Comments on: Your Game’s “Useless Tiny Details” Might Help Promote Your Game Big Time

By: Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:10:50 +0000

Didn’t I read somewhere recently that WOW was up to 11 million subscribers? Maybe they have the TOS linking to this video. ;)

By: Shakedown

Shakedown — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:16:21 +0000

Hah, you’re right, I mistyped. That should be Blizzard’s “‘Features’ to Implement.”

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:56:58 +0000

Jake: heh, your effort was not done in vain :)

shakedown: hehee, in terms of gameplay it has little meaning… and I said “useless”, not useless ;)

By: Shakedown

Shakedown — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:56 +0000

Useless details!? I’m sure dancing was at the top of Blizzard’s “Features to Implement” list. Besides, what else would people do while their party member had to pause the raid to go eat dinner with mom and dad?

Great video too.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:38:32 +0000

Cool! Thanks. I spend a LONG time getting all those sounds just right with headphones on in the middle of the night. Think I logged over 50+ hours getting the sounds right for the game.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:25:08 +0000

Well, you can add to those that my wife loves the game and really enjoys all those ‘tiny’ sound effects that come when you swing, or when you play a good round etc…

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:11:44 +0000

Indeed. I’ve received many comments about Fairway Solitaire and some that keep cropping up are about the tiny details that we could have made into more of a feature. If we ever make a sequel …