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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, and you can use the category headers as tags too (except Themes, Content Warnings, Franchises and Game Engines). 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
These games are active and action-packed, whether they involve running, jumping, shooting, or something else.
| 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 |
| Fighting | Two characters face off using combos and special techniques. | Samurai Fighters |
| First-Person Shooter | The game is played from the point of view of the character firing the weapon. | Sierra 7 |
| Platformer | Progress through one or more stages by jumping from object to object. | Super Mario 63 |
| Rail Shooter | The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. | Xiao Xiao no. 4 |
| Shoot 'Em Up | Move freely horizontally and vertically to shoot enemies with projectiles, while avoiding theirs. | Cookie Crisp Space Flight Shooter |
| Shooter | Any game where you use guns to shoot enemies. | Alien Hominid |
| Shooting Gallery | Move your cursor to shoot targets on a usually stationary playfield, and rack up lots of points. | Pokemon Shooting Range |
| Time-Attack | A game where you try to complete a given task in the fastest time possible or within a very short time limit. Not to be confused with the Racing tag. |
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| Vertically-Scrolling Shooter | The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship). | Enigmata 2 |
Adventure
In Adventure games, the player experiences an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle solving.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Choose Your Own Adventure | Choose a path at specific junctions and see where the story takes you. | The Henry Stickmin 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 |
| Metroidvania | Adventure games that feature an interconnected world, explored by acquiring new items and unlocking new areas. | Nuclear Autumn |
| Point and Click | A specific subset of adventure games where your only controls are the mouse. | Easy Joe |
| Roguelike | You have one life. Don't die, or you'll lose most if not all of your progress. | Yet Another Roguelike |
| 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 that consist almost entirely of reading and picking choices. Often with static backgrounds and characters. | I woke up next to you again. |
Arcade
Arcade games have easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Breakout | Bounce a ball from a paddle to break all the bricks in a level. | bloXplatter |
| Clicker | A game where you primarily click to increase numbers. | OSTM |
| Dodge | You control a character, dodging or avoiding obstacles. | Cubefield |
| Idle | A game where numbers go up while you're away. Most of the incremental games are idle ones. | Progress Quest |
| Launch | A game where you throw your character to see how far you get. Buy upgrades to shoot yourself further next time. Not to be confused with the Toss tag. |
Learn to Fly |
| Pinball | A game typically involving two paddles, a ball with realistic physics, and various objects on a play field that give you points when hit. | Pinbill |
| Pong | Games specifically based on Pong. Other paddle-based games will most likely use either the Breakout or Pinball tag. | PONGS |
| Rhythm | Press the right buttons to the beat of the music. | F2Jam |
| Rock-Paper-Scissors | A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game. | Pico vs. Uberkids |
| Runner | A game that usually involves you moving down a path automatically, avoiding obstacles in order to either get a high score (endless) or finish a level. | Robot Unicorn Attack |
| Score-Attack | Your goal throughout the game is to get a high score. | Starry Night |
| Snake | Games based on Snake. | Snake Classic |
| Stacking | Games that involve stacking objects, typically while keeping them balanced. | Super Stacker |
| Tetris | Games based on Tetris. Can also be used more generally for other drop-down fast-paced puzzle games such as Puyo Puyo and Dr. Mario. | Tetris 1989 |
| Timing | Similar to rhythm games, these tend to rely on non-musical, usually-visual cues and proper timing. Stacking and slacking games are popular variants. | Feed the King |
| Toss | Games where you toss or launch a character or object to destroy terrain, reach a location, or collect items. Famous examples of this tag are games based on Angry Birds. Not to be confused with the Launch tag. |
Soccer Kicker |
| Variety | Mini-game collections, or games where the gameplay changes frequently. | Four Second Fury |
Driving
Driving games involve steering a vehicle, whether to win a race, get the shortest time, or accomplish another goal.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Flying | Flying, but not fighting or racing. Usually in a plane or other airborne vehicle. | Into Space 2 |
