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Mount Rushmore - Best Single Designer Video Game
A few video games out there were made by a single person. What are your Mount Rushmore?
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02-24-2017, 07:44 PM | #2 |
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Have to put Minecraft and Rollercoaster Tycoon on the list. I know Banished was made by one person and I believe Papers Please was as well. I guess that'd be my 4 but I'm not all the knowledgeable in who made what.
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02-24-2017, 07:51 PM | #3 |
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I don't know enough games that had a single designer to name four definitively but I believe Stardew Valley was developed by one guy and it's a heck of fun game.
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02-24-2017, 07:58 PM | #4 |
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My personal list based purely on playtime would easily include Front Office Football, Ancient Domains of Mystery, and Tales of Maj'Eyal....but I dunno what to put in that 4th spot.
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02-24-2017, 08:02 PM | #5 |
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If only someone would make a Football game, especially one with Maximum customization.
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02-24-2017, 08:08 PM | #6 |
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Tetris
Minecraft Roller Coaster Tycoon Undertale |
02-24-2017, 08:50 PM | #7 |
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Was OOTP just Marcus at first? I'd have that on the list along with FOF too. Guess the only issue with those is a limited market.
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02-24-2017, 09:16 PM | #8 |
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How about sid meiers? Do his products count?
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02-25-2017, 09:24 AM | #9 |
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Even though his name was on the box I don't think he was the sole designer on any of his games, plus there's a slight difference from the title with sole designer and text of the post. Minecraft started as a one person project, but Notch wasn't the only designer to have worked on it. Rollercoaster Tycoon would fit under the single designer, though Chris Sawyer didn't do the art or music. I believe Tetris would qualify, and that's the only game I know would be in the top 4. Other games I can think of that would qualify: Stardew Valley Cave Story Spelunky Downwell Papers, Please Banished Axiom Verge Other's that might depending on how strict of a "made by one person" definition you're going with: Thomas Was Alone (Outside work on voice over) Dust: An Elysian Tail (Music and voice work outsourced) Undertale (Had outside artist) Last edited by mckerney : 02-25-2017 at 09:26 AM. |
02-25-2017, 09:26 AM | #10 |
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good call on Tetris
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