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, and you can use any of the category headers from Action to Other and Game Jam as tags too. Tags can be applied to either games or animations, but the most common Animation tags are listed in their own section for your convenience. 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 |
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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 |
Defense | Games which involve defending an area from an advancing wave of enemies. | Storm the House |
Fighting | Two characters face off using combos and special techniques. | Samurai Fighters |
First-Person Shooter | A shooter 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 | A shooter played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. | Xiao Xiao no. 4 |
Run 'n' Gun | Jump, run, and shoot; a platformer with a heavy emphasis on shooting. | Alien Hominid |
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 projectiles to shoot enemies. | Endless War 3 |
Shooting Gallery | Move your cursor to shoot targets, and rack up lots of points. The playing field is usually stationary, but can sometimes move from scene to scene. | 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 |
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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 |
Interactive Fiction | A game that primarily consists of text without images, like a book. Allows you to make decisions, explore, manage stats with buttons or commands, and may or may not change the narration dynamically. | Forgotten |
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 |
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Breakout | Bounce a ball from a paddle to break all the bricks in a level. | bloXplatter |
Catching | Collect objects that fall from the top of the screen, sometimes while avoiding obstacles, bad objects and/or not missing any of the good ones. | Bubble Yum Bubble Gum Grab |
Clicker | A game where you primarily click to increase numbers. | OSTM |
Cross the Road | Get your character to the other side of the road safely, usually from a top-down perspective; games based on Frogger. | Frogger |
Dodge | You control a character, dodging or avoiding obstacles. | Cubefield |
Endless Flyer | Control a character attempting to fly between columns or hazards while being affected by gravity. | Flappy Nyan Cat |
Endless Jumper | Control a character in a vertical field, climbing as high you can and avoiding falling. Often in a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top and accompained with Platformer .
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Goin' Up |
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 |
Pellet Maze | Navigate a character around a maze while collecting objects and avoiding enemies; games based on Pac-Man. | Pacman |
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 | Control a line that typically grows in length, collecting objects without colliding into yourself; games based on Snake. | Snake Classic |
Stacking | Games that involve stacking objects, typically while keeping them balanced. | Super Stacker |
Tetris | Drop pieces onto a grid-based playing field to form lines across the entire grid; games based on Tetris. If a game isn't based on Tetris, but still involves dropping tiles vertically, see the Vertical Drop tag.
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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 |
Whack-A-Mole | Characters will pop up on the screen (usually from holes) and the player must hit them before they disappear. | Grizzly & the Lemmings: Whack a Lemming |
Variety | Mini-game collections, or games where the gameplay changes frequently. | Four Second Fury |
Creative
Games facilitating user made content, from customizing characters to coloring to making your own picture.
Tag | Description | Example |
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Character Creator | Games similar to Dress Up, but with an extra level of customization, such as modifying physical features and colors, which allow you to make your own original characters. | Mega Anime Couple Creator |
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 |
Community Content | Games with community-made content (such as custom levels) included in Flashpoint. Typically also contain some sort of editor. | Happy Wheels |
Dress Up | Choose simple cosmetic options for a given character such as outfits, hairstyles and accessories. | Summer Bride Dress Up Game |
Level Editor | Games with level editors. | Warp |
Make Up | Apply make up of your choice to a given character, from a portrait or bust perspective. | Ice Queen Make Up Game |
Object Creator | Customize and decorate an item, for example a vehicle or a device. Similar to Dress Up, but for inanimate objects. | Bunny's Ice Cream Maker |
Sandbox | Games focused on creating, building, and experimenting with little restriction. Minimal objectives are set in these games, but the player can set their own. | Minecraft Classic |
Scene Creator | Place objects, characters, and other decorations in a diorama. Like Dress Up games, but for a scene. | The Disney Create series |
Educational
Educational games aim to teach something as you play.
