Opac's Journey GAME DESIGN Postmortem
Ophidian Wars: Opac's Journey has been "on the shelves" for about 20 days now which in XBLIG terms actually makes it mature (arguably dead actually, maybe on life support). The game definitely met our hopes/expectations but I am going to do a separate postmortem on the sales/marketing aspect (aimed more at devs). I wanted to have a look back at Opac's Journey purely as a game without the numbers muddying everything up. There's so much to consider, especially in hindsight, but I am going to try to keep this concise. The GOOD Box Art: Throughout development and post-release, we heard almost nothing but good things about the shadowy Opac reaching upwards on the box cover. This without a doubt helped it stand out and create interest. Retro Look: It's not quite the 8-bit look that seems to appeal to sizable subset of gamers, but Opac's Journey still has oldschool flavor . For better/wor...