The Four Stages of Creative Sandbox Gaming

[Aaron Williams]

The Four Stages of Creative Sandbox Gaming

"The Four Stages of Creative Sandbox Gaming"

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[Aeshi]

Full Frontal Nerdity is part of the Escapist now?!

That's pretty neat.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

That comic was definitely worth the click. I'm glad to see some new content coming in. I look forward to more of these.

 

[An Ceannaire]

Remember that Zero Punctuation video Yahtzee did on webcomics before he joined the Escapist? I believe one of the things he mentioned in it was about comics that fill panels up with too much text.

I think this comic falls victim to that pitfall.

 

[Kardsymalone]

I think the writer needs to take show don't tell to heart when you're in a visual medium don't just describe something show it

 

[Calbeck]

Booyah!

 

[CaitSeith]

I remember Aaron Williams from Nodwick (at the time when I used to play D&D), although I don't remember why I never got into that comic.

 

[RealRT]

Did CTRL+ALT+DEL leak into this one or something? It has a serious WORDSWORDSWORDSWORDSWORDS issue.

 

[ace_of_something]

A webcomic that's older than the escapist (or close to it) on the escapist. Madness.

 

[DSK-]

Didn't find it funny, unfortunately :`(

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

What could possibly pass for a wyvern in Shadow of the Colossus?

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

this hits home for my experience with besiege, I completed alot of those missions with the exact same "oh..it prematurely exploded..but still set everything on fire and I won anyways, cool."

made the mistake of finding the besiege reddit..dear god am I fucking horribad compared to the artists on there.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

I'm afraid this reminds me a little of this....

Spoiler

 

[Darth_Payn]

I think the writer needs to take show don't tell to heart when you're in a visual medium don't just describe something show it

Did you want them to show the tap-dancing monstrosity on their screen? I think they told us just enough to let our own sick, twisted imagination fill in the blank.

[shudder]

 

[Thunderous Cacophony]

Besiege is one of those games where I like looking at the outcome rather than playing it. Favourite Steam Review so far: "Tried to make a Trebuchet that fired a bomb. Made a bomb which fired a Trebuchet. 11/10."

And I didn't think it was too wordy. Then again I like Basic Instructions and other comics that use the strip format more as a way to carry a short joke or concept than a way to show off how fancy your art is, so what do I know.

 

[faefrost]

I've always liked Aaron Williams stuff. Seeing one of his strips here unexpectedly just made my day.

 

[keniakittykat]

That was so unfunny I had to groan...
Seriously, it's a comic, if there's more text than art, then you're doing it wrong.
Show, don't tell.

 

[StreamerDarkly]

I'm apparently the only one in this thread unfamiliar with the comic writer. It must be admitted, it's an excellent name for a gaming and technology comic.

My suspicion is there's an age component involved in this sandbox game obsession. I tried to play Halo with my nephews, and after a couple proper games all they wanted to do was fuck around in Forge creating the stupidest maps. Hours later, I come back and they're still up to the same thing.

 

[Alfador_VII]

Well I like the art style, but I agree with other posters that there are way too many words in each panel

 

[marurder]

Teh werds make mi head hurt! @.@

Seriously though. The amount of words was okay. But I just didn't find it 'haha' funny. Mildly amusing. I understood the joke and the game. But it didn't resonate with me. Guess we shall see more in the next panel.