| Motocross | 2D driving games with specific physics enabled. | Dirt Bike |
| Parking | Park in a precise space, using any vehicle. | Docking Perfection 2 |
| Racing | Try to go faster than either the other drivers or the clock as you drive around a track. | Cyclomaniacs |
Educational
Educational games aim to teach something as you play.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Math | A game that primarily involves solving math problems. | Math Shootout |
| Quiz | A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter. Some Quiz games are more parodical than educational, however. | 50 States |
| Tutorial | A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion. | Ultimate Spriting Tutorial |
| Typing | Games that teach you to type efficiently. | Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing! |
Puzzle
Puzzle games involve brainteasers of all types, from fast-paced matching games to hidden object puzzles.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Find | Find things that are hidden within the larger picture, or find differences between pictures. | 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 |
| Lemmings | Use a set of tools per level to guide marching characters from point A to point B. | Oreo O's Creme Team Journey |
| Logic | Follow a set of rules, whether explained or not, and use methodical thinking to solve puzzles. Usually has no game-over criteria or time limit. | 3D Logic 2 |
| Marble Popper | Shoot a round, small object at others of its kind to match groups of the same color, whether in a large mass as in Puzzle Bobble, or along a trail as in Zuma. | Coba |
| Matching | Games where you match groups of similar objects together. | Ores |
| Match-3 | Swap and move objects around to match colours/shapes in lines. | Bejeweled |
| Maze | A game where you traverse or solve mazes. | Grow Maze |
| Memory | Games that require using your memory to constantly remember in-game information, such as the level layout or a sequence of inputs. Memory-match and simon-says games fit this tag. | "Elephants Never Forget!" Memory Game |
| Sliding | Slide squares or blocks along a grid to create an image or free a specific tile. | 8 Square Slider |
| Sokoban | Games that involve pushing boxes around an area into specific locations. | Aggressive Sokoban |
| Stealth | The player must move around discreetly to avoid being detected by enemy entities. | The Classroom |
| Sudoku | A grid-based game where the goal is to have each row, column and grid of nine boxes be filled with unique values. | Just Sudoku |
| Word | Games based on anagrams, crosswords, or similar material, or games that involve manipulating words. | Bookworm |
Simulation
This type of a game attempts to simulate something from real life, like a card game or just walking around.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Card | Card games that don't focus on gambling. | Solitaire |
| Cooking | Games that revolve around cooking food. | Cooking Academy |
| Gambling | Bet virtual money, win virtual money. | Blackjack Elf |
| Mahjong | A game based off the classic Mahjong/Shanghai solitaire tile games. | NingPo MahJong |
| Solitaire | A game based off the classic solitaire/patience card games. | Golf Solitaire |
| Sports | A recreation of any real-world sport, like baseball or football. | Stick Cricket |
| Surgery | Any game that involves performing medical operations on characters. | Elsa Heart Surgery |
| Tabletop | Games that replicate board games, real-life or invented. | Snakes and Ladders |
| Time Management | Move resources quickly in order to reach a quota or fulfill some other objective. | Diner Dash |
| Walking Simulator | A game that involves the player exploring a world by walking around it while the story unfolds around them. (Generally, if a game involves combat, platforming, or anything more than just walking around, it usually isn't a walking simulator.) | Dear Esther |
Strategy
Strategy games come in many forms, but usually involve controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Lane-Based Strategy | You and your opponent have one or more lanes with which to send units down to attack each other. | Plants vs. Zombies Web Version |
| Node-Based Strategy | The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from. | Tentacle Wars |
| Real-Time Strategy | Create units and buildings, collect resources, and face an opponent who's doing the same things at the same time as you are. | Creeper World: Evermore |
| Tower Defense | Build various towers to destroy the units your enemies send against you. | Bloons TD 5 |
| Turn-Based | Take turns with an opponent as you create units and buildings, move units, and order attacks. | Sonny |
Other
If a game doesn't seem to fit anywhere else, it will probably fit in one of these tags.
