As any significant prize-giving event nears, there’s always a clamor for introducing of new categories to acknowledge unsung work and satisfy the passions of followers with niche passions.
My colleague previously argued for a horror game category. It would be amazing. The same goes for tabletop games, representing someone's personal cause. However, I must insist if I try to elbow in front because like all single-minded supporters, I possess a compelling case backing this proposal stands as crucial above others. Here's the proposal: There should be a classification for brain-teasing titles.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Categorizing art by genre is not a science; it remains highly personal, and typically generate discussions and end in fuzzy definitions. It's understandable that movie academies steer clear of genre categories. But it is an unavoidable compromise in the world of video games, showing incredible range they barely qualify a single creative category.
For the full spectrum of achievement in video games to gain proper attention, while allowing diverse titles to compete fairly, classification by type becomes crucial.
Current Gaming Award Categories
Leading game ceremonies presently include genre categories for Action, Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Fighting, Simulation and strategy titles, and Sports/Racing games. Together, these six categories successfully include many game types, making space possible accommodating various experiences.
This doesn't apply to puzzle games. No appropriate category exists for their placement. Think about these recent excellent titles, each quite distinct: building puzzles from a specific release, intense tile-matching of another game, engaging interpersonal challenges in another game. Where could they possibly go within current classifications? Unfortunately, nowhere.
The Representation Problem
Many instances occur excellent brain-teasers published annually without proper recognition in entertainment awards, unless they happen to qualify award groups including Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, and the highly challenging Indie races.
- One classic puzzle game wasn’t nominated for anything that year
- Another imaginative release was excluded that year
- Popular arranging title got ignored recently
- Only a few brain-teasers scraped into independent or mobile categories
Importance of Logic Titles
These are often compact experiences, but the art behind logic titles is of massive significance. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as most popular titles globally maintaining this status for over a decade.
The iconic tile-matching title challenges popular creative games competing to become best-selling game of all time; it additionally competes for best game of all time. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks for gaming as medium, and engaging with diverse game types.
Proposal and Rationale
Logic titles wouldn't face that issue. One could readily select five nominees engaging, different, qualified experiences annually without trouble — perhaps, with difficulty, given the need to exclude numerous deserving experiences.
Restating the point, these represent titles without proper classification in important events. Logic title developers are working at the hard edge of video game design, creating some of essential manifestations within interactive entertainment. Similar to movie stunt professionals, they warrant appreciation. We shouldn't delay 35 years.
