Tags

Tags are used to classify and organize games in Flashpoint for easier searching. Here, they have been organised into categories. You may use multiple tags per game, as well, you can use the category headers as tags. If there is a tag that you feel would be useful, please ask a Staff Member on the Discord server, and we'll see if it's something that should be added. We don't want tags to be too specific, to the point where a tag exists solely for one game.

Action

Tag	Description	Example
Artillery	Games where you use various weapons, setting the power and angle, to fight your enemy	Tank Wars
Brawler	Progress through areas, beating up goons as you go. Usually 2D	Stick Brawl
Fighter	Two characters face off using combos and special techniques	Samurai Fighters
Platformer	Progress through the stage(s), jumping from object to object	Super Mario 63
Shooter	Any game where you use guns to shoot enemies	Alien Hominid

Adventure

Tag	Description	Example
Choose Your Own Adventure	Choose a path at specific junctions and see where the story takes you	The Henry Stickman Series
Dating Sim	Pick options to take boys or girls on dates.	SimGirls
Escape the Room	A subset of the Adventure genre where you're in a single room / low amount of rooms, a general lack of story, and puzzles to solve to get out of it.	Cube Escape: The Cave
Point and Click	A specific subset of adventure games where your only controls are the mouse	???
Roguelike	You have one life. Don't die, or you'll lose most if not all of your progress	???
RPG	Games focused less on combat and more on exploration and puzzle solving. May or may not have detailed character stats	Sonny
Visual Novel	Story based games where you pick from preset choices	Sonic RPG

Arcade

Tag	Description	Example
Breakout	Bounce a ball from a paddle to break all the bricks in a level	bloXplatter
Pinball	Webgame versions of pinball tables or pinball-esque games	???
Pong	The classic game, now in Flash	???
Rhythm	Press the right buttons to the beat of the music	F2Jam
Runner	Run automatically, and avoid obstacles, and collect shinies	Robot Unicorn Attack
Score-Attack	Your goal throughout the game is to get a high score	Starry Night
Tetris	Games based on the classic	Tetris 1989
Variety	Mini-game collections, or games where the gameplay changes frequently	Four Second Fury

Driving

Tag	Description	Example
Flying	Plane-based driving	Into Space 2
Motocross	2D Racing games with specific physics enabled	Dirt Bike
Parking	Park in a precise space, using any vehicle	Docking Perfection 2
Motocross	2D Racing games with specific physics enabled	Dirt Bike
Racing	Try to go faster than either the other drivers or the clock as you drive around a track	Cyclomaniacs

Educational

Tag	Description	Example
Math	Games that are about teaching math skills	???
Reading	Games that are about teaching reading skills	???
Tutorial	Teaches non-academic things	Ultimate Spriting Tutorial
Typing	Games that teach you to type efficiently	???

Puzzle

Tag	Description	Example
Hidden Object/Find	Find things that are hidden within the larger picture	Pocket Creature ~Hidden Objects~
Jigsaw	Classic style of puzzle where you have differently shaped pieces and need to put them in the right spots	Ice-Age 4 Jigsaw Puzzle
Match-3	Swap and move objects around to match colours/shapes in lines	Bejeweled
Sokoban	Games that involve pushing boxes around an area into specific locations	Aggressive Sokoban
Word	Games based on anagrams, crosswords, or similar	Bookworm

Simulation

Tag	Description	Example
Card	Card games that don't focus on gambling	???
Gambling	Bet virtual money, win virtual money	???
Sports	Games based on real life sports, from baseball, to curling, to shuffleboard	???
Tabletop	Games that replicate boardgames	???

Strategy

Tag	Description	Example
Lane-Based	You and your opponant have one or more lanes with which to send units down to attack each other	Plants vs. Zombies Web Verison
Real Time	Create units and buildings, collect resources, and face an opponant who's doing the same things at the same time as you are	???
Tower Defense	Build various towers to destroy the units your enemies send against you	Bloons TD 5
Turn Based	Take turns with an opponant as you create units and buildings, move units, and order attacks	???

Other

Tag	Description	Example
Dress Up	Choose outfits and hairstyles for a given character, or create an Original Character of your own	RPG Heroine Creator
Experimental	Games that defy classification and don't fit anywhere else	???
Toy	Games with no objective, things to pass the time away	Interactive Buddy

Themes

Tag	Description	Example
Western	Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw.	Wild West Showdown
Holiday	Games with holiday themes like Christmas and Halloween get this tag	Snow Line
Anime	A game with an anime art style.	Anime Character Maker 2.2
Science Fiction	A game with a futuristic or science fiction theme.	Alternator
Space	Any game with an outer-space theme.	Planet Cruncher
Fantasy	A game with a fantasy setting, such as a fairy tale.	Talesworth Adventure Episode 1
Historical	A game based on a historical event or time period.	Western Front 1914
Adult	A game meant entirely for titillation.	Super Deepthroat
Educational	Educating the player on real world topics is a major focus of the game.	???
Story Driven	Story is a major focus of the game.	???

Content Warnings

Tags that must be included if your game matches the criteria.

Tag	Description
Sexual Content	Game contains explicit or implied depictions of sexual acts or themes.
Gore	Games contains realistic blood or guts.
Seizure Warning	Games that contain flashing effects that could trigger photosensitive epilepsy.