KiloPatches
Senior Member
Anyone here watch Brooklyn 99?
This really, really, REALLY stupid cell phone game was invented after a fictional cell phone game was made up on the show, called Cwazy Cupcakes. Backwards W and all. xD.
Typical connect matching pairs and line up to rack up points - almost like a Tetris sort of thing, where once they connect they explode and give you positive reinforcement.
I am planning on doing psychological research on this game - because there are many like them out there. I have a theory about what makes them so addictive.
I gave 5 trials. It records my high scores.
My first score was something like 1125 points. Then it went up to 5000. Then 12,000. Then it jumped to 30,000 and I was Level 2. Then 52,000 and I was level 3. Was I REALLY improving that much? Was I really learning? Or was the game giving the illusion of improvement to get me hooked to keep playing?
The rules aren't clear or stated anywhere. You are given a time limit to connect matching cupcakes. If the time runs out, the game ends. But sometimes there are no more moves to make. If that happens, you get +6000 points, and you are given a new set of cupcakes to match. I have a theory that it manually caps your score. It decides manually when to say "no more moves! +6000 points!" (even if there ARE more!) and then leave you hanging and let the timer run out when there aren't! But you don't care.... you think nothing of it.... it TELLS you when there are no more moves, right? So it MUST be YOUR incompetence! So you try again! And guess what?! NO MATTER WHAT your score increases exponentially EVERY time you play. So you're ALWAYS winning. So you get hooked.
Anyway. What are your experiences with cell phone games? Facebook games? Etc....?
Am I onto something?
This really, really, REALLY stupid cell phone game was invented after a fictional cell phone game was made up on the show, called Cwazy Cupcakes. Backwards W and all. xD.
Typical connect matching pairs and line up to rack up points - almost like a Tetris sort of thing, where once they connect they explode and give you positive reinforcement.
I am planning on doing psychological research on this game - because there are many like them out there. I have a theory about what makes them so addictive.
I gave 5 trials. It records my high scores.
My first score was something like 1125 points. Then it went up to 5000. Then 12,000. Then it jumped to 30,000 and I was Level 2. Then 52,000 and I was level 3. Was I REALLY improving that much? Was I really learning? Or was the game giving the illusion of improvement to get me hooked to keep playing?
The rules aren't clear or stated anywhere. You are given a time limit to connect matching cupcakes. If the time runs out, the game ends. But sometimes there are no more moves to make. If that happens, you get +6000 points, and you are given a new set of cupcakes to match. I have a theory that it manually caps your score. It decides manually when to say "no more moves! +6000 points!" (even if there ARE more!) and then leave you hanging and let the timer run out when there aren't! But you don't care.... you think nothing of it.... it TELLS you when there are no more moves, right? So it MUST be YOUR incompetence! So you try again! And guess what?! NO MATTER WHAT your score increases exponentially EVERY time you play. So you're ALWAYS winning. So you get hooked.
Anyway. What are your experiences with cell phone games? Facebook games? Etc....?
Am I onto something?