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Coloring | Digital coloring pages. Pick a color and color in a picture. Like a coloring book, but in the form of a web game. | SpongeBob: Coloring Book |
| Demonstration | Technical, engine, or concept demonstration. A tech demo. | Ray Cast Car |
| Dress Up | Choose outfits and hairstyles for a given character, or create an original character of your own. | RPG Heroine Creator |
| Ecard | A virtual postcard that you can send to a friend or relative's Email. Usually customizable. | Mama Mirabelle eCard Maker |
| Experimental | Nontraditional games that often explore new concepts in art or gameplay. | Crumbling Room |
| Kissing | A strangely prevalent type of game where the gameplay revolves around characters kissing. | Seaside Kissing |
| Microsite | Not so much a game as an interactive website backed up from the Internet. Often exists to promote another product. | J.K. Rowling Official Site |
| Scene Creator | Place objects, characters, and other decorations in a diorama. Like Dress Up games, but for a scene. | The Disney Scene Creator games |
| Slacking | Games where you must complete a series of tasks without being spotted or caught. | Shop Class Slacking |
| Toy | Games with no objective, things to pass the time. | Interactive Buddy |
Themes
| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 3D | Gameplay takes place in a 3-dimensional environment. | 3D City |
| Adult | A game meant entirely for titillation. | Super Deepthroat |
| Advergame | Games that are designed purely to promote a commercial product or brand. | Postopia Cereal Factory Pinball |
| Anime | A game with an anime art style. | Anime Character Maker 2.2 |
| Christmas | Games with a Christmas theme. | Bloons 2: Christmas Expansion |
| Community Content | Games with community-made content (such as custom levels) included in Flashpoint. Typically also contain some sort of editor. | Happy Wheels |
| Creative | Anything that facilitates user-created content. | Sonic Scene Creator 5 |
| Daily | A game with content that updates or changes every day. | Drift n' Burn 365 |
| Fantasy | A game with a fantasy setting, such as a fairy tale. | Talesworth Adventure Episode 1 |
| Halloween | Games with a Halloween theme. | Angry Birds Halloween HD |
| Historical | A game based on a historical event or time period. | Western Front 1914 |
| Holiday | Games with holiday themes that don't fit the more specific holiday tags. | Save The Easter Bunny |
| Horror | A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-cough atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag. | Exmortis |
| Intentionally Infuriating | Intentionally unfair games designed to frustrate the player. | Syobon Action (Cat Mario) |
| Joke | Games that exist solely to deliver a punchline. | You Have to Burn the Rope |
| Level Editor | Games with level editors. | Warp |
| Music | If music is a major part of gameplay, then use this tag. Can also be used with the Creative tag for music creation applications. | Symphony |
| Physics | Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces. Often applies to Puzzle games. | Red Remover |
| Pixel | A game with a pixelated art style. | Super Mario Bros. Crossover |
| Politics | Games with political themes or featuring political figures. | Good Guy With A Gun |
| Religious | Games with religious themes, featuring religious figures, and/or based upon religious books/verses/stories. | Noah's Ark Memo Game |
| Science Fiction | A game with a futuristic or science fiction theme. | Alternator |
| Side-Scrolling | A game with a playfield that scrolls from left to right. Usually applies to shoot 'em ups or platformers. | Heli Attack 3 |
| Space | Any game with an outer-space theme. | Planet Cruncher |
| Stick | Games featuring stick figure characters. | Fighter's Rampage |
| Story-Driven | Story is a major focus of the game. | Detective Grimoire |
| Western | Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw. | Wild West Showdown |
| Zombie | Any game featuring zombies (usually as enemies). | The Hunt |
Content Warnings
Tags that must be included if your game matches the criteria.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Gore | Contains realistic blood or guts. |
| Jumpscare | Contains an abrupt image, sound, or event meant to scare or surprise. One example is The Scary Maze Game. |
| Seizure Warning | Contains flashing effects that could trigger photosensitive epilepsy. |
| Sexual Content | Contains explicit or implied depictions of sexual acts or themes. |
| Strong Language | Contains profane, vulgar or offensive language, either spoken or in text. |
Franchises
Tags that are associated with a particular franchise or intellectual property, web-game related or not. Note: A game or animation does not need to be officially part of a franchise for its tag to be applicable. In other words, fan-made games and animations based on a particular franchise can still use their respective franchise tag even if they weren't developed/published by the owners of the IP. At least three games in Flashpoint should be based around a franchise to warrant a tag for that franchise.
