# Idea - Reviewing MakeCode games in an organised manner

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538>\
**Category:** Show & Tell\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538 "2022-07-20T18:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/1 "2022-07-20T18:55:14Z")

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Hello everyone, and thanks for tuning in. Today I am announcing an idea that i had for a while that I finally decided to go through with. From now on, I’ll be reviewing and rating new MakeCode arcade games posted to the forum. This will be done using a schematic ready for posting where I’ll simply tweak it to make it suit for the game in question. (You might have noticed I have already done this with some games on the forum) This will be done with the goal of providing other community members with an easy to read through and digest, laid out description and review of the game, as well as my opinions and experiences with the games. I belive this will make it easier to conclude whether a game is worth while playing for the reader, and will provide plenty of constructive criticism for the creator in many aspects. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, leave them down below. I will also be taking requests, if you wish your game to be rated, please request it in the comments and leave a link to the forum thread with the game. The schematic will be listed below  
sincerely, S0m3\_random\_guy

Schematic -

> Game review and rating:
> 
> – [Artstyle] –  
> ☐ A kindergartener drew it  
> ☐ Down bad  
> ☐ Average  
> ☐ Good  
> ☐ Amazing
> 
> – [Gameplay] –  
> ☐ I’d rather watch grass grow  
> ☐ Not very amusing  
> ☐ Alright  
> ☐ Enjoyable  
> ☐ Exquisitely masterful (it rocks)
> 
> – [Story] –  
> ☐ There’s no story  
> ☐ So cliché  
> ☐ Admireable  
> ☐ Amazing  
> ☐ You forget you have a life
> 
> – [Performance] –  
> ☐ Doesn’t run  
> ☐ Seconds per frame  
> ☐ Stitched screenshots  
> ☐ Partially smooth  
> ☐ Flawless
> 
> – [Bugs] –  
> ☐ Fallout 76  
> ☐ Constant crashes  
> ☐ Lots of bugs, little crashing  
> ☐ Mostly smooth actually  
> ☐ Properly debugged 👉😃 👉
> 
> – [Length] –  
> ☐ Flappy bird (3 seconds)  
> ☐ Average runner game (a few minutes)  
> ☐ Minecraft if you git gud (~20 minutes)  
> ☐ Fledged RPG game (20 minutes - 1 hour)  
> ☐ How is this MakeCode??? (1+ hour(s))
> 
> – [Difficulty] –  
> ☐ Cookie clicker  
> ☐ Easy  
> ☐ Easy to learn, hard to master  
> ☐ Challenging  
> ☐ Dark Souls
> 
> – [Replayability] –  
> ☐ One-time experience  
> ☐ For collectibles  
> ☐ Every once in a while  
> ☐ For sure  
> ☐ It’s meant to be replayed
> 
> – [Overall] –  
> Rating - (rating)  
> Review - (review)

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/2 "2022-07-25T16:18:35Z")

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Another thing of note is that I’ll (not including requests) mostly only review and rate games submitted to the forum with the tag ‘game’ or ‘featured-game’. This is because it is much easier for me to find the games to review by just searching for the tag.

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/3 "2022-07-26T20:39:05Z")

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UPDATE:  
New features added to the form:

- added game details
  - title
  - series/franchise
  - language
  - number of blocks
  - lines of code
  - UF2 size

- put review categories under hide details

New form:

**Game details:**

Title:  
Series:  
Language:  
Number of blocks:  
Lines of code:  
UF2 size:

* * *

**Overview:**  
– [Artstyle] –  
☐ A kindergartener drew it  
☐ Down bad  
☐ Average  
☐ Good  
☐ Amazing

– [Gameplay] –  
☐ I’d rather watch grass grow  
☐ Not very amusing  
☐ Alright  
☐ Enjoyable  
☐ Exquisitely masterful (it rocks)

– [Story] –  
☐ There’s no story  
☐ So cliché  
☐ Admireable  
☐ Amazing  
☐ You forget you have a life

