THE RANK LIST:
WARNING: HONEST OPINIONS IN THIS TOPIC
1. Mhx ar (game play and graphics)
You make great games. The graphics are always amazing and the game play is fun. You know a lot about game logic, and you can make everything you want with flowlab.
2. Latif
I won’t talk about myself lol. Only thing to say is the graveyard is better than SB3 lmao.
3. CrimsonBlackGames (graphics)
You make nice games. Your graphic skills keep improving, but your game play always keeps the same. I like the game play in SB2 more than SB3. Remember that increasing the difficulty is always a bad thing for beginners. People don’t really like confusing games. Also, you know a lot about game logic. You can make everything you want with flowlab like Mhx and me. Lastly, you’re doing to much with Starblast games (not something bad), but I would really like to see some other new games from you.
4. Pixelpizza (story and graphics)
Your graphics and animations are awesome. It’s the best thing you advance. In awakening I can also see your story isn’t bad. The game play isn’t complete but until now it’s just shooting at bosses and avoiding their attacks.
5. MuddyApples (graphics)
Always makes noob games, but good enough to achieve this spot in the list lol.
6. Luminous (story)
Probably the newest here in flowlab. You don’t advance a lot, but I’m happy you stay here in flowlab instead of leaving after a few months (like all other people). I won’t tell a lot because I want to wait for your FB.io 2 game
Why isn’t Grazer on this list? Because he never makes games. And his old games are just demos. Only that space game is a bit interesting.
I think some tips for making games:
Maybe you can’t notice it in the list, but game play is a very important thing with games. This is also the reason why PixelPizza isn’t at the top with his awesome graphics (I didn’t say anything bad here lol). The use of sound effects also counts with the game play (music is just an extra, but it should fit with the game). In my graveyard game I mostly focused on the game play (and making many characters lol), which makes people enjoying my game. If a game is good it means it mostly has good game play (it’s fun to play), the graphics are good enough and the game isn’t too messy (story is an extra). What about difficulty? The difficulty also belongs to the game play. Does your game start very hard? Then I can say the game is bad without thinking. If you make a platformer game, remember to make it not too long, so when you die you have to do the whole level again. I often see this with beginners. A simple solution is just adding checkpoints or making shorter levels. When you make a story game, remember to focus enough on the game play. The story doesn’t affect the game play, it only makes the game better because it has more creativity. Lastly, the game should be easy to understand without even reading a wall of text how to play it (controls are always useful to read so that doesn’t count). If the player encounters something in the game but he/she doesn’t know what it is. It doesn’t really improve your game. Traps or fake things you can’t expect from the first time also doesn’t really improve your game, why should the player expect the unexpected? This all belongs to game play.