Each time a significant honors show nears, one notices a demand for introducing additional classifications to honor underappreciated efforts and fill the spirits of enthusiasts dedicated to specific genres.
A fellow writer has already made for a horror game category. That would be fantastic. The same goes for board games, representing a passionate advocate's mission. Yet I need to apologize in advance if I try to elbow in front just as with other dedicated enthusiasts, I possess a compelling case supporting my request is the most urgent and significant. Here's the proposal: It's essential to create an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Categorizing art by genre defies precise measurement; it’s very subjective, and inevitably start arguments concluding with vague boundaries. There’s a reason movie academies steer clear of genre categories. But it is an unavoidable compromise within the realm of interactive entertainment, which are so diverse it's challenging to consider them a single creative category.
To recognize the complete range of gaming accomplishments to gain proper attention, and for games of all stripes to have a chance for representation, specific award classifications remain vital.
Current Gaming Award Categories
Prominent interactive entertainment events offer these award types recognizing Action-oriented games, Adventure-action titles, Role-Playing, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, and Sports/Racing games. Collectively, these classifications successfully include many game types, and you can find room for most games within them.
This doesn't apply to puzzle games. No appropriate category exists for their placement. Consider three of recent excellent titles, showing diverse approaches: the architectural riddles in a particular game, fast-paced pattern recognition from another release, thought-provoking social scenarios in another game. Which classification works among existing types? Unfortunately, nowhere.
Recognition Challenges
There are dozens of brilliant puzzle games published annually without proper recognition in entertainment awards, except when they manage to fit classification types such as Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, and the highly challenging Indie races.
- One classic puzzle game received no recognition completely during that awards season
- Another creative title was excluded during that ceremony
- A beloved organization game got ignored that year
- Only a few puzzle games scraped into independent or mobile categories
Significance of Puzzle Games
These are often compact experiences, however the design of the puzzle game is of massive significance. Iconic mobile puzzle games rank among most engaged experiences globally and have been for many years.
The iconic tile-matching title challenges well-known building titles for the title of best-selling game of all time; it’s also in the running for best game of all time. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks to the art of video games, and engaging across multiple categories.
The Solution and Justification
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter that issue. One could readily select multiple candidates interesting, varied, worthy titles each ceremony simply — actually, with challenge, given the need to exclude many worthy titles.
To emphasize again, these represent titles without proper classification in important events. Logic title developers are working at the challenging frontier game development, developing some of essential manifestations of the video game form. Comparable to movie stunt professionals, they deserve recognition. We shouldn't delay 35 years.