| Tag | Example |
|---|---|
| Adventure Time | Adventure Time: Legends of OOO |
| All That | All That Vital Information Dispenser #1 |
| Angry Birds | Angry Birds Rio |
| Animal Crossing | Animal Crossing Pattern Maker |
| Arthur | Buster's Movie Maker |
| Barbie | Barbie in Princess Power Dress Up Game |
| Batman | Batman In Crime Wave |
| Beano | The Great Beano Cake Off |
| Beeserker | Beeserker: The Videogame! |
| Ben 10 | Ben 10 - Battle Ready |
| Between the Lions | Lionel's Talking Gizmo! |
| Beyblade | Beyblade Chaos |
| Big Nate | Big Nate's Network |
| Blue's Clues | Blue's Clues Ghost Hunt |
| Captain Underpants | The Captain Underpants Rescue Raider 4000 |
| Cars | Cars |
| Castlevania | Castlevania 2: Priest Battle |
| CatDog | CatDog's All You Can't Eat Game |
| Cheetos | Cheetos Chase |
| Chowder | The Great Chowder Escape |
| Chuck E. Cheese | Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Panic! |
| Chuggington | Old Puffer Pete's Puzzle Panic |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Clifford's Big Parade |
| Copa Jetix | A Lavanderia Copa Jetix |
| Crash Bandicoot | Crash Tag Team Racing |
| Curious George | Mix and Paint |
| Cyberchase | Cyberchase: The Quest 1 & 2 |
| Danny Phantom | Danny Phantom Dueling Decks |
| Despicable Me | Bee-Do! |
| Dexter's Laboratory | Dexter's Labyrinth |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Old-Timey Ice Cream Parlour! |
| Dinosaur Train | Buddy's A-Maze-ing Adventure |
| Dora the Explorer | Dora's 3-D Backpack Adventure |
| Dragon Ball | Dragon Ball Z Tournament |
| DragonflyTV | Nanobots |
| Duck Hunt | Kill The Dog From Duck Hunt |
| Ed, Edd n Eddy | Ed, Edd n Eddy - Clash Of The Idiots |
| Family Guy | Brian's Shoot 'em Up Bar |
| Fanboy & Chum Chum | Fanboy & Chum Chum: Bubble Trouble |
| Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman | Fetch! Face-Off |
| Final Fantasy | Final Fantasy Returns- Flash Game |
| Five Nights at Freddy's | Five Nights of Love-FNAF Dating Sim |
| Franny's Feet | Shoebox Adventures: Fancy Shoes |
| Frozen | Frozen Elsa Fire Makeover |
| Garfield | Garfield's Comic Creator |
| Garoto Emoticon | O Pesadelo do Garoto Emoticon (The Ring) |
| Gravity Falls | Gravity Falls: Rumble's Revenge |
| Half-Life | Half-Life Reloaded |
| Handy Manny | Hop Up, Jump In! |
| Hot Wheels | Hot Wheels Ferrari X-V Speed Trial |
| Harry Potter | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| Imagination Movers | Warehouse Mouse in: The Bubble Room Game |
| Imaginext | Imaginext™ You're a Firefighter |
| Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Jake's Heroic Race |
| Jimmy Neutron | Jimmy Neutron Sea Minus |
| Johnny Bravo | Johnny Bravo - Bravo Boogie |
| Jungle Junction | Ellyvan's Coconut Parade |
| Justice League | Justice League: Curse of the Underworld |
| Kirby | Kirby's Airride Puzzle |
| Lady and the Tramp | Lady and the Tramp Search |
| Laugh & Learn | Laugh & Learn™ Alphabet Game |
| LEGO | Pepper's Skateboard Challenge |
| Life Savers | Life Savers Waterpark Pinball |
| Little Einsteins | The Great Sky Race |
| Little People | Little People® Favorite Friend Finder |
| Looney Tunes | Looney Tunes Avalanche Snowboarding |
| Madagascar | Madagascar 3 Race Across Europe |
| Mario Bros. | Super Mario 63 |
| Martha Speaks | Skits Cooks |
| Meet the Robinsons | Meet the Robinsons Crowd Patrol |
| Mega Man | Mega Man RPG |
| Metal Gear | Metal Gear Awesome |
| Metal Slug | Metal Slug Brutal |
| Metroid | Metroid: Genesis |
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Mickey's Treasure Hunt |
| Minecraft | Minecraft Tower Defence 2 |
| Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Museum Go Round |
| Mortal Kombat | Mortal Kombat Karnage |
| My Little Pony | My Little Pony: Applejack's Horseshoe Toss |
| Octonauts | Octonauts |
| Ooh, Aah & You | Ooh & Aah's Coco-Nutty Bowling |
| Pac-Man | Pac-Man |
| Passatempo | Clicando a Turma |
| Peep and the Big Wide World | Hop To It! |
| Phineas and Ferb | Phineas and Ferb in the Transport-inators of Doooom |
| Pokémon | Who's That Pokémon? |
| Power Rangers | Power Rangers in Space Red Ranger to the Rescue |
| Pou | Pou Kitchen Slacking |
| Regular Show | Regular Show Trash n Dash |
| Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat | Counting Koi |