Tag | Description | Example |
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Computer Science | A game that teaches the player how to use computers, including how to code. | Ben 10: Omnicode |
First Aid | A game teaches the player how to administer medical care in an emergency. | Lifesaver |
Geography | A game that teaches the player about locations around the world. | Geography Game: USA |
Geometry | A game that teaches the player about shapes. | Ancient Greek Geometry |
History | A game that teaches the player historical events, places, and figures. | Horrible Histories: Terrible Treasures |
Language | A game that helps the player learn a language (English included). | Sushi Spell |
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 |
Science | A game that teaches a scientific field, including chemistry, biology, and physics. | ARTE Science Kit: Brain Circulation |
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 |
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Connect the Dots | Games about connecting dots, usually to reveal an image. | Խոզուկ |
Find | Find things that are hidden within a larger picture, or find differences between pictures. | Pocket Creature ~Hidden Objects~ |
Jigsaw | Classic style of puzzle where you place pieces of various shapes so they align with each other. | 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 | Click on (or otherwise group) objects of the same color or shape together to match them. | Ores |
Match-3 | Similar to Matching , but objects are swapped with each other to line them up within a grid.
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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 |
Minesweeper | Clear a grid-based board without spotting hidden hazards, with tile clues about the number of neighboring hazards. | Zombie Minesweeper |
Peg Solitaire | Jump pieces orthogonally in a grid to remove an adjacent piece, finishing with an empty board except for a single piece. | Pegz |
Pipe Connecter | Add and/or rotate pipe-shaped pieces on a grid to create a path between two ends. Often has a time limit. | Wonka Bars: Chocolate Pipe Madness |
Sequential | Games where you have to add items in the correct order to the playing field to ensure that they interact with each other properly and evolve to their max level. | GROW Island |
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 |
Vertical Drop | Falling objects of various types drop from above for the player to eliminate. Games that are similar (but not identical) to Tetris, such as Puyo Puyo and Dr. Mario, fit this tag; otherwise, use the Tetris tag.
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Puyo Puyo |
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 |
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Babysitting | A game where you take care of a child or multiple children. | Baby Diaper Change |
Card | Games where the gameplay revolves around using cards. | Solitaire |
Cooking | Games that revolve around cooking food. | Cooking Academy |
Dentist | Any game where you examine and fix a character's teeth. | The Rock: Tooth Problems |
Doctor | Any game that involves solving characters' medical problems. | Diego Nose Doctor |
Driving | Driving games involve steering a vehicle, whether to win a race, get the shortest time, or accomplish another goal. | Action Driving Game |
Fishing | Use a rod to try to catch fish. | Donald's Gone Gooey Fishing |
Flying | Flying without any fighting or racing. Usually in a plane or other airborne vehicle. | Into Space 2 |
Gambling | Bet virtual money, win virtual money. | Blackjack Elf |
Hairdressing | A game where you work on characters' hair. | Pou Girl Hair Salon |
Mahjong | A game based off the classic Mahjong/Shanghai solitaire tile games. | NingPo MahJong |
Parking | Park in a precise space, using any vehicle. | Docking Perfection 2 |
Pet | A game where you take care of a pet or multiple pets. | The Pets Factor - Furry Friends |
Solitaire | A game based off the classic solitaire/patience card games. | Golf Solitaire |
Spa | A game that takes place in a spa. | Bride Wedding Dresses |
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 |
Tycoon | Manage the economy and other aspects of a business or project and expand its development. | McDonald's Video Game |
Virtual World | Explore a 3D environment with or without goals, often used to replicate places in real life. | Odakyu Virtual Railway Museum |
Walking Simulator | A game that involves the player exploring a world by walking around it, often while a story unfolds. (If a game involves combat, platforming, or anything more than just walking around, it usually isn't a walking simulator.) | Dear Esther |
Sports
Sports games attempt to replicate the gameplay of physical sports. This also encompasses fictional sports such as Quidditch. A game does not have to perfectly replicate a sport, so long as it is inspired by sports.
