I am addicted to flash games....and I don't know why.

anubis0079

I have been playing AdventureQuest and DragonFable and MechQuest and AdventureQuest Worlds(the latest drug), and most Newgrounds flash submissions for a long time. I am now nearly two years into a simple yet fulfilling game. Why does it fulfill me? I am an avid gamer and own a PS3 but my PC has had my attention too much lately.

Hi I am anubis0079 and I am a Flash Gaming Addict. Is there hope for me?

SmokeStacks

Why is it a big deal? Some people just have varying gameplay preferences.

Maybe you just like flash games.

Think of it this way - if you can achieve pleasure from a free flash game at a level that would require most people to pay $60 for, than more power to you dude.

Wacos

What features from those games would cause you to no longer enjoy playing them if they were removed?

anubis0079

The Hell of it is i'm not sure. It the simplicity i think that calls to me.

anubis0079

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Why is it a big deal? Some people just have varying gameplay preferences.

Maybe you just like flash games.

Think of it this way - if you can achieve pleasure from a free flash game at a level that would require most people to pay $60 for, than more power to you dude.

not so much a big deal as a feeling of neglect for my PS3. I guess i could comprimise and play them on my PS3's Browser.

useless4

Get an ipad... it's like a device specifically made to play games that would be flash games if it did flash.

Wacos

anubis0079 wrote: »

The Hell of it is i'm not sure. It the simplicity i think that calls to me.

Be more specific.

What if for instance there was only 1 type of character you could be, would you still enjoy it?

emnmnme

What's the difference between Flash games and classic arcade games from the 80s? Other than you don't pay a quarter for each go at a Flash game, of course.

Loklar

I love Solomon's Keep for the iPhone.

It's basically an adorable, bare-bones diablo. But it's great. I'd rather play it than Diablo 2.

anubis0079

If you are familia with Newgrounds you will know that the games that are on there are varied. They range from simple and easy to complex and hard. Some have been real genius others the slow kid in special ed but i like the medium of flash as a whole.

Incenjucar

I played those games back in college, when I was extremely bored or trying to not do my homework. You need something that makes you not-bored, is all. Ideally something active and invigorating. The Quest games are basically a low-grade endorphin IV, but what you need is the good stuff like sunshine and song.

anubis0079

Incenjucar wrote: »

I played those games back in college, when I was extremely bored or trying to not do my homework. You need something that makes you not-bored, is all. Ideally something active and invigorating. The Quest games are basically a low-grade endorphin IV, but what you need is the good stuff like sunshine and song.

Sunshine my old foe!!! We meet again!!!

Incenjucar

anubis0079 wrote: »

Incenjucar wrote: »

I played those games back in college, when I was extremely bored or trying to not do my homework. You need something that makes you not-bored, is all. Ideally something active and invigorating. The Quest games are basically a low-grade endorphin IV, but what you need is the good stuff like sunshine and song.

Sunshine my old foe!!! We meet again!!!

The hated sun is an excuse to wear sweet shades.

Scroffus

I think this is appropriate.

Gosling

emnmnme wrote: »

What's the difference between Flash games and classic arcade games from the 80s? Other than you don't pay a quarter for each go at a Flash game, of course.

I think this is the key right here. You could import a lot of classic NES games and Game Boy Classic games- and anything earlier than that- you could take most of them, lift them out of their time, release them as a Flash game, and you wouldn't have to change a thing. Essentially, Flash is the NES, just with much lower costs and much lower barriers to entry. And often better graphics.

There's always going to be a home for smaller, simpler games. Some people want a 60-hour epic with a gazillion different items and spells and weapons and sidequests, some people want a 15-minute quickie that has an excuse plot and uses four buttons.

ronya

H/A is this way.

anubis0079

Gosling wrote: »

emnmnme wrote: »

What's the difference between Flash games and classic arcade games from the 80s? Other than you don't pay a quarter for each go at a Flash game, of course.

I think this is the key right here. You could import a lot of classic NES games and Game Boy Classic games- and anything earlier than that- you could take most of them, lift them out of their time, release them as a Flash game, and you wouldn't have to change a thing. Essentially, Flash is the NES, just with much lower costs and much lower barriers to entry. And often better graphics.

There's always going to be a home for smaller, simpler games. Some people want a 60-hour epic with a gazillion different items and spells and weapons and sidequests, some people want a 15-minute quickie that has an excuse plot and uses four buttons.

So true. In fact Super Mario Bros. Crossover is the perfect example. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416

anubis0079

Incenjucar wrote: »

anubis0079 wrote: »

Incenjucar wrote: »

I played those games back in college, when I was extremely bored or trying to not do my homework. You need something that makes you not-bored, is all. Ideally something active and invigorating. The Quest games are basically a low-grade endorphin IV, but what you need is the good stuff like sunshine and song.

Sunshine my old foe!!! We meet again!!!

The hated sun is an excuse to wear sweet shades.

I have horrible luck with my shades. They last about two minutes.

