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#1 2010-03-28 13:25:01
- demosthenes
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Scratch Likes Simple
It's just something that I've been thinking about.
An okay game that is very easy is much more likely to get to the frontpage than a difficult game that is amazing.
Post your thoughts, agreement, or disagreement.
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#3 2010-03-28 13:31:36
- throughthefire
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Sadly, yes, that probably will happen, while AMAZING games that are difficult don't often make the front page 
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#4 2010-03-28 13:34:20
- demosthenes
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Yeah . . . I'm wondering if I should make Gods Quest 3 easier or if I should keep making it the way it is and to heck with the front page . . .
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#5 2010-03-28 14:00:13
- Lucario621
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Sadly...yeah.
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#6 2010-03-28 14:15:59
- throughthefire
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
demosthenes wrote:
Yeah . . . I'm wondering if I should make Gods Quest 3 easier or if I should keep making it the way it is and to heck with the front page . . .
You should continue making it the way it is and don't care about whether some Noobs think it's too hard. I enjoy hard games, and so do most of the hardcore scratchers. Keep making it difficult. If it's winnable, I'm fine with it!
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#7 2010-03-28 14:25:10
- RHY3756547
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
I agree.
Simple games get more love-its than the games I think about a lot to code. This wrecked Scratch Kart Demo as well as the lag.
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#8 2010-03-28 14:29:19
- Wolfie1996
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Unfortunately, people seem to complain if it's hard... but they also complain if it's easy... There's really no way to not get complained at...
...Especially if you build in a way to cheat a difficult game, then "forget" to bring it up, until 2 months, 3 weeks later... but still not say exactly what the cheat is... after said project was curated... not that I'd do anything like that, though 
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But building in a way to make it easier would be an idea...
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#9 2010-03-28 14:37:49
- Kileymeister
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Drat, if that's true, I'll never be famous, because I only put up games on my account that I deem good enough; simple games almost never make the cut.
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#10 2010-03-28 14:41:39
Re: Scratch Likes Simple
I think God's quest is actually the perfect difficulty for a game. It isn't to easy, and isn't to hard. But I still think it's a little on the hard side. 
That's true, but also a well-programmed easy game has even less of a chance.
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#12 2010-03-28 16:24:57
Re: Scratch Likes Simple
they can be equally good, the problem with easy games is it gets a tad boring to make, the same coding techniques you already know and you're just repeating them and getting bored by the tedious task of making the game
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#14 2010-03-28 20:52:59
- soupoftomato
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Hard games that are a simple concept?
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#16 2010-03-29 17:37:14
- illusionist
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Re: Scratch Likes Simple
Depends.
Space War 4 is hard for most people (I usually can't beat my own final boss 
), but it was front paged for a week-and-a-half with:
444 comments
2025 views
203 love its
12 remixes by 10 jealous- ...nevermind.
Anyway, as you can see,
It depends. 
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