{"id":2224,"date":"2012-06-05T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2015-08-06T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:02:58","slug":"quickie-game-review-ice-cream-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-ice-cream-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickie Game Review: Ice cream game"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santorographics.com\/tutticuti\/icecreamgame\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5328\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02025-300x181.png\" alt=\"snap02025\" width=\"414\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02025-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02025.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been checking out a lot of games recently for various reasons, and it occurred to me that I should keep a record of them. I&#8217;m putting them here because they might be of use to someone else too..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santorographics.com\/tutticuti\/icecreamgame\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/icecream_ad.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santorographics.com\/tutticuti\/icecreamgame\/\">Ice cream game &#8211; create orders scoop by scoop &#8211; tutticuti ice cream parlour &#8211; online game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good concept &#8211; but I HATE this game. It is almost impossible to please more than one customer at a time.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the time thing again&#8230;..<br \/>\nThere seem to be plenty of games that get this wrong.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of developers seem to think that twitch games are easy &#8211; all you have to do is put time limits on everything and it will automatically be &#8220;fun&#8221;. Well, I have no real evidence for this (if anyone does, please share!), but I think that this sort of thing is de-motivating for a lot of people, but especially for girls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.shootbubble.bubbledexlue&amp;hl=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/shSlgjyYRtgj7r37F3CQzGL_a_HlV9Ll4L5FyDE-XGT85ckV6Jp9KHQ5_qE-60AeaPPO=h230\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.shootbubble.bubbledexlue&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">bubble shooter<\/a> is a good example of doing it right &#8211; it starts off slow and easy and (VERY) gradually gets faster.<br \/>\n<div class='easyReviewWrapper' style='border-color:#DDD'> <table class='easyReviewTable'  border='0' style='text-align:center;' align='center' bgcolor='FFFFFF'><tr><th class='easyReviewTitle' style='vertical-align:middle;font-size:120%;' colspan='2'>Quickie Review<\/th><\/tr><tr style='''><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;;'>Visual\/Audio<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewRow' style=''>Looks nice; sound is nothing special.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewBlank' style='border-bottom:1px solid;border-color:#DDD;'><\/td><\/tr><tr style='''><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;;'>Gameplay<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage'  src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_half.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewRow' style=''>The time limits make impossible to please more than one customer.<\/td><\/tr><\/table><div class='easyReviewConclude' style=''><table class='easyReviewTable'  border='0' style='text-align:center;' frame='box' align='center' bgcolor='FFFFFF'><tr><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;'>Overall<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewEnd' style=''>Another example of the Decorative Media Trap<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2224'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2224);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2224);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2224);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I&#8217;ve been checking out a lot of games recently for various reasons, and it occurred to me that I should keep a record of them. I&#8217;m putting them here because they might be of use to someone else too.. Ice &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-ice-cream-game\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[376,12,14,377],"tags":[120,91,342],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-games","category-general","category-reviews","tag-decorative-media-principle","tag-game-reviews","tag-games-gaming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-zS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2238,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-frosty-freakout\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":0},"title":"Quickie Game Review: Frosty freakout","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Frosty freakout. 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