CMG wrote:
Anyone who wants to migrate their reviews from the forum would help the database grow.
OK, I'll consider doing that over the next couple of weeks if it will help the IFDB.
CMG wrote:
I eagerly await retrospectives and padding alike!
Then here's one that falls into the retrospective category:
I feel in hindsight that I penalized The Queen's Menagerie and Stuff and Nonsense too harshly for their shorter lengths. Both of those games still to this day evoke happy thoughts when I remember playing them, and while I did award or deduct points for length in my final judging metric for all of the games in the comp, I just feel that I judged these two games a little too harshly on that criterion of mine.
Here is the judging metric I use to score/review any IF game I've ever played (in order starting at most important to least important):
1. How much did I enjoy it?
2. How long was it (with preference directed towards larger projects)?
3. Font selection (with a huge preference for standard, agreeable fonts because I just want to play a game, not read a ransom note).
4. Any game breaking bugs?
5. Typos/music/sound effects/graphics/animation/video: Not usually on my radar, but something I do appreciate when an author makes a nice decision here.
6. Anything that randomly pops into my head at the time.