Difference between Mods and Games

Well, so... Is there a difference?

I personally think you shouldn't call a game, a mod and the other way round. Because it could confuse noobs and it is incorrect. Also there is a huge difference between a game and a mod.

 

O_o I'll comment on the subject later, but I wanted to point out that you accidentally used "noobs" instead of "newbies".

No, seriously, "noob" is rather an offensive word whereas "newbie" is a simple reference to a new member.

I also think you should sticky this

 

Nice place you have here. N00b sounds more internet-slangy, you know.

Should I repost my opinion from that thread?

 

Nice place you have here. N00b sounds more internet-slangy, you know.

Should I repost my opinion from that thread?

Gives me a reason to post mine where it belongs, so why not?

And maybe you should delete/move our posts in that thread to this one, SP.

 

No, you can't. I have an experience about making games and I know.

 

We can just call them both works of art and call it a day. Unless that starts something that people don't believe "games" and "mods" can't be works of art.

 

Its both Art of course I agree.
But its not the same.

 

You can't call a stand-alone, unmodified game, a modification - that's illogical.
You can however call a mod for a game - it's still game, a modified one, and it doesn't state more than that.

QED.

 

You can't call a stand-alone, unmodified game, a modification - that's illogical.
You can however call a mod for a game - it's still game, a modified one, and it doesn't state more than that.

QFFT

Though I do call a modification a mod rather than a game, habit, I suppose.

 

lol, two people voted for you can call a game a mod.
Of course Cave Story is a mod created by the Almighty Paintbrush.

 

I can't see why you make it such a big deal, SP. Unless a game is called a mod, it makes no difference as "game" is a term used very casually and generically. Do you know anyone who doesn't get the point if I say I'm making an edited game out of Cave Story?

@Impulse

Same here, although I don't go around pointing out the difference to everyone who says game =p

 

Can I say "gamod"? It worked for Schism... ;P

 

"gamod" is allright, somehow I think.
But calling a game a mod and the other way round is not okay
So yeah you can call a mod a game and a mod meaning its both, but not only a single one. I guess. Still I don't like that much :/

 

I FORCE MY LOGIC UNTO THIS THREAD.

A mod may be a mod but by it's very nature it's still a game in and of itself. It might not be the original game, but it's still something that you play as a game. What else are you doing with a mod if you aren't playing it? The only way that a mod would not be a game is if they turned Cave Story into a word processor or something.

 

mod = modification (of a game)
So yeah, a mod is a game, since the term game is a classification and not just a specific thing.

 

mod = modification (of a game)
So yeah, a mod is a game, since the term game is a classification and not just a specific thing.

You endorse what I've been struggling to find words for.

"gamod" is allright, somehow I think.
But calling a game a mod and the other way round is not okay
So yeah you can call a mod a game and a mod meaning its both, but not only a single one. I guess. Still I don't like that much :/

But you still haven't stated a valid reason why you make such a big deal of it when a newbie says "game"

EDIT: Sorry if I sounded bossy there, but I really don't think the 'disrespect' is of such magnitude that you let it develop into an argument everywhere.

 

I thought of something:
How about a little modification makes it a mod, but more modification that makes the game at least obviously different to the original makes it right to call it a game. And of course, it's truly right or better to still call it a mod.

And something else:
A modded game can be dubbed a game, provided you state that it is modded.
e.g.
-This is a modded game called Jenka's Nightmare
-This is the modded version of the game Cave Story called Jenka's Nightmare
-Jenka's Nightmare is a game, modded from Cave Story
-This is the game Cave Story, modded.
And apparently, only statements which clarify that cs' the game makes better sense(coz of my bias, of course)

 

I thought of something:
How about a little modification makes it a mod, but more modification that makes the game at least obviously different to the original makes it right to call it a game. And of course, it's truly right or better to still call it a mod.

No, no matter how mutch you modify, it doesn't change the nature of the mod. I might sound like I'm contradicting myself, but your suggestion makes no sense.

And something else:
A modded game can be dubbed a game, provided you state that it is modded.
e.g.
-This is a modded game called Jenka's Nightmare
-This is the modded version of the game Cave Story called Jenka's Nightmare
-Jenka's Nightmare is a game, modded from Cave Story
-This is the game Cave Story, modded.
And apparently, only statements which clarify that cs' the game makes better sense(coz of my bias, of course)

That is hardly a suggestion because as I said every time somebody uses the word "game", it is clear from the context he means a mod, but we're still having this discussion here, aren't we?

 

Lol I feel that it isn't right to call a mod a game cause if you call a simple mod a game, then that would put all those hard workers that made actual GAMES on the same level as us simple modders...

 

Lol I feel that it isn't right to call a mod a game cause if you call a simple mod a game, then that would put all those hard workers that made actual GAMES on the same level as us simple modders...

It isn't right to catagorise a mod as a game if that's what you mean. But casually calling a mod a game for convenience of speech/lack of terminal knowledge is fine IMO.