[alt text: a pair of posts by strudel-fatpaws on tumblr. The first post says, “who was the guy who said every indie game is named either ‘empoisoned’ or ‘swumbles big jumble’. i swear this is a real thing someone said”. The second post says, “gonna start sorting my steam library like this”. Included with the second post is a screenshot of a Steam library, in which games are sorted into two categories titled “Empoisoned” and “Swumbles Big Jumble”. Under the “Empoisoned” category, the games listed are: “Antichamber”, “Balatro”, “Pseudoregalia”, “ULTRAKILL”, and “Wobbledogs”. Under the “Swumbles Big Jumble” category, the games listed are: “The Binding of Isaac Rebirth”, “Orbo’s Odyssey”, “Patrick’s Parabox”, “the Gnorp Apologue”, and “Will You Snail?”.]

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    37·
    2 months ago

    “Wobbledogs” definitely has more of a Swumble’s Big Jumble energy though

  • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    18·
    2 months ago

    Y axis: Empoisoned or Swumble’s Big Jumble X axis: Menus or Parkour

    I think we are moving past the outdated genre system and finally finding a way to classify games properly

    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca
      7·
      2 months ago

      In trms of the vibe that the title gives off, I guess. First category is a fairly serious-sounding, usually 1 word title, and the second category seems to be a grab-bag of silly titles and titles where the first word is “______'s”

  • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    I feel like this isn’t exclusive to indie games.
    Empoisoned games: Forespoken, Bloodborne, Metal Gear Rising Revengance

    Swumbles Big Jumble games: Assassin’s Creed (plus subtitle), John Madden Football (and other similarly titled sports games), any legend of zelda game.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    11·
    2 months ago

    The Swumbles Big Jumble naming scheme can probably be traced to ZX Spectrum games coded by 15-year-olds in northern England in 1983 or so

    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
      7·
      2 months ago

      Even earlier, Colossal Cave Adventure from 1975 is the earliest one I can think of.

      Likewise Dungeon from the same year might be the earliest Empoisoned

      EDIT: Nah, Pong predates Dungeon.

      One of the first arcade games (1971) was Computer Space. Kinda feels halfway between the two, so that’s fun.

      EDIT 2: Think I found the earliest Jumble’s Big Bumble: Hunt The Wumpus, first distributed in May of 1973

  • Kache@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 months ago

    Idgi – is it saying that every game is either named “X” or “Y’s X”?