– [Performance] –  
☐ Doesn’t run  
☐ Seconds per frame  
☐ Stitched screenshots  
☐ Partially smooth  
☐ Flawless

– [Bugs] –  
☐ Fallout 76  
☐ Constant crashes  
☐ Lots of bugs, little crashing  
☐ Mostly smooth actually  
☐ Properly debugged 👉😃 👉

– [Length] –  
☐ Flappy bird (3 seconds)  
☐ Average runner game (a few minutes)  
☐ Minecraft if you git gud (~20 minutes)  
☐ Fledged RPG game (20 minutes - 1 hour)  
☐ How is this MakeCode??? (1+ hour(s))

– [Difficulty] –  
☐ Cookie clicker  
☐ Easy  
☐ Easy to learn, hard to master  
☐ Challenging  
☐ Dark Souls

– [Replayability] –  
☐ One-time experience  
☐ For collectibles  
☐ Every once in a while  
☐ For sure  
☐ It’s meant to be replayed

– [Overall] –  
Rating - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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Review ⬇

> **Objective description:**
>

> **Personal opinion:**
>

> **Suggested improvements (for the author)**
>

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**Author:** ![danger\_kitty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/danger_kitty/32/32006_2.png) [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/4 "2022-07-27T16:31:14Z")

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My games don’t have UF2 size they are too big

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**Author:** ![Unique](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unique/32/32724_2.png) [@Unique](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Unique)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/5 "2022-07-27T16:31:23Z")

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This is pretty awesome, also:

> [@Sarge](#):
>
> – [Bugs] –  
> ☐ Fallout 76

In all seriousness though, this is a nice way to give feedback to people in the community.

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/6 "2022-07-27T16:39:48Z")

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That’s fine, fields that cannot be filled in get labeled as “N/A” (not applicable)

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**Author:** ![danger\_kitty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/danger_kitty/32/32006_2.png) [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/7 "2022-07-27T22:18:00Z")

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> **Game details:**
>
> Title:  
> Series:  
> Language:  
> Number of blocks:  
> Lines of code:  
> UF2 size:
> 
> * * *

> **Overview**
>
> – [Artstyle] –  
> ☐ A kindergartener drew it  
> ☐ Down bad  
> ☐ Average  
> ☐ Good  
> ☐ Amazing
> 
> – [Gameplay] –  
> ☐ I’d rather watch grass grow  
> ☐ Not very amusing  
> ☐ Alright  
> ☐ Enjoyable  
> ☐ Exquisitely masterful (it rocks)
> 
> – [Story] –  
> ☐ There’s no story  
> ☐ So cliché  
> ☐ Admireable  
> ☐ Amazing  
> ☐ You forget you have a life
> 
> – [Performance] –  
> ☐ Doesn’t run  
> ☐ Seconds per frame  
> ☐ Stitched screenshots  
> ☐ Partially smooth  
> ☐ Flawless
> 
> – [Bugs] –  
> ☐ Fallout 76  
> ☐ Constant crashes  
> ☐ Lots of bugs, little crashing  
> ☐ Mostly smooth actually  
> ☐ Properly debugged 👉😃 👉
> 
> – [Length] –  
> ☐ Flappy bird (3 seconds)  
> ☐ Average runner game (a few minutes)  
> ☐ Minecraft if you git gud (~20 minutes)  
> ☐ Fledged RPG game (20 minutes - 1 hour)  
> ☐ How is this MakeCode??? (1+ hour(s))
> 
> – [Difficulty] –  
> ☐ Cookie clicker  
> ☐ Easy  
> ☐ Easy to learn, hard to master  
> ☐ Challenging  
> ☐ Dark Souls
> 
> – [Replayability] –  
> ☐ One-time experience  
> ☐ For collectibles  
> ☐ Every once in a while  
> ☐ For sure  
> ☐ It’s meant to be replayed

– [Overall] –  
Rating - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

* * *

Review ⬇

Objective description:  
Personal opinion:  
Suggested improvements (for the author)  
…  
I though this lay out would be better

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/8 "2022-07-28T16:24:48Z")

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That does look great, I’ll be sure to consider it!

