The Birth of a Trend
A Retrospective Look at an Interview with Jack Pearson
On September 19, 2011 the founder and backbone of Tournament Games, Jack Pearson, was interviewed concerning his company and their newly released first Android App, SoliDroid Solitaire. A retrospective look at the interview gives insight into the triumphs and achievements the company has encountered in the past year.
Pearson stated in the 2011 interview that it was easy to find Solitaire in the, “original version,” but he wanted to develop a Solitaire game that was, “totally different.” He wanted a version that would keep, “players entertained and competitive,” in essence he set out to create the ultimate version of Klondike Solitaire. He started with the basic core structure of the game, then applied his own personal spin, and created an application that was like no other on the market.
Determined that his game would include tournament competition between real people, and never computerized players, Pearson incorporated his self-developed tournament structure and integrated the player versus player aspect of the game. He also included patent-pending features like SuperStax and PlayLater piles, thus adding aspects that would prove to provide players with hours of entertaining game play. The additional features gave each hand of the game diversification, and players were met with new and intriguing challenges to master each time they played.
When SoliDroid Solitaire was released in the Google Play Store, it was the only app featuring Solitaire competitions. Only a year later, there are more than half a dozen apps in the app store that feature Solitaire competitions. Evidently the addictive, competitive game play found in SoliDroid has sparked other developers to begin mimicking the idea through their own creations. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. This definitely attests to the quality of the idea that became SoliDroid Solitaire.
Tournament Games is still hosting their competitive style games at www.tournamentgames.com, as they were in 1997 when it all began. During the past year, they have introduced new gaming tournaments at play.tournamentgames.com, and new mobile apps have become available, as well. There is a lot of competition in the online and mobile gaming market, but the original ingenious minds that started the online competitive gaming trend are still creating new and improved games for everyone to enjoy.
Reference: Interview With Jack Pearson, SoliDroid Blog. 2011, September 19. http://solidroid.blogspot.com/2011/09/interview-with-jack-pearson.html
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