Game Decisions

Reading Week 6

This week for our reading we read an article about cosy games. The article talks about how to make a cosy game, why people enjoy them and some common misconceptions about what makes a game cosy.

To make a cosy game you need to make it so there are no high priority tasks such as eating to survive or having shelter. This makes a player done something, once this happens a game is no longer. A cosy game has no risks or danger in it, instead of trying to survive you instead try to master a skill, connect with people or just simply explore. 

People enjoy cosy games as they are completely different than most games you'll play where there are set tasks and you are usually at some sort of risk.

Many people think to have a cosy game you just need to make it cute or to have a feeling of safety but this isn't true there are many needs for a cosy game to make it successful. One example of a common misconception people have about cosy games the article talks about is that the whole game needs to be cosy and safe but this isn't true, they make the example that if you have a little cosy reading nook with a window and cold rain is hitting the window because you are safe and the rain is outside the cosy space it actually enhances the feeling of cosiness.

Another article I looked at was Cosy Games Make Winter More Bearable, This article talks about how various aspects of cosy games can make or break them such as the minimalism of it or the use of notifications.

A second article I found interesting was I Love Astroneer For Its Optimism, this article explains how this survival game is actually cosy despite literally suffocating to death at times.

The final article I found interesting was Animal Crossing Helps Me Cope On A Day Like This, this article is wrote by someone who had a hard upbringing as they felt like an outsider in this article they talk about how animal crossing helped them both as a kid and also as an adult to appreciate life and everything around them.

(This is an image from Flickr of Animal Crossing)