us with something new. Constraints are not
that bad.

Cheers,

Juan


On 5/30/07, Andrew McLennan <andrew at slam-games.com> wrote:

>

> 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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