IMPORTANT: If you’d like to submit a game to the console, PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST!!!
And yes, that includes reading through the dropdowns, for any loophole finders.
This is the official submission topic for games that you’d like to enter in the Barricade8 console.
Submission Requirements
1) ANY GAME YOU ENTER MUST BE MADE BY YOU.
You cannot enter a game made by someone else UNLESS you have their COMPLETE PERMISSION and they FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR GAME IS GOING.
2) SUBMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 10+ MINS PLAYTHROUGH TIME.
This does NOT apply to speedrun games (like Simple Game by @Gatorballz123) or games that are meant to be replayed (like Shape Smasher by @Bilangus).
All games that are meant to be played through as a story such as platformers, open world, RPGs, etc. must have AT LEAST 10 MINUTES OF PLAYTHROUGH TIME. However, this does not apply to speedrun times. If you can beat your game in less than ten minutes, you may want to have someone else try it before you rule that game out. Developers tend to be better at their own games than the people who’ll be playing them.
3) GAMES MUST BE COMPLETELY DEBUGGED.
This means your game has no errors, like Failed to cast on null, Cannot read properties of reading fields, etc., BUT this also includes any game glitches like getting stuck in walls, the ability to skip levels WITHOUT any desired cheat codes, and any other glitches that soft-locks the game, lets players cheat, etc.
4) SCREEN SIZE MUST BE 1:1 RATIO.
The game must have a square screen. This means you can have a screen size of 240x240 or 320x320, but not 240x320. The following are recommended screen sizes:
1x: 960x960
1/2x: 480x480
1/3x: 320x320
1/4x: 240x240
1/5x: 192x192
1/6x: 160x160
1/8x: 120x120
1/10x: 96x96
Other square screen sizes are fine, but as the console uses @Kiwiphoenix364’s pxt-zoom extension, the pixels on other sizes might look slightly odd.
Console Customizations
You are 100% allowed to change your original game for the console.
You can edit your original game to add extra skins, weapons, items, worlds, secrets, etc. depending on the type of game you are entering. The Barricade8 has its own in-console currency, called Shield Points. If you want to, you can make skins, weapons, or other extras in your game and make them cost Shield Points.
Please note that this goes both ways. In addition to purchasable objects in your game, you can make your game give people shield points as well. For example, you can give someone 5 shield points if they get a specific achievement, like finding a hidden area in a level, or collecting over 100 coins in a single level. Then, you can make your game include a weapon with a special ability that costs 10 Shield Points.
Make sure that whatever purchasable items or achievements you want in the game have been FULLY PROGRAMMED IN ALREADY. Tell us in your submission post (See section 5 for post format) which items and achievements you want to link to Shield Points and we’ll program the Shield Points part in for you.
HOWEVER, please note that we would like to keep the console Pay-to-Win free.
We will NOT include games where you can only unlock the last world by buying it, or you need a super powerful purchasable item to defeat the final boss, etc. We want the console to be completely free of games you have to pay for.
One other thing:
I’ve been saying “buy”, “purchase” and “pay” a lot here, but I really mean ONLY SHIELD POINTS.
YOU DO NOT PAY ANY REAL MONEY ANYWHERE ON THE CONSOLE.
Asset Naming
NOTE: ASSETS DO NOT HAVE TO BE NAMED.
Unnamed assets are perfectly acceptable in the console.
CORRECTLY NAMING ASSETS:
Assets with names must have specific enough names that they are distinctly unique to the game. Here are some examples:
- GOOD EXAMPLE: a tile named PlatformerGameRedBrick
- GOOD EXAMPLE: an image named PlatformerGamePlayer
- GOOD EXAMPLE: an image named FredStartImage
- BAD EXAMPLE: a tile named Dirt
- BAD EXAMPLE: an image named Player
Game Thumbnail
The game thumbnail must be 120x120 pixels in size, and use the following palette:
https://arcade.makecode.com/S14245-42188-29064-65900
How to CORRECTLY Submit a Game
TO SUBMIT A GAME, YOU MUST SUBMIT A POST IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
A small message saying “I’d like to submit a game” or smth along those lines.
The title of the game.
The game link.
Any achievements you’d like to give Shield Points for, and the number of Shield Points.
Any purchasable objects in your game and how many Shield Points they’re worth.
Your game’s thumbnail image in a Makecode project..
Here’s an example:
I want to submit a game.
Title: Platformer Game
arcade.makecode.com/xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
Achievements:
- Secret area: 5 Shield Points
- Hidden boss: 10 Shield Points
Purchasable items:
- Special weapon: 8 Shield Points
arcade.makecode.com/xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (image project)
Submission Checklist
- The game is made by you.
- Playthrough time is 10+ minutes or the game is meant to be replayable or speedran. Spedrun? idk.
- All bugs are fixed.
- Screen size is 1:1 ratio; in other words screen is square
- Assets are either unnamed or have unique names
- A 120x120 size thumbnail has been created in a separate project.
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