Whenever a prominent awards ceremony nears, one notices a clamor to include of new categories to honor unsung work and fill the passions of fans with niche passions.
My colleague previously argued advocating for terror-themed awards. That would be fantastic. So would board games, representing someone's personal cause. However, I must insist if I try to elbow in front because like all single-minded supporters, there's a strong justification for why my demand is the most urgent and important of all. The demand is this: It's essential to create a category for puzzle games.
Categorizing Game Types
Classifying creative works isn't exact; opinions vary greatly, and it will always generate discussions concluding with vague boundaries. It's understandable that film award organizations steer clear of genre categories. But it is an essential concession for the industry of gaming, that demonstrate such variety it's challenging to consider them as a single art form.
To recognize the complete range of achievement in video games to gain proper attention, and to ensure all game types to have a chance for representation, genre categories are essential.
Present Award Structure
Prominent interactive entertainment events offer these genre categories for Action-oriented games, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Fighting, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these award types successfully include a lot of ground, making space possible for numerous titles.
Different situation exists for brain-teasing titles. There’s simply nowhere to put them. Think about these this year’s best games, all very different: structural challenges in a particular game, the pulse-pounding block-matching in a different title, engaging interpersonal challenges of a third title. What category would fit them among existing types? Nowhere, that’s where.
The Representation Problem
There are dozens excellent brain-teasers launched regularly lacking appropriate categories during gaming ceremonies, except when they manage to fit for categories like Handheld titles, Virtual reality experiences, and the highly challenging Indie races.
- One classic puzzle game got overlooked in any category that year
- A different innovative game was excluded during that ceremony
- Well-received sorting experience was overlooked that year
- Only a few brain-teasers managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories
Importance of Logic Titles
Commonly they're modest productions, but the art behind logic titles is of massive significance. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as the most-played games in the world continuing this trend for over a decade.
The iconic tile-matching title challenges well-known building titles claiming status as best-selling game of all time; it additionally competes for top gaming experience. Logic titles represent cornerstones to the art of video games, and engaging with almost every other genre.
Proposal and Rationale
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter that issue. One could readily select multiple candidates engaging, different, qualified experiences each ceremony simply — actually, with challenge, because you’d have to leave so many good games out.
Restating the point, these are games without proper classification in important events. Logic title developers function at the challenging frontier of video game design, creating some of essential manifestations of the video game form. Just like cinema stunt performers, they deserve recognition. Let’s not keep them waiting decades.