Tag | Description | Example |
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American Football | A game where two teams attempt to carry the ball to the other end of the stadium. | First Down Football |
Archery | The player uses a bow and arrow to hit a distant target. | Ultimate Bullseye |
Athletics | Games that match sports defined as "Athletics" in the Olympics. This includes running, jumping, and throwing disciplines. | QWOP |
Baseball | A game where two teams attempt to hit a ball with a bat and catch it. | Pro Baseball |
Basketball | A game where two teams try to get a ball through a raised hoop. | Spooky Hoops |
Billiards | A game where players try to "pocket" balls with a cue. This encompasses billiards, pool, snooker, and any other sport that uses a cue. | 8 Ball Pool |
Bowling | The players roll a ball, intending to knock down as many pins as possible at the end of the track. | Gutterball Golden Pin Bowling |
Cricket | A game where one team attempts to knock off the opposing team's bails, while the other tries to score runs by hitting the ball away from the other team. | Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cricket Challenge |
Curling | A game based on the precision sport of curling. Carefully throw an object across a slippery surface so that it stops on top of a particular target. | 3 Puck Chuck |
Cycling | A game where the player rides a bicycle. | DONUTZ Rush Hour Racer |
Golf | Each player attempts to get their ball to the end of a course in the fewest hits. | Cartoon Cove Mini Golf |
Hockey | Two teams using skates attempt to get the ball or puck into the opposing goal. This encompasses Ice Hockey, Roller Hockey, and Air Hockey. | Postopia Power Play |
Motocross | A game where a player on a bike attempts to traverse obstacles, usually with 2D physics. | Dirt Bike |
Racing | Try to go faster than either the other drivers or the clock as you drive around a track. | Cyclomaniacs |
Skateboarding | A game where a player uses a skateboard to either perform tricks or reach the end of a track. | G Max Skateboarding |
Skating | A game where a player uses either ice skates or roller skates to perform tricks or reach the end of a track. | Championship Figure Skating |
Skiing | A game where the player uses skis. This includes racing, jumping, and slalom. | Downhill Skiing |
Snowboarding | A game where the player uses a snowboard. | Chocobo's Snowboard Glide |
Soccer | Two teams attempt to kick the ball into the opposing goal. | Toon Cup 2020 |
Surfing | A game where the player uses a surfboard. | Aussie Surf Classic |
Swimming | Swim laps around a pool, while competing against the clock or other swimmers. | Hyper Sports 50 Metres Swimming |
Tennis | Two or more players attempt to hit the ball over a net with a racket, with the goal of forcing your opponent to drop it. This also encompasses Table Tennis. | TARDIS Tennis |
Volleyball | Two teams attempt to hit a ball so it strikes the ground of the opposing team's play area. | Beach City Turbo Volleyball GP |
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 |
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Checkers | Also called Draughts, move diagonally in order to capture opponents by jumping over them. This tag also applies to any game that has the the basic checkers ruleset. | Koala Checkers |
Chess | A board game where you must try to capture the opponent's "King". This tag also applies to any game that has the basic chess ruleset. | Bikini Bottom Chess |
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 |
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Comic | A work which shows a sequence of images or animations and delivers narration and character dialogue. Not to be confused with Visual Novel , which allows the player to influence the story based on their choices.
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Preparation - A League of Legends Parody |
Demo | A sample of a finished work, usually made in order to incentivize the purchase of the full version. | Mini Metro: London |
Demonstration | Technical, engine, or concept demonstration. A tech demo. | Ray Cast Car |
Ecard | A virtual postcard that you can send to a friend or relative's Email. Usually customizable. | Savanna-gram eCard |
Experimental | Nontraditional games that often explore new concepts in art or gameplay. | Crumbling Room |
Incomplete | A work which has not been completed, or mentions the possibility of future updates. A good indicator would be a version such as "Alpha" (sometimes "a" in the version number), "Beta" (sometimes "b" in the version number), or anything below a "1.0". | Bee Fighter 2 Minus One |
Interactive | Any work which contains minimal amounts of interaction, which doesn't fit any other tag. Most common examples would be using buttons to change scenes or images (such as slideshows). If there is dialogue involved, consider using Comic .
