sclpls Posted December 21, 2016 I think Dear Esther is a game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apac4245 Posted December 22, 2016 On 12/21/2016 at 6:22 PM, sclpls said: I think Dear Esther is a game. You win the internet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snoogans775 Posted December 31, 2016 On 12/17/2016 at 6:23 AM, TychoCelchuuu said: Plenty of video games don't have fail states, like Animal Crossing, Proteus, Minecraft creative mode, etc. This really got carried away. I did not realize what I had done. I should bump these to my email. I am sorry for missing tge whole convo. i did not have any intention of disqualifying anything. Your answer is totally satisfying to me. I feel its important to establish the fail-state as a premise of discussion. The existence of fail-states exists on a spectrum, with Permadeath Far Cry 2 on one end, Animal Crossing on the other, and checkpointed games like Bioshock in the middle. Once we determine where a game exists on that spectrum, we can compare the nature of its fail-condition against other games. This is a type of thinking I am teaching to K-12 students. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
