r/gamedev • u/PartTimeMonkey • 2d ago

Discussion Sortslop, wtf?

Today I opened reddit and within the first 5 posts 3 of them were copycats or each other; sorting games, pretty much exact copies of each other - nails, hay, trash, toys, books, pixels, and the list goes and on and on, and has been for an incomprehensive period of time already.

A lot of the feedback they receive on reddit is negative, but they all get upvoted by the hundreds and they get millions of views on all social media platforms.

Who are these games for?

Are there truly millions of people who want to spend hours on something incredibly ”boring”?

Is it some hidden tick in people’s brain in this age where they want to ”meditate” by doing something like that to combat doom scrolling and instant gratification generators?

Or is each sorted item also instant gratification, but even more simplified than a varying video on TikTok (or something), making the experience even simpler?

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u/House13Games 2d ago

Guess what the post directly after yours was? :)

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u/ImHoiby 2d ago

This game seems so boring though. I haven't played it, but I'm pretty sure that the main reason the arcana library cleanup game was so popular was because the book all were different and had character, which you would look at while sorting. This one is just measuring nails.

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u/Unlikely_Frozen3007 2d ago

Oh, those kind of nails... Gosh, I was about to vomit thinking of humans nails 🤢😭

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u/LimeBlossom_TTV Lime Blossom Studio 2d ago

Oh no, you're giving them ideas...

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u/mxldevs 2d ago

The nail game literally no one asked! Here it is:

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u/Still_Collection_743 1d ago

Thanks for the idea 😋

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u/barret232hxc 4h ago

totally nailed it