Comments on: 東京ゲームショウへ行きましょう！ http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/25/%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e3%82%b2%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%82%a6%e3%81%b8%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: michael http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/25/%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e3%82%b2%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%82%a6%e3%81%b8%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81/comment-page-1/#comment-130065 michael Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:48:14 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1590#comment-130065 Credit for translating the post title goes to the ever redoubtable <a href="http://www.zang.org/blog/index.html" rel="nofollow">William</a>. The playable demo of Echochrome leads you through a short tutorial of the subjective laws and the first puzzle level, so I don't know if initial game rules are added over time. My impression is that the physical arrangement of the puzzles becomes more and more complex, using the same fixed set of subjective laws. I think the initial set of laws had enough depth to build a solid puzzle game. I'm in Tokyo for the <a href="http://www.digra2007.jp/" rel="nofollow">DIGRA conference</a> (the main game studies conference); my attendance at the TGS was purely for pleasure and spectacle. Credit for translating the post title goes to the ever redoubtable William.

The playable demo of Echochrome leads you through a short tutorial of the subjective laws and the first puzzle level, so I don’t know if initial game rules are added over time. My impression is that the physical arrangement of the puzzles becomes more and more complex, using the same fixed set of subjective laws. I think the initial set of laws had enough depth to build a solid puzzle game.

I’m in Tokyo for the DIGRA conference (the main game studies conference); my attendance at the TGS was purely for pleasure and spectacle.

]]> By: Patrick http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/25/%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e3%82%b2%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%82%a6%e3%81%b8%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81/comment-page-1/#comment-129666 Patrick Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:24:08 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1590#comment-129666 I'm curious if you were there to promote Facade or The Party, or if it were only for pleasure and spectacle? I’m curious if you were there to promote Facade or The Party, or if it were only for pleasure and spectacle?

]]> By: Chris Lewis http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/25/%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e3%82%b2%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%82%a6%e3%81%b8%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81/comment-page-1/#comment-129634 Chris Lewis Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:37:07 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1590#comment-129634 Your mastery of the Japanese language is truly something to behold :) How long did it take you to work out how to type the characters? What did you think of Echochrome? It's the game that interests me the most at TGS, but what I've read on it doesn't seem to illustrate whether the central Escher mechanic is ever expanded on. Is it just a technical demo spread thinly to allow it to be classified as a game? Is the mechanic strong enough to form an entire game around? Your mastery of the Japanese language is truly something to behold :) How long did it take you to work out how to type the characters?

What did you think of Echochrome? It’s the game that interests me the most at TGS, but what I’ve read on it doesn’t seem to illustrate whether the central Escher mechanic is ever expanded on. Is it just a technical demo spread thinly to allow it to be classified as a game? Is the mechanic strong enough to form an entire game around?

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