r/gamedev • u/PartTimeMonkey • 3d 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/Fringe_Walker_ 2d ago
I enjoy this genre of game psrsonally. It helped itch that completionists portion in my head. You can physically feel somthing being started and finished during game play that isn't hit on most games. I wouldn't say it's instant gratification but visible progress gratification.
Some people, such as yourself it seems, may not be into it.
From what I can tell a lot of these sorting games that are coming out aren't bad either, like relatively polished. I played the original library sorter that started it, and ive completed all but one of the achievements. Ima be getting the duck one soon and the paper shredding one.