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The surrounding din made itdifficult to hear the game's audio an important aspect of the experience. Headphones were made available to players. I think multiplayer games tend to be more fun on a cabinet rather than a hypnotic, tranceinducing, cartoony swirl of a 'hike', which tends to be better when you are alone says Dawkins.But you never know! Just gotta try these things.Risky Bison by Justin SmithWHAT IT IS:Risky Bison by Justin Smith casts players asan insurance salesman who just arrived in a small town of buffaloto sell insurance to them. The dangers in this town are numerous: there are sink holes, fires, and zombies. Also,buffaloare poor drivers. You must multitask selling insurance while mitigating or eliminating the dangers that await your herd of customers.RS Gold The gameplay involves walking around a top view of the town, and entering shops to purchase useful items.CONVERSIONPROCESS: Risky Bison was initially played with keyboard and mouse, and Smith anticipated a simple adaptation to joystick controls. Indeed, he chose to adapt this title, an old game jam prototype he'd made, because it seemed like a perfect fit.It wasn't.Making an arcade game was harder than I expected. says Smith.It took me a while to figure out what to do, so I settled on a control scheme first 8way joystick and one button. That'sa simple scheme that I felt fit the spirit of the arcade. Then I made a few more constraints for myself: it had to have quick play sessions, it had to be entertaining for onlookers, and it had to have a score system.Simplistic visuals helped convey the ridiculous play theme and appeal to an audience that was wandering by, but it never quite reached a point where Smith was entirely happy with it.I halfsucceeded, I think, he says. The game is pretty obtuse and takes too long to play. But the controls are easy, and there's a high score system, and an attract mode. It was a good exercise, but I couldn't entirely shed my meandering design habits and really hone in on an ultratight design.Crap! No One Loves Me by the Arcane KidsWHAT IT IS:Crap! No One Loves Meabsurdist romp through Hell and social media by the team that brought you the indescribable Sonic Dreams Collection. Buy RS Gold After players depart a vape shop and travel through a dumpster portal to the netherworld, theymust climb into a coffin and bobsled towards the queen, collecting Likes and Reblogs along the way. Players can move their coffin side to side on the track, jump, and boost in the air to influence their direction. They can also &ldquodive,&rdquo which pulls them back towards the track.CONVERSIONPROCESS:Arcade players wanted to be punished. says Ben Esposito, speaking on behalf of Arcane Kids. Their game was built to be challenging, but the port to arcade made it even moreso. Crap! No One Loves Me was designed with precise movements and adjustments in mind. These were possible with a joypad controller, but on the cabinet, only digital inputs left, right, nothing were available. This meant overhauling many of the levels that required precise movements to better suit the new controls.Players approach arcade games with a different set of expectations, says Esposito. The play times are usually shorter. The complexity is usually lower. The difficulty however, is usually really high. When we put it in the arcade cabinet, we saw players laughing at their failures instead of getting frustrated.The arcade environment was wellsuited to the challenging experience they created, but part of that challenge wasn't entirely intentional. CNOLM relies on precise movements and adjustments. When it came time to install it, we realized the arcade stick just couldn&t do that! We ended up redesigning many of the levels. says Esposito. Buy Runescape Gold We think the constraints actually made it better.Hokyby JW Nijman, Eirik Suhrke, and Kitty CalisWHAT IT IS: Hokyis a minimalist sports game that presents a strippeddown version of hockeywith abstract graphics, realistic audio, strong color palettes, and the simplest control scheme imaginable. It can be played in1vs1 and 2vs2, but alsointroduces a unique 3 playermode in which each player has their own goal!CREATION PROCESS: Hokywas a simple indie game designed with the arcade in mind, in a way that would beaccessible for a newcomer and simple enough to accommodate 4 players. One of the most fun things about local multiplayer games is the ability to scream and shout at your friends, saysKitty Calis, a developer of Hoky. Much like with sports, sharing the experience can add a lot.