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Franny's Feet Home Menu |
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 |
Personality Quiz | An alternate type of quiz game where choosing certain answers determines your "Personality" at the end. | Which One Of Spongebob's Front Teeth Are You? |
Print Studio | Games where the emphasis is on printing items that may or may not be customized by the player beforehand. | Print Center: Beauty and the Beast |
Slacking | Games where you must complete a series of tasks without being spotted or caught. | Shop Class Slacking |
Soundboard | A collection of buttons that play sounds when pressed. | Ressha Sentai ToQger Soundboard |
Toy | Games with no objective, things to pass the time. | Interactive Buddy |
Themes
General
Tag | Description | Example |
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3D | Gameplay takes place in a 3-dimensional environment. Not to be confused with 3D Rendered .
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3D City |
Advergame | Games that are designed purely to promote a commercial product or brand. | Postopia Cereal Factory Pinball |
Arctic | Games set against an arctic backdrop, often featuring icebergs, penguins, and polar bears. | Learn to Fly 2 |
COVID-19 | Games concerning the coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019. | Covid-19 the Game |
Daily | A game with content that updates or changes every day. | Drift n' Burn 365 |
Dinosaur | Anything dinosaur related. | Dino Hills |
Fantasy | A game with a fantasy setting, such as a fairy tale. | Talesworth Adventure Episode 1 |
Game Show | A game themed after a game show such as Wheel of Fortune. | Wheel of Fortune |
Historical | A game based on a historical event or time period. | Western Front 1914 |
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 |
LGBTQ+ | For games featuring LGBTQIA+ topics, themes, and/or characters. Not to be confused/conflated with our NSFW titles. | Dys4ia |
Military | Games involving soldiers engaged in warfare. Can use any type of military vehicle or weapon, such as navy boats. | Strike Force Heroes |
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 |
Parody | Games that use parody. This often means making fun. | Steve Ballmer Teaches Typing |
Physics | Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces. Often applies to Puzzle games. | Red Remover |
Politics | Games with political themes or featuring political figures. | Good Guy With A Gun |
Ragdoll | Games that make use of ragdoll physics, where a character can be dragged around or fall to the ground limply. | Mutilate-a-Doll 2 |
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 |
Unusual Input | Games with non-standard controllers, such as a microphone or webcam. | Mega Crate Crash |
Webcomic | A game inside a narrative mainly presented as text/images. Not to be confused with Comic .
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[S] John: Enter village. |
Western | Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw. | Wild West Showdown |
WWII | Games based on World War II. | Battlefields World War II |
Zombie | Any game featuring zombies (usually as enemies). | The Hunt |
Art Style
Tag | Description | Example |
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3D Rendered | Works that were rendered using 3D computer generated imagery. Not to be confused with 3D , which is used for games taking place in a 3D environment.
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Lightsaber Battles 3D |
Anime | A game with an anime art style. | Anime Character Maker 2.2 |
ASCII | Games designed with computer characters, typically ones defined in the ASCII Character Set | Caverns of Io |
Cartoon | Art style associated with western artists, primarily American. | Amazing Horse |
Live Action | Games featuring real filmed actors. | Sortie En Mer: A Trip Out to Sea |
Pixel | A game with a pixelated art style. | Super Mario Bros. Crossover |
Holiday
Tag | Description | Example |
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Christmas | Games celebrating the winter holidays near the end of the year, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Usually indicated by Santa Claus and his reindeer. | Bloons 2: Christmas Expansion |
Easter | Games celebrating Easter and similar spring holidays. These games commonly include the Easter Bunny, decorated eggs, and/or egg hunts. | Easter Bunny Puzzle |
Halloween | Games celebrating Halloween, often featuring pumpkins and spooky costumes. | Angry Birds Halloween HD |
Holiday | Games with holiday themes that don't fit the more specific holiday tags. | April Fools Dentist |
Thanksgiving | Games celebrating Thanksgiving, commonly involving turkeys. | Thanksgiving Turkey Preparation |
Valentine's Day | A game which is specifically celebrating Valentine's Day. Games do not necessarily need to involve romance. | Valentine's Day Cinema |
Content Warnings
Tags that must be included if your game matches the criteria.
