https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/how-polio-inspire...
An interesting article on why Candy Land was created.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/how-polio-inspire...
An interesting article on why Candy Land was created.
A good read, thanks! Didn't know any of that before, but it makes sense :) I like history, so this was nice.
-Austin
It took a lot of pain to get the world where we are today. For me sales is front and center. Continues to sell a million copies a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing.
Here is a link to the game tech about candyland if anyone is interested:
http://www.ludology.libsyn.com/webpage?search=candyland&Submit=Search+
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I use Candy Land as an example of a terrible game for parents to play with their kids :)
(.. so they should buy my game, of course)