Whenever a major awards ceremony nears, one notices a demand for introducing fresh award types to acknowledge overlooked contributions and fill the spirits of fans dedicated to specific genres.
My colleague previously argued supporting a scary games classification. That would rule. So would tabletop games, representing someone's personal cause. Yet I need to apologize in advance if I try to elbow in front because like all single-minded supporters, I possess a compelling case backing this proposal is the most urgent above others. Here's the proposal: It's essential to create an award type for logic-based games.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Categorizing art by genre defies precise measurement; opinions vary greatly, and inevitably spark debates and end in fuzzy definitions. It's understandable that film award organizations don’t do it. But it is a necessary evil in the world of interactive entertainment, showing incredible range they barely qualify a single creative category.
To recognize the complete range of interactive entertainment excellence to gain proper attention, while allowing diverse titles to have a chance for representation, classification by type becomes crucial.
Present Award Structure
Prominent interactive entertainment events offer these classifications covering Action-oriented games, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Combat games, Simulation and strategy titles, plus athletic and racing experiences. Collectively, these award types effectively encompass numerous genres, making space possible for most games within them.
Not so for logic-based experiences. There’s simply nowhere to put them. Consider three of recent excellent titles, all very different: building puzzles of one title, fast-paced pattern recognition of another game, engaging interpersonal challenges in another game. Which classification works within current classifications? Nowhere, that’s where.
Recognition Challenges
Numerous examples exist excellent brain-teasers published annually that have no home at major award shows, if they accidentally match classification types such as Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, and the highly challenging small studio competitions.
- A renowned logic title wasn’t nominated in any category that year
- Another imaginative release received no nominations that year
- Popular arranging title got ignored recently
- Only a few puzzle games scraped into small studio or handheld classifications
Value of Brain-Teasers
Frequently they represent modest productions, however the design in brain-teasers holds tremendous importance. Famous handheld logic titles rank among most engaged experiences in the world maintaining this status for over a decade.
The iconic tile-matching title rivals popular creative games for the title of highest-selling title ever; it’s also in the running for top gaming experience. Logic titles represent cornerstones for gaming as medium, and they are in conversation with diverse game types.
Proposal and Rationale
Logic titles wouldn't face that issue. It would be easy to populate multiple candidates with fascinating, diverse, deserving games annually without trouble — perhaps, with difficulty, given the need to exclude many worthy titles.
Restating the point, these include experiences lacking appropriate categories at major gaming awards. Brain-teaser creators are working at the hard edge game development, producing among essential manifestations within interactive entertainment. Comparable to movie stunt professionals, they deserve recognition. Don't make them wait generations.
