Why I Ignored the Winning Option
I recently asked for feedback on a fairly important question about Adversary, my Shipaton build:
What should the identity of the game be?
Should it stay simple and immediately recognizable as a memory game, with the Danger card providing the twist?
Or should the entire game lean into a stronger theme that gives the cards and the Danger mechanic a world of their own?
This wasn’t just a question about which screenshot looked nicer. It was about what Adversary should fundamentally feel like when someone starts playing.
And, as it turns out, the most useful answer didn’t come from the vote count.
Option A: Simple
The Simple direction keeps Adversary close to what people already know as a memory game.
You see cards. You flip them. You find matching pairs.
Except somewhere on the board is a Danger card waiting to ruin what was otherwise a perfectly respectable attempt at...
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