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#1 2007-09-09 16:25:14
How can i...
How can i make my projects more popular? like with 50 loveits? or 1000 veiws? what do i need to make? a pac-man? Breakout? a star wars game? what's popular these days? please help me get more veiws
more people like the letter B than the letter A!
i'm going for 250 posts!
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#2 2007-09-09 19:07:01
Re: How can i...
For a high chance of getting alot of love its and views you need to have a fairly impressive game ie duck hunt and be on the front page.
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#3 2007-09-11 14:35:08
- kevin_karplus
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Re: How can i...
Actually, being on the front page is much more important than having a great game.
In other words, having the Scratch team feature you is most important.
There is no formula for that---they feature projects they happen to notice that they like. They are more likely to feature an ok project by an 11-year-old than a great project by an adult, as they are interested in encouraging kids (the adults can get jobs as programmers if they want rewards).
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#4 2007-12-10 21:02:09
- acolite246
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- Registered: 2007-09-19
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Re: How can i...
add a lot of friends
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#5 2007-12-10 23:58:45
- kevin_karplus
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You can add a lot of people to your friends list, just by clicking on them, but what's the point? it doesn't mean you have friends, it just means you spent a lot of time clicking your mouse.
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#6 2007-12-11 07:41:29
- MyRedNeptune
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- Registered: 2007-05-07
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Re: How can i...
There are a few methods to make your projects more noticable and look better, or "polish" them, as I usually say.
1. The name of your project should be attractive.
-the most important words in your project must be written in capital letters.
-the project name must be short yet describing.
2. The project picture must be very attractive.
-just press the stop button at the best part of your project. Make sure no sensors are aeen, if you have any.
3. Display variables only in barge readout format!
-variable boxes kinda make the project look messy. So, if you need to display them, show them only in large readout format!
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#7 2007-12-11 15:40:05
- kevin_karplus
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MyRedNeptune's advice is generally good. I'd make one distinction---sliders are ok to use as input, but try to place them symmetrically on the screen (or in some other reasonably attractive way, not scattered).
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