Silver wrote:Yeah congratulations Eaten by a Grue. Putting Quest on the map. Some people seemed surprised that a Quest game ranked so highly. It's only a tool just like Inform, TADS, Twine etc are.
davidw wrote:"Silver"
Yeah congratulations Eaten by a Grue. Putting Quest on the map. Some people seemed surprised that a Quest game ranked so highly. It's only a tool just like Inform, TADS, Twine etc are.
I think a lot of that is down to the fact that generally Quest games entered into the IFComp have been pretty awful. (I played a good one years ago - Gathered in Darkness - but every other one I've played hasn't been up to much.) So when people see a Quest game in the comp, they don't tend to expect much.
Silver wrote:"davidw"
[quote="Silver"]Yeah congratulations Eaten by a Grue. Putting Quest on the map. Some people seemed surprised that a Quest game ranked so highly. It's only a tool just like Inform, TADS, Twine etc are.
I think a lot of that is down to the fact that generally Quest games entered into the IFComp have been pretty awful. (I played a good one years ago - Gathered in Darkness - but every other one I've played hasn't been up to much.) So when people see a Quest game in the comp, they don't tend to expect much.
HegemonKhan wrote:the worse the tool, then only experts can use it (thus high quality work), the better the tool, then anyone can use it (lots of trashy work)
davidw wrote:If you look at the sheer volume of bad games Quest produces - just look at the main site - you can see why it has a bad reputation. This game coming 3rd proves Quest has the potential to make great games, but most of the time that potential is wasted because people are content to write bad games. The multiple ratings of 5 out of 5 and glowing reviews for terrible games on the main site isn't doing Quest any favours.