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Nothing has killed more games than a serious identity problem. Alot of developers become eager, throwing all kinds of cool ideas attheir project. A bit from this game, a bit from that. Usually thecardinal sin is trying too hard to be original by fusing a fewgenres together. Instead players end up feeling a bit like someonewho keeps getting knocked over by waves as they wander into a nice-looking ocean.
To David Sushil, creator of indie game Orble, it’s a bitlike cooking: “Think about each genre as a spice. Some spicesgo well together, but others don’t.”

Pushing the wrong buttons
There are two things that will spoil any gaming session: someonestanding next to you, telling you “Go left! At the top! Watchout for the robots!” and a control system intended for anoctopus. Some developers feel that helping you interact with a gameis smart. Well, sometimes it works.
Another classic mistake many games make is not to copy from theirclassmates. Lots of titles have shown wonderful potential, shiningin all areas. But they were too stubborn to do a bit of copyinghere and there. Games like that never really provide fun becausethey ignore the one rule that demands being repeated: if itain’t broke, don’t fix it. Unfortunately, gamedesigners confuse originality with starting from scratch.
Ron Gilbert, the legendary designer behind Monkey Island and PennyArcade Adventures, sees it otherwise: “It’s not a signof a lack of imagination , just the opposite; it shows that thedeveloper is well versed in what other designers have donesuccessfully.”

“One of the most common pitfalls for a designer is fearingthe game is not hard enough.” That’s according to SorenJohnson, one of the lead designers working on Will Wright’sSpore. Sure, there was once a time where a generation could pop acoin into a machine and make it last as long as possible.
Back then, it made sense to release a game so difficult it wouldbleed its audience. Today players just want to have fun, not testtheir endurance in hanging onto a few cents. Unfortunately, somegame developers haven’t figured this out yet.

Really, one only needs to hear from one guy about this: “WhenI design games, what I am trying to do is find a way to takesomething that is fun from something I have experienced and tobring that to other people so they can experience that same degreeof joy.”
One would think the words of Nintendo’s genius designer,Shigeru Miyamoto, would stick with those who make games, yet somany titles become a real drag. Yes, there’s the chance thatthese titles would hit that rare demographic: players who loathedragging themselves behind a controller and wasting time on a gameas interesting as a lecture on drying paint. The rest of us? Bored.