Feels like an about me page is mandatory on these types of sites, so I figured I'd toss my hat in the ring!
I'm Cid, a game designer, teacher, and a professional unfunny joke teller. Games have always been a focal point in my life. I grew up on second-hand consoles with one strict house rule: beat the game you've got before you get a new one. So while everyone else my age was playing outside, I was working my way through a pile of old retro games.
As you can probably tell, I'm a huge Final Fantasy fan, but I'm up for any game or genre you can throw at me (if we're talking player types, I'm an explorer through and through). From Chrono Trigger to Crash Bandicoot 2, if a game has a good hook, count me in.
So...You like Game Design? What makes a game fun then, Mr. talks to himself via heading tags?
I hate this question. So here's my answer:
If you ask me, a good game isn't "fun". I hate "fun" as a descriptor. It implies that games HAVE to be fun to be worth examining. what about all the boring, sad, and plain weird games out there? A good game should be engaging.
PowerWash Simulator is my go-to example. On paper, it's a chore: you clean things, slowly, one patch of dirt at a time. Nobody would call that "fun" with a straight face. But there's something hypnotic about watching years of grime peel off a skate park, hearing that little chime when a section's finished, and realising you've spent an hour making a virtual bouncy castle sparkle. It isn't fun in the traditional sense. It's engaging, and that's exactly why it works.
Why did you choose to have a Neocities?
This website is made specifically for me. I won't even start off with promising weekly updates or daily reviews or monthly anythings, because I have the attention span of a… well, of the typical modern-day internet user, and I know for a certain fact I won't stick to a schedule.
What I can promise, though, is that these thoughts are my own: my own game opinions, my own rambles, my own terrible takes about how Final Fantasy V is the best one and you can't convince me otherwise.
Games are an art, but firstly they are escapism. Don't take this site too seriously, and I'm sure you'll love your time here!
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