This is the place where I want to thank ratchet, because he gives on an almost regularly basis links to interesting games!
Thank you, ratchet!
I agree that his assumptions are mostly going too far.
Maybe, ratchet, you want to make a tiny little game that is fun for at least a minute, make it as small as possible.
This way you could see/show how close your suggestions are to the reality of game making.(or, how far away they are from the praxis of game making.)
[Maybe, a "Minute Game Contest" in Morbius with any engine you like were a nice thing to do?]Mentioning the ever lasting design versus programming: don't forget marketing.
*still looking speechlessly impressed at the success of AaaaaaAAAAaaaah! and Bad Rats and Wonderful World*
About design:
there are awesome games with very simple or rather abstract graphics.
IMO, to invent those "very simple or rather abstract graphics" is already an extremely difficult task. I almost lost my believe in me that I can handle that, although I have still hope that can learn it.
Look at 'my' "Fish On Wheels" in the projects forum, I think it is an extremely good start, but it is extremely far away from getting a consistent graphical design, too. This bothers me very much.
