A game so great we should all use it as an inspiration.

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Braid.

This game has great challanging gameplay, beautiful artwork and music and everything is so fluent.

We should really use this game as an insperation to upcoming platformers.

And especially puzzle games.

I've played it, and the graphics and animation are gorgeous. But I got stuck pretty quick :-\

I finished it the day i got it.

Brains

Braid had quite a large budget though.

Braid had quite a large budget though.

Sorry, but that's a cop-out. Braid is good because Jonathan Blow is a smart guy, not because 'he had quite a large budget'.

Blow said that it basically cost him 180k, yes - but he worked 3.5 years on the game (usually, a good programmer alone would cost you more than 180k for 3 whole years) and spend a lot of money hiring an artist to do all the art. Then he also had to license songs from musicians. And there are legal and localization fees.

But the game is as 'indie' as could be. Everything costs money, Blow was just adding up all the time he spent and calculated how much it actually cost him to make the game and a bunch of whiners on various forums bashed him for that.

That's seriously one of the big problems indie developers have nowadays. Even if you're living at your parents and you don't have to pay your rent or your food or shit, the cost is still there. Someone still paid for your expenses, even if you didn't. I'd be very surprised if you could push out a game on XBLA under 50k. Very, very surprised.

Braid is an awesome little game and I'm pretty sure Blow inspired tons of artists and developers out there finding out about this new market.

Whilst it was reasonably enjoyable I don't see what all the excitement was about, though that's probably because I didn't read all the story boxes, especially the millions towards the end.

As for inspiration, without the time altering mechanics, wouldn't you just end up with Mario? Unless you're suggesting every game should have the ability to travel through time, in which case I CONCUR

As for inspiration, without the time altering mechanics, wouldn't you just end up with Mario? Unless you're suggesting every game should have the ability to travel through time, in which case I CONCUR

What? Nobody said we should all copy Braid now - but Blow now stands for creating a great game and making indie game development an attractive business model. And it's not just Blow, it's that general indie vibe right now that's completely inspiring.

I know at least a dozen artists who spent years working on big budget titles delivering high res assets that are now more than interested in delivering art for smaller indie games. And that's a great development.

Sorry, but that's a cop-out. Braid is good because Jonathan Blow is a smart guy, not because 'he had quite a large budget'.

It's not a cop-out when the main things special about the project to me(the graphics and music) were hired out and licensed, respectively.

I bought this today, haven't downloaded it yet though, hoping its good!

That was a great game, the story was extremely clever.

It's not bad, but not that great either...

...the story was extremely clever.

can't agree with that. I't wasnt extremely clever but extremely confusing to understand.

and i like to know when the game finish, to see "The End" or "Game Over".

After Epiloge i was like wtf? is it finish? or i have to go through all the levels again to see if i miss something...but it's only my opinion.

lol yeah I guess, was a little unsatisfying way to finish the game. I had to look up what the story meant to really understand it, made a lot of sense after that.

I think it's awesome as hell

and I think the story is awesome as hell, too, the way each part of the story introduces the concept of the next levels

and the puzzles are just plain brilliant

I thought when I first heard of it, "oh great, everyone thinks yet another time rewind game is original"

but I was totally blown away by all the creative ways it was used, and some of the crazy stuff you have to do in world 3 with the right left, forward rewind thing is...goodness

it's just freakin badass,

and just...

I had to look up what the story meant to really understand it, made a lot of sense after that.

And what's it about? I didn't get it :s

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