Snood, the Simple Game

Posted by jamie on Tuesday January 14, 2003 @08:32AM from the three-of-these-a-decade dept.

Greg Costikyan has penned a Snood screed that bears reading for anyone into game design. I gave Snood a try a couple of years ago when I read that Woz was hooked on it. Fun. I've played it on and off since then. But the ninth most popular game in 2001? That's nuts. Is Snood part of a series of tiny puzzley games, like Tetris and Bejeweled, that can still do well in a world of Counterstrikes and Unreal Tournaments? Is there still the chance for an individual or small team to strike it rich writing a game like this (maybe for cell phones)? Or is the engagingly simple game doomed to extinction? M : The Snood-equivalent for Linux is Frozen Bubble.

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Re:Bust a Move Rip Off? by Raster+Burn · 2003-01-14 08:59 · Score: 1, Redundant

Yeah, I remember Snood... back when it was called BUST A MOVE
Bust A Move by vitaflo · 2003-01-14 09:05 · Score: 1, Redundant

Perhaps it's worth noting that Snood (and all games like it) are based off of the addicting game Bust A Move, originally released on the Neo Geo in arcades in 1994.

This type of game is definitely not new. Just had to give credit where it was due. ;)