As any prominent prize-giving event nears, there’s always an outcry to include of new categories to acknowledge overlooked contributions and fill the spirits of fans with niche passions.
My colleague has already made for a horror game category. That would rule. Equally deserving are board games, this being a dedicated supporter's campaign. But they will have to forgive me for pushing forward since similar to blinkered fanatics, there's a strong justification for why my demand remains most pressing and significant. Here's the proposal: It's essential to create an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Organizing artistic expressions is not a science; it remains highly personal, and inevitably generate discussions concluding with vague boundaries. This explains why film award organizations avoid this approach. But it is an unavoidable compromise within the realm of video games, showing incredible range they hardly constitute a single creative category.
For the full spectrum of gaming accomplishments to receive acknowledgment, while allowing diverse titles to have a chance for representation, specific award classifications remain vital.
Existing Game Classification System
The major gaming awards offer these genre categories for Action, Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, and Sports/Racing games. Between them, these six categories actually cover numerous genres, allowing placement for numerous titles.
This doesn't apply to logic-based experiences. There’s simply nowhere to put them. Think about these this year’s best games, showing diverse approaches: building puzzles from a specific release, fast-paced pattern recognition in a different title, thought-provoking social scenarios in another game. Which classification works among existing types? Unfortunately, nowhere.
Acknowledgment Issues
Numerous examples exist excellent brain-teasers launched regularly without proper recognition in entertainment awards, except when they manage to fit award groups including Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, or the extremely competitive small studio competitions.
- A renowned logic title wasn’t nominated for anything during that awards season
- Another imaginative release missed out that year
- A beloved organization game received no acknowledgment that year
- Only a few logic titles barely qualified for independent or mobile categories
Significance of Puzzle Games
Commonly they're modest productions, but the art in brain-teasers carries substantial weight. Well-known matching games count as the most-played games in the world and have been for an extended period.
The legendary block-stacking game challenges famous sandbox experiences claiming status as best-selling game of all time; it’s also in the running for top gaming experience. Puzzle games are foundational to the art of video games, while interacting across multiple categories.
Proposal and Rationale
Logic titles wouldn't face that issue. You could fill a field of five interesting, varied, worthy titles each ceremony simply — actually, with challenge, because you’d have to leave so many good games out.
Restating the point, these represent titles that otherwise have no home during prominent ceremonies. Puzzle game makers function at the demanding boundary of video game design, creating some of the purest expressions within interactive entertainment. Comparable to movie stunt professionals, they warrant appreciation. We shouldn't delay generations.
