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Re:I’m only making business card sized games now by coldtea on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @03:55AM (#19551952)
>but they still need to be flashy and good-looking with an interesting game mechanic.

If they have great/addicting gameplay, they don't have to be flashy and good-looking.

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Re:I’m only making business card sized games now by baud147258 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @04:35AM (#19552125)
> If they have great/addicting gameplay, they don't have to be flashy and good-looking.

For that point, I think Tetris is a good example

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Re:I’m only making business card sized games now by dgzl on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:03AM (#19554167)
I used to be obsessed with a terminal-based Tetris game built with ncurses. It helped me get through college lectures better than any other game.
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