Tag | Description |
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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. |
Volume Warning | Contains sudden or unexpected loud noises that could irritate one's ears. |
NSFW Content Warnings
General
Tag | Description |
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Adult | Mainly features adult content, usually for the purpose of titillation. |
Blood | Contains depictions of blood. |
Crude Humor | Contains non-sexual depictions of bodily fluids, gas, and/or waste, usually for comedic effect. |
Gore | Contains realistic blood or guts. |
Nudity | Exposure of nipples (both male and female), genitals, or buttocks. As there are no distinctions between mild/moderate/strong nudity, all forms are expressed here. This tag can be ignored for Feral characters.
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Sexual Content | Contains explicit or implied depictions of sexual acts or themes. |
Sexual Harassment | Works which depict non-consensual sexual advances or other harassment of a sexual nature. |
Substances
Tag | Description |
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Alcohol | Contains references or depictions of consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
Drugs | Contains references or depictions of consumption of drugs, typically illicit or illegal ones (as opposed to something like aspirin or coffee). |
Tobacco | Contains references or depictions of consumption of tobacco products. |
Violence
Tag | Description |
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Mild Violence | Violent actions involving cartoon-like situations and characters. May include violence where a character is unharmed after the action has been inflicted. |
Moderate Violence | Scenes involving aggressive conflict. May contain bloodless dismemberment. |
Strong Violence | Graphic and realistic-looking depictions of physical conflict. May involve extreme and/or realistic blood, gore, weapons and depictions of injury, torture, and/or death. |
Sexual Violence | Depictions of non-consensual sex or other violent sexual acts, including bodily harm. |
Language/Profanity
Tag | Description |
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Mild Language | Contains small amounts of language which may be inappropriate for children younger than 10, either spoken or in text. Content should reflect an MPA rating of "PG" or an ESRB rating of "E10+". |
Moderate Language | Contains language which may be inappropriate for children younger than 13, either spoken or in text. Single uses of sexually-derived words as expletives may occur. Content should reflect an MPA rating of "PG-13" or an ESRB rating of "T". |
Strong Language | Contains multiple occurrences of profane, vulgar or offensive language, either spoken or in text, which may be inappropriate for children younger than 17. Content should reflect an MPA rating of "R" or an ESRB rating of "M" (or above). |
Animations
These tags are intended for animations, but can also be applied to games.
Tag | Description | Example |
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Action | Animations that feature emphasis on dynamic movement and physical feats. | Madness Combat |
Advertisement | Animations that are intended to sell or raise awareness about a particular product or service. | Lower My Bills June 2003 Banner Ads Set 2 (United States) |
Comedy | Animations where the main emphasis is on humor or amusement. | Mario's Castle Calamity |
Drama | Animations that typically feature long narratives and more serious forms of storytelling. | Law of Talos |
