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Indie games are turning the act of looking into an art

Indie games are turning the act of looking into an art

Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg did not necessarily set out to create a new genre. But, in some ways, that's exactly what the duo did when they released Hidden Folks in 2017. Hidden object games have been around for decades - they've existed well before computers, when people searched for objec...

A screenshot from the video game Lost and Found Co.

Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg did not necessarily set out to create a new genre. But, in some ways, that's exactly what the duo did when they released Hidden Folks in 2017. Hidden object games have been around for decades - they've existed well before computers, when people searched for objects in paintings and printed drawings - but Hidden Folks was a distinct step forward. De Jongh calls Hidden Folks a "searching" game; objects are certainly hidden, but the game is more than just spotting objects.

"We wanted to make a very playful, interactive game where our focus was invoking this curiosity for these little worlds and the little …

Read the full story at The Verge.