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#1 2012-10-06 16:21:20
- bobthejoe68
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-05-25
- Posts: 69
It makes no sense!
Why do projects that take a trivial amount of time to make, are short, and are extremely simple get on the front page, and not projects that take 15+ hours of work, and have better mechanics? It really makes me mad to see games like that, when I have worked on my games for so long, and they only get like 5 views. I try to advertise on the forums, but nobody ever looks. For example, my game, Cube World: Cube Man's Origins. It just makes no sense to me. 
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#2 2012-10-06 16:32:19
- MistralWing
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2012-02-17
- Posts: 43
Re: It makes no sense!
Join the club.It tends to depend on the project and how well known you are,I think.
A good place to start is to help other projects by posting on them and get yourself known.
No worries-I'll check out your projects 
MistralWingGames: http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/163604
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#3 2012-10-06 17:17:38
- Molybdenum
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2012-06-17
- Posts: 1000+
Re: It makes no sense!
bobthejoe68 wrote:
Why do projects that take a trivial amount of time to make, are short, and are extremely simple get on the front page, and not projects that take 15+ hours of work, and have better mechanics? It really makes me mad to see games like that, when I have worked on my games for so long, and they only get like 5 views. I try to advertise on the forums, but nobody ever looks. For example, my game, Cube World: Cube Man's Origins. It just makes no sense to me.
Annoys me too. For example, this, although I know that it was just for fun PR0G4M3R, but you did get <something> love-its, which got it on the front page.
The front page is weird nowadays.
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#4 2012-10-06 17:24:23
Re: It makes no sense!
because i think a lot of famous scratchers are kids, and they dont exactly understand how to handle having fame yet. i dont blame them though, but i think we do need more opportunity form other people to receive some exposure besides curator
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#5 2012-10-06 18:15:55
- StarscreamClone
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- Registered: 2012-05-19
- Posts: 1000+
Re: It makes no sense!
Yep, that's how a lot of my projects go. You just need to get noticed. Patience, your time will come, and so will mine. Pay attention to what gets front paged, that may give you a clue as to what people will view. Also, be helpful, nice, and make some friends!
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#6 2012-10-06 18:40:24
- Molybdenum
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2012-06-17
- Posts: 1000+
Re: It makes no sense!
StarscreamClone wrote:
Yep, that's how a lot of my projects go. You just need to get noticed. Patience, your time will come, and so will mine.
You really want me to say?
Front page is:
Featured and curated, which can be good.
SDS, but the 8bit theme has been here a long time already.
Loving:
Simple platformers
Boring animations (although that "I'm mining iron with iron"/"how ironic!" on was funny)
Some CC's
Remixing:
CC's
A few complex platformer engines
Viewing:
Games that look complicated but are really not
Some more CC's
A few animations
Front page fails.
"The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake."
(|Balls and Platforms: Stay on!|) (|NaOS-H: An operating system... Or is it?|)
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