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/9 "2023-05-12T01:23:57Z")

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Hey, can you review my Ocarina of Time game?

> **[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time](https://arcade.makecode.com/94915-92274-39479-99956)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

There are performance issues at the beginning of the Lost Woods when you try to leave it. Just try not to overlap with the block too many times. If you need me to draw a quick speedrunning map to run to the boss, I gotcha.

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/10 "2023-05-15T19:05:28Z")

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> [@personalnote](#):
>
> If you need me to draw a quick speedrunning map to run to the boss, I gotcha.

I mean, I’m kind of short on time rn so that would be great

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/11 "2023-05-15T22:08:46Z")

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![Screenshot 2023-05-16 at 6.58.43 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/2/2e2a9049390915818e08b09b90a818df939d19bd.png)  
Here you go!

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**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/12 "2023-05-16T17:16:37Z")

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You should make a this a minimap in the game

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**Author:** ![Archer\_Bright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/archer_bright/32/32896_2.png) [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/13 "2023-05-16T17:17:14Z")

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**Overview:**  
– [Artstyle] –  
☐ A kindergartener drew it  
☐ Down bad  
☐ Average  
☐ Good  
☑ Amazing

– [Gameplay] –  
☐ I’d rather watch grass grow  
☐ Not very amusing  
☑ Alright  
☐ Enjoyable  
☐ Exquisitely masterful (it rocks)

– [Story] –  
☑ There’s no story  
☐ So cliché  
☐ Admireable  
☐ Amazing  
☐ You forget you have a life

– [Performance] –  
☐ Doesn’t run  
☐ Seconds per frame  
☐ Stitched screenshots  
☑ Partially smooth  
☐ Flawless

– [Bugs] –  
☑Fallout 76  
☐ Constant crashes  
☐ Lots of bugs, little crashing  
☐ Mostly smooth actually  
☐ Properly debugged 👉😃 👉

– [Length] –  
☐ Flappy bird (3 seconds)  
☐ Average runner game (a few minutes)  
☐ Minecraft if you git gud (~20 minutes)  
☑ Fledged RPG game (20 minutes - 1 hour)  
☐ How is this MakeCode??? (1+ hour(s))

– [Difficulty] –  
☐ Cookie clicker  
☑ Easy  
☐ Easy to learn, hard to master  
☐ Challenging  
☐ Dark Souls

– [Replayability] –  
☐ One-time experience  
☐ For collectibles  
☐ Every once in a while  
☐ For sure  
☐ It’s meant to be replayed

– [Overall] –  
Rating - 4/5

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/14 "2023-05-16T23:33:02Z")

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There is one. If you press “menu” you can see the map.

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/15 "2023-05-16T23:33:05Z")

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i’m assuming u missed a lot of things in the game

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**Author:** ![Archer\_Bright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/archer_bright/32/32896_2.png) [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/16 "2023-05-17T01:22:57Z")

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proboly

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**Author:** ![Archer\_Bright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/archer_bright/32/32896_2.png) [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/17 "2023-05-17T01:24:05Z")

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my only problem with the game is the going in places glitches alot which ruined a bit of my experience  
If you fix it, nothing else to say  
its amazing!  
But please fix that glitch

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/idea-reviewing-makecode-games-in-an-organised-manner/14538/18 "2023-05-17T16:41:41Z")

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> [@Archer\_Bright](#):
>
> my only problem with the game is the going in places glitches alot which ruined a bit of my experience

Honestly the glitch at the lost woods is the only main glitch in the game. there’s another bug with the boss but it only happens if u fail to return his shots too many times

If you follow the map and stick to the correct path, you can make it out in perfect time. If I have time I will either try to record a video on how to bypass the glitch quickly or try to fix the glitch. The latter is probably most likely.