Experimental | Animations that focus on exploring the medium of animation in general. Usually non-narrative. | HeartCore |
Informative | Animations whose purpose is to educate or inform about a topic. | About Catalyst Pictures LTD |
Loading Screen | Animations featuring only a real or fake program initializer. | Piposh Store Loading Screen |
Loop | Animations that are typically very short and are intended to repeat indefinitely. | Caramelldansen |
Music Video | Animations that are primarily set to or feature a piece of music as the main focus. | Bested Bud: The Video |
Other | Animations that don't fit other tags. | A Sticks Life |
Screensaver | Animations that were intended to be utilized as computer screensavers. | Queste Screensaver |
Spam | Typically low quality animations that are intentionally used to flood or spam content submissions on websites like Newgrounds. | 3ear |
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 |
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A.N.T. Farm | A.N.T. Farm - OriA.N.T.ation Overdrive |
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Match-Master |
Ace Attorney | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth: Trial Edition |
Adventure Time | Adventure Time: Legends of OOO |
Aladdin | Jasmine & Aladdin Kissing |
All That | All That Vital Information Dispenser #1 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | Alvin's Harmonica |
American Dragon | Jake's Fire Power |
Angry Birds | Angry Birds Rio |
Animal Crossing | Animal Crossing Pattern Maker |
Arthur | Buster's Movie Maker |
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Avatar: Elemental Escape |
Babar | Babar's Picnic Game |
Bad Kitty | Bad Kitty in Go-Cat-Go |
Barbie | Barbie in Princess Power Dress Up Game |
Barney & Friends | Barney's Submarine Race |
Barnyard | Back at the Barnyard: Rip Roarin' Rodent |
Batman | Batman In Crime Wave |
Beano | The Great Beano Cake Off |
Beauty and the Beast | DIY: Belle Jewelry Box |
Beeserker | Beeserker: The Videogame! |
Ben 10 | Ben 10 - Battle Ready |
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | Ben & Holly's Strawberry Jump |
Between the Lions | Lionel's Talking Gizmo! |
Beyblade | Beyblade Chaos |
Big Brother | BBB Torta na Cara |
Big Nate | Big Nate's Network |
Bin Weevils | Mulch Shoot |
Bionicle | Bionicle Mata Nui: The Online Game |
Blaze and the Monster Machines | Blaze: Race to the Rescue! |
Blue's Clues | Blue's Clues Ghost Hunt |
Bob the Builder | Bob the Builder: Colour In |
Bratz | Bratz Fabulous Diamondz Big Night Out |
Bubble Guppies | Bubble Scrubies |
Bunnicula | Bunnicula: The Cursed Diamond |
Bunnytown | Bunnytown Ice Cream Parlor |
Caillou | Caillou's Magic Keyboard |
Captain Underpants | The Captain Underpants Rescue Raider 4000 |
Cars | Cars: Lightning Speed |
Castlevania | Castlevania 2: Priest Battle |
CatDog | CatDog's All You Can't Eat Game |
Catscratch | Catscratch - Cat Fight! |
Charlie and Lola | Lola's Fashion Flurry |
Cheetos | Cheetos Chase |
Chowder | The Great Chowder Escape |
Chuck E. Cheese | Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Panic! |
Chuggington | Old Puffer Pete's Puzzle Panic |
Cinderella | Baby Cinderella House Cleaning |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | Clifford's Big Parade |
Club Penguin | Puffle Launch |
Cocoa Puffs | Cocoa Puffs Crossword |
Copa Jetix | A Lavanderia Copa Jetix |
Crash Bandicoot | Crash Tag Team Racing |
Curious George | Mix and Paint |
Cyberchase | Cyberchase: The Quest 1 & 2 |
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Feel the Music |
Danny Phantom | Danny Phantom Dueling Decks |
