[coldtea]

>but they still need to be flashy and good-looking with an interesting game mechanic.

If they have great/addicting gameplay, they don't have to be flashy and good-looking.

[baud147258]

> If they have great/addicting gameplay, they don't have to be flashy and good-looking.

For that point, I think Tetris is a good example

[dgzl]

I used to be obsessed with a terminal-based Tetris game built with ncurses. It helped me get through college lectures better than any other game.