KrubicksCube

The hated sun is an excuse to wear sweet shades.

This.

Maybe you just love games with Quest in the title. There's a severe lack of games with Quest in the title for the PS3. You could always print out the words Quest and tape them onto the title of a ps3 game and maybe some uncontrollable urge will draw you to play it.

Or you can pick up a hobby.

Either/or.

Paladin

1. free

2. easily accessible - low sysreqs, browser based

3. multitask friendly - can eat while playing, can surf while playing, can watch movies while playing, can talk to friends while playing

4. more plentiful, therefore more novel

5. have just as much a capacity for 100% completion disorder as regular games

anubis0079

KrubicksCube wrote: »

The hated sun is an excuse to wear sweet shades.

This.

Maybe you just love games with Quest in the title. There's a severe lack of games with Quest in the title for the PS3. You could always print out the words Quest and tape them onto the title of a ps3 game and maybe some uncontrollable urge will draw you to play it.

Or you can pick up a hobby.

Either/or.

I have several hobbies.
Everyone assumes i am complaining but i was actually just making conversation.
though the lable with quest on it sounds good....." Little Big Quest"....hmmm sounds fun to me.

SniperGuy

kongregate.com

It has ACHIEVEMENTS!

Add me as a friend if you like. SniperGuy210.

Satanic Jesus

I've been playing Adventure Quest for 4 years.

Sheep

http://team.forsvarsmakten.se/english/#/private/a7kEHrBtvQ

They're good distractions at work!

Ellie

Oh my gosh I am going to waste hours of my life on this game. Thanks a lot, Sheep.

Needle

http://babarageo.com/flash/ginormo/

Inexplicably addictive grinding in its purest form.

anubis0079

Sheep wrote: »

http://team.forsvarsmakten.se/english/#/private/a7kEHrBtvQ

They're good distractions at work!

i wasted hours on this! good one sheep.

peterdevore

What the hell is it, nobody is joining.

Sheep

I'll be on for a few games later.

It's a multiplayer puzzle game.

peterdevore

Ah yes, I figured out later that it was a link to a private room, thanks for not telling me chaps. I'm doing pretty well at the public game, but people leaving gooses things up.

PaperPritt

Ahhh flash games, how do i love thee ! Let me count the ways.......

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Indie gaming has proven again and again that you didn't need a technological juggernaut to make a succeful game. Flash games are just the next step in that line of thinking. I think. Or maybe i just love free, ultra accessible fun games that you can replay whenever you want with no strings attached. Maybe.

emnmnme

Everyone likes dinosaurs, right?

http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/robot_dinosaurs_that_shoot_beams_when_they_roar.html

Sheep

peterdevore wrote: »

Ah yes, I figured out later that it was a link to a private room, thanks for not telling me chaps. I'm doing pretty well at the public game, but people leaving gooses things up.

Ah. Yeah. I'm sorry. I wanted to post that in here so I just found one of my links from another thread and simply forgot that it was a private room!

krush

I have to stay away from Flash games. many of them are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too addictive.

anubis0079

Needle wrote: »

http://babarageo.com/flash/ginormo/

Inexplicably addictive grinding in its purest form.

This was a good distraction wasted about two hours playing. glad it saves your progress. thanks.

Irond Will

useless4 wrote: »

Get an ipad... it's like a device specifically made to play games that would be flash games if it did flash.

yeah seconded

i have been playing hells of flash-like games on my ipad

also: it's slick, you can surf the internets and you can take it errywhere

krush

or get one of those Win7 netbooks that convert to a tablet and play actual flash games.

FlyingCube

I will post more about this later (blue dot?). As a cognitive science/psych and computer science undergrad who wants to be game developer this topic is something that I care very deeply about.

Basically, continually making the product of your actions (the levels, the stats, the items) more salient than the process you use to get there (oh wow I am getting frustrated, thats why I lost there. Oh hmmm this strategy isnt working, I need to look at my thinking) has really significant effects on how we get attached to (and addicted to) tasks and systems. Basically it's kind of undercutting the debugging that you might do on your own patters of thinking and behavior, and its doing it in a really effective way.

I really hope I remember to post here later.

anubis0079

Irond Will wrote: »

useless4 wrote: »

Get an ipad... it's like a device specifically made to play games that would be flash games if it did flash.

yeah seconded

i have been playing hells of flash-like games on my ipad

also: it's slick, you can surf the internets and you can take it errywhere

what is flash-like? If it is suitable substitute i may actually start to care the ipad exists, for i still read books therefore need not an ebook reader. seriously it seems limited.

GreasyKidsStuff

Have you played Robot Unicorn Attack anubis? It is fun times.

It is also fucking addicting

Sheep

anubis0079 wrote: »

what is flash-like? If it is suitable substitute i may actually start to care the ipad exists, for i still read books therefore need not an ebook reader. seriously it seems limited.

There's a big to do about Flash's efficiency at the moment. Though I don't know if there is enough support behind the alternatives yet.