Mrchewy
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I've been around for a while now, spending most of my time in the Hacks and Game Development sections. Anyway, to be very blunt, I think there needs to be some rules/requirements for threads in the Game Showcase forum.
The Hacks Showcase forum has had established thread requirements for quite some time, and it generally means that only games of acceptable quality are accepted and displayed in the showcase. The Games Showcase forum, however, has very few posting requirements despite being just as big as Hacks Showcase.
The biggest problem is, Pokémon games using RPG Maker are now just so much more easier to make than hacks. Generally, to even produce a mediocre hack the author needs to at least be quite familiar with all the tools, editing and scripting necessary. Using the RPG Maker Starter Kit requires little to no knowledge, leading to games of low quality.
I think it's reached the point now where fangame development is rapidly catching up to the popularity of hacking, and the currently very relaxed requirements need to be ramped up a bit to match that of Hacks Showcase. Not only will it encourage developers to gain better understanding of the game making progress, but it'll keep the forum much more tidy and useful.
The Hacks Showcase forum has had established thread requirements for quite some time, and it generally means that only games of acceptable quality are accepted and displayed in the showcase. The Games Showcase forum, however, has very few posting requirements despite being just as big as Hacks Showcase.
The biggest problem is, Pokémon games using RPG Maker are now just so much more easier to make than hacks. Generally, to even produce a mediocre hack the author needs to at least be quite familiar with all the tools, editing and scripting necessary. Using the RPG Maker Starter Kit requires little to no knowledge, leading to games of low quality.
I think it's reached the point now where fangame development is rapidly catching up to the popularity of hacking, and the currently very relaxed requirements need to be ramped up a bit to match that of Hacks Showcase. Not only will it encourage developers to gain better understanding of the game making progress, but it'll keep the forum much more tidy and useful.
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