Descendants | Descendants: Smarte Couture |
Despicable Me | Bee-Do! |
Dexter's Laboratory | Dexter's Labyrinth |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Old-Timey Ice Cream Parlour! |
Digimon | Digimon Pinball |
Dinosaur Train | Buddy's A-Maze-ing Adventure |
Disgaea | Disgaea Dress Up |
Disney Fairies | Disney Fairies: Harvest Hustle |
Dive Olly Dive! | Olly Match |
Doc McStuffins | Doc McStuffins Clinic for Stuffed Animals and Toys |
Doctor Who | Doctor Who: Attack of the Graske |
Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong |
Dora and Friends | Dora and Friends: It's Concert Day! |
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 |
Elinor Wonders Why | Elinor Wonders Why: Pond Life |
El Tigre | El Tigre: Miracle City Meltdown |
Family Guy | Brian's Shoot 'em Up Bar |
Fanboy & Chum Chum | Fanboy & Chum Chum: Bubble Trouble |
Felix the Cat | The Felix the Cat Trivia Quiz |
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman | Fetch! Face-Off |
Final Fantasy | Final Fantasy Returns- Flash Game |
Fireman Sam | Fireman Sam |
Fish Hooks | Fish Hooks: Belly Floppin' Bizzounce |
Five Nights at Freddy's | Five Nights of Love-FNAF Dating Sim |
Floogals | Floogals Mini Missions |
Fortnite | Fortnite Dress Up Royale |
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: Water Duel |
Franny's Feet | Shoebox Adventures: Fancy Shoes |
Frozen | Frozen Elsa Fire Makeover |
G.I. Joe | G.I. Joe Shadow Ascent |
Game of Thrones | Game of Thrones Scene Maker |
Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything | Gamer's Guide: Dragon Hero |
Garfield | Garfield's Comic Creator |
Garoto Emoticon | O Pesadelo do Garoto Emoticon (The Ring) |
Go Diego Go! | Diego's Mudboarding Adventure |
Google Doodle | Magic Cat Academy |
Gormiti | Dangers of the Deep |
Grand Theft Auto | Grand Theft Auto III Microsite |
Gravity Falls | Gravity Falls: Rumble's Revenge |
Green Lantern | Crimson Clash |
Half-Life | Half-Life Reloaded |
Handy Manny | Hop Up, Jump In! |
Hannah Montana | Miley & Lilly's Designer Dreams |
Harry Potter | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Hello Kitty | Sanrio Jewel |
Henry Hugglemonster | Henry's Roaring Racers |
Hey Arnold! | Hey Arnold! The Movie: Runaway Bus |
Hot Wheels | Hot Wheels Ferrari X-V Speed Trial |
Homestuck | [S] Cascade |
Humf | Where's Humf |
iCarly | iCarly: iSave iCarly |
Iggy Arbuckle | Iggy Arbuckle's Race Off |
Imagination Movers | Warehouse Mouse in: The Bubble Room Game |
Imaginext | Imaginext™ You're a Firefighter |
Inside Out | Inside Out Match! |
Invader Zim | Invader Zim: The DOOM Game |
It's My Life | Beat the Bully |
Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Jake's Heroic Race |
Jimmy Neutron | Jimmy Neutron Sea Minus |
Johnny Bravo | Johnny Bravo - Bravo Boogie |
Johnny Test | Johnny Test: Johnny Fu |
JoJo's Circus | JoJo's Letter Sound Dash |
Jungle Junction | Ellyvan's Coconut Parade |
Justice League | Justice League: Curse of the Underworld |
Justin Time | Aztec Dash |
Kamen Rider | Kamen Rider ZI-O Flash Belt .8 |
Kappa Mikey | Kappa Mikey Soundboard |
Kick Buttowski | Loco Launcho |
Kim Possible | A Sitch in Time Episode 01: Present |
King of the Hill | King Of The Hill Pinball |
Kirby | Kirby's Airride Puzzle |
Kung Fu Panda | Kung Fu Panda: Tales of Po |
Lady and the Tramp | Lady and the Tramp Search |
Laugh & Learn | Laugh & Learn™ Alphabet Game |
LazyTown | LazyTown's Superhero Challenge |
League of Legends | Preparation - A League of Legends Parody |
LEGO | Pepper's Skateboard Challenge |
Life Savers | Life Savers Waterpark Pinball |
Lilo and Stitch | 625 Sandwich Stacker |
