Contest Results

The MochiAds “Top of the World” contest results are in!  And…

I didn’t place.

The funny thing is that my son and I especially enjoyed “Electric Box.”  The others are really great games too.  And I can see where “Haku” deserves the technical merit reward especially because you can really see the 3D effects in rotation and texture swapping.

Flash Games are really all about “gameplay over glitz.”

I got really wrapped up in the new technology and instead of focusing on a great game, I made a mediocre game with a neat 3D-like effect.  As much as I talk about how AAA-games should focus more on gameplay, I fell victim to the same “geeking-out” that they do when it comes to some neat visual effect that becomes the centerpiece of the game.

Because Flash Games have to be careful to not tax system resources, the general push of Flash Games have always been gameplay over glitz.  You can only guess what the mantra I will be repeating to myself the entire time I’m making my next game.

I won’t lie and say that I’m not disappointed.  I pushed hard, worked hard, but in the end I can say that I have a published game.  Finishing is the hardest part of making any game.

And so far in a month and a half, “Strike Eagle” has over 160,000 gameplays and my blog has tripled it’s bandwidth.

And I’m only getting started.