| Samurai Jack | Samurai Jack: Code of the Samurai |
| Scooby-Doo | Scooby Doo! Monster Madness |
| Shaun the Sheep | Shaun the Sheep: Home Sheep Home |
| Shrek | Shrek 'n' Slide |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Ultimate Flash Sonic |
| Special Agent Oso | Oso's Special Training Center |
| Spider-Man | Spider-Man: City Raid |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | The Spongebob Squarepants Movie 3D Game |
| Spyro the Dragon | Spyro Cavern Escape |
| Stanley | Stanley: Stanley and the Cloud Critters |
| Star Wars | LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 |
| Street Fighter | Street Fighter Flash |
| Tangled | Tangled Double Trouble |
| Teen Titans | Teen Titans: Battle Blitz |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Time |
| The Avengers | The Avengers: Bunker Busters 2 |
| The Fairly OddParents | Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour 2: Co-Pilot Chaos |
| The Legend of Zelda | The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance |
| The Loud House | Living Loud: Lincoln's List |
| The Muppets | The Great Gonzo's Ridiculously Dangerous & Downright Foolish Stunt Game |
| The Powerpuff Girls | Powerpuff Girls Pillow Fight |
| The Simpsons | The Simpsons Movie: Bart Simpson's Naked Skate |
| The Smurfs | The Smurfs Clumsy's Central Park Dash |
| ThunderCats | ThunderCats: Tomb of Mumm-Ra |
| Touhou Project | 東方悠繰録 |
| Toy Story | Toy Story Memory Game |
| Transformers | Transformers Dark of the Moon - Hidden Objects |
| Turma da Mônica | Guarda-Roupa da Mônica |
| Têtes à Claques | Têtes à Claques - Le Air hockey |
| Undertale | Bad Time Simulator (Sans Fight) |
| Veggietales | Veggie Tales Veggie Football |
| WALL-E | WALL-E: Cup Shuffle |
| Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby |
| Wonka | Oompa-Loompa Roundup |
| WordGirl | Synonym Toast |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Wreck-It Ralph: Fix It Felix Jr. |
| X-Men | Wolverine and the X-Men: M.R.D. Escape |
| Zootopia | Zootopia Hair Salon |
Game Engines
Game Engines are any programming tool used to make games at a Higher Level than using the tech directly. Note: Techs don't count as Game Engines, for example the ShiVa3D Engine is used to make ShiVa3D plugin games but ShiVa3D games shouldn't be tagged. Also if the engine has a web client, it shouldn't be tagged as that Engine, for example Tic80 shouldn't be tagged Tic80. At least three games in Flashpoint should be created in an engine to warrant a tag for that engine.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Bitsy | Visual Game Engine by Adam Le Doux that exports to HTML5. For games "where you can walk around and talk to people and be somewhere". |
| Construct | Visual Game Engine by Scirra Ltd. Exports to HTML5. |
| Emulated | Game is written for a system and emulated online. Please note the Banned Games because most emulated games are banned. |
| FlashPunk | Game Library for Flash. |
| Flixel | Game Engine by Adam Atomic that exports to Flash. |
| GameMaker: Studio | Visual Game Engine by YoYo Games that exports to HTML5. |
| GB Studio | Visual Game Engine by Chris Maltby for Gameboy Games. Exports to HTML5 using the Gameboy Online emulator. |
| Idle Game Maker | Visual Game Engine by Orteil and Opti for Clicker Games. Does not export but can be hosted on dashnet.org as HTML5. |
| Phaser | Game Engine and Toolkit by Photon Storm Ltd. that exports to HTML5. |
| Pico8 | Game Engine and Toolkit by Lexaloffle that exports to HTML5. Designed for Retro style game with a 128x128 resolution. |
| PixiJS | Game Library for HTML5 by GoodBoy Digital. |
| PuzzleScript | Game Engine by Stephen Lavelle that exports to HTML5. Designed for Puzzle Games. |
| Scratch | Visual Game Engine by MIT that exports to Flash and HTML5. Designed for Children. |
| Stencyl | Visual Game Engine by Jonathan Chung that exports to Flash and HTML5. |
| Tic-80 | Game Engine and Toolkit by Nesbox that exports to HTML5. Designed for Retro style games with a 240x136 resolution. |
| Twine | Visual Game Engine and Toolkit by Chris Klimas that exports to HTML5. For Interactive Fiction. |
| Unity WebGL | Game Engine and Toolkit by Unity Technologies that exports to HTML5. Not to be confused with Unity Web Player. |