Instead of a static scene to investigate, players could now move through the world. Pioneered by the Mystery Case Files team in 2007, Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst introduced free-roaming adventure with key inventory items found through traditional hidden object scenes. The most prolific genre of game on our site right now is hidden object puzzle adventure (HOPA). The goal of the internal Big Fish Games Studios group is to make titles that introduce our players to new gameplay concepts.
The popular assumption is that since we're an internal studio - making a graphically rich adventure game for such a dedicated group of players is 1. That's not time spent waving at their television or downloading apps to play on the go… That's pure, 100 percent, left mouse button on a PC/Mac casual gaming goodness. Who are those players? The Big Fish Games core user is considered by most people to be the "classic" example of casual, which is primarily women over the age of 35 - with play habits that dwarf my own.īig Fish Games players report spending 12 hours per week on average playing games from our site. When you're talking about download numbers that contain nine zeros, that means that a very, VERY dedicated group of players are visiting your site.
So, in summary:ĭrawn was designed by a team of core and casual players to be an adventure game made for a website with a casual audience that display core gaming habits.ĭrawn is developed by Big Fish Games Studios - the internal development studio of Big Fish Games.įor those of you who are not familiar with Big Fish Games, it's the world's largest developer, distributor and publisher of casual games, working with more than 500 developers around the world and also hosting an in-house Studios group (that's my team!) In just over seven years, there have been more than one billion games downloaded from the site. Through a strong narrative and very distinct art style, the Drawn team set out to create a brand that both casual players and classic adventurers alike would enjoy. This article aims to provide some insight into the successes and challenges in creating both Drawn: The Painted Tower and Drawn: Dark Flight- the latest adventure games from Big Fish Games Studios.įor those unfamiliar, Drawn is a PC/Mac adventure game series inspired by classic point-and-click mechanics and developed by a company (Big Fish Games) with an avid casual gamer following.
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