by khalleron Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:55 pm
Andy created the Westward concept and vastly expanded on the Tradewinds gameplay (adding story and humor) to the games, beginning with Tradewinds 2 and carrying on with Tradewinds Legends, generally regarded as the best of the Tradewinds series. He brought a sense of humor and a creativity that I don't believe has been matched since he left.
Sadly, he's no longer doing games, having been laid off from iWin and not having any success becoming an independent designer.
HOs aren't social games - social games are the kind of stuff you play on FaceBook, which thrive on microtransactions and blackmail (trying to get players to force all their friends to play, too). Zynga was the big player in that business (although they copied pretty nearly all their games from other companies), but they've lately taken a big loss. IMHO, it was a fad that people are quickly growing tired of. I'm really sorry that we lost Sandlot because they decided to chase that rainbow (there's no pot of gold there, guys!) rather than sticking to making fun casual games that didn't rely on blackmail to work.
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