Little Bill | Little Bill's Adventure with Captain Brainstorm |
Little Charmers | Crazy Cauldrons |
Little Einsteins | The Great Sky Race |
Little People | Little People® Favorite Friend Finder |
Littlest Pet Shop | Littlest Pet Shop Line Up Game |
Lloyd in Space | Lloyd in Space Bonus Minute: Android Lloyd |
Looney Tunes | Looney Tunes Avalanche Snowboarding |
M&M's | M&M's Crazy Factory |
Madagascar | Madagascar 3 Race Across Europe |
Mao Mao | Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart - The Perfect Adventure |
Mario Bros. | Super Mario 63 |
Martha Speaks | Skits Cooks |
Max & Ruby | Max's Toy Bowling |
Maya & Miguel | Global Groovin' |
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 | Mickey Mouse - Rail Runner |
Mike the Knight | Galahad's Gallop |
Minecraft | Minecraft Tower Defence 2 |
Miraculous Ladybug | Miraculous Ladybug Dress Up |
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Museum Go Round |
Monopoly | Monopoly Electronic Banking |
Monster High | Monster High Wolf Babies |
Mortal Kombat | Mortal Kombat Karnage |
My Little Pony | My Little Pony: Applejack's Horseshoe Toss |
Naruto | Naruto Ninja World Storm 2 |
Nella the Princess Knight | Castlehaven Explorer |
Nesquik | Nesquik: Chocolate Mountain Challenge |
Ni Hao, Kai-lan | Kai-lan's Paper Lanterns |
Octonauts | Octonauts |
Ooh, Aah & You | Ooh & Aah's Coco-Nutty Bowling |
Oswald | Oswald's Ice Cone Game |
Pac-Man | 30th Anniversary of PAC-MAN Google Doodle |
Pair of Kings | Pair of Kings: Wild Island Rampage |
Pajanimals | Apollo's Rocket Blastoff |
Passatempo | Clicando a Turma |
PAW Patrol | Pups Save the Day |
Peanuts | Peanuts: What's Up, Snoopy? |
Peep and the Big Wide World | Hop To It! |
Peppa Pig | Peppa Pig's The New House |
Persona | Persona Eyes Generator |
Peter Rabbit | Nutkin's Nut Catch |
Phineas and Ferb | Phineas and Ferb in the Transport-inators of Doooom! |
Pixel Chix | Pixel Chix Moviemaker |
Pocoyo | Playground of Pocoyo |
Pokémon | Who's That Pokémon? |
POM-BEAR | Komm' mit auf Klassenfahrt! |
Popeye | Popeye Baseball |
Poppy Cat | Poppy Cat - Pogo Panic |
Power Rangers | Power Rangers in Space Red Ranger to the Rescue |
Pou | Pou Kitchen Slacking |
Pretty Cure | Smile Pretty Cure: Cure Happy Fashion Style |
Regular Show | Regular Show Trash n Dash |
Rocky and Bullwinkle | Rocky The Flying Squirrel |
Rubbadubbers | Rubbadubbers Bath Race Game |
Rudra | Rudra: Boom Chik Chik Boom - Guardian of Sun City |
Rugrats | Rugrats Chuckie Chan |
Rusty Rivets | Rusty Rivets: Combine it and Design it |
Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat | Counting Koi |
Samurai Jack | Samurai Jack: Code of the Samurai |
Sanjay and Craig | Sanjay and Craig: The Frycade |
Scooby-Doo | Scooby Doo! Monster Madness |
Sesame Street | Elmo Rhymes |
Shaun the Sheep | Shaun the Sheep: Home Sheep Home |
Shimmer and Shine | Genie Palace Divine |
Shopkins | Shopkins Shoppies Candy Sweets Dress Up |
Shrek | Shrek 'n' Slide |
Sid the Science Kid | Shadow Show |
Skylanders | Chompy Stomp |
Sleeping Beauty | Baby Aurora Castle Decoration |
Slenderman | Slenderman Must Die - Chapter 1: Sanatorium |
Snow White | Snow White Nails |
Sofia the First | Sofia's Enchanted Garden |
Sonic the Hedgehog | Ultimate Flash Sonic |
South Park | South Park Pinball |
Special Agent Oso | Oso's Special Training Center |
Spider-Man | Spider-Man: City Raid |
Splatalot | Splatalot Extreme |
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 |
Steven Universe | Spike Squad |
Street Fighter | Street Fighter Flash |
Sue | Sue Videoclip Creator |
Super Why | Super Why's Reading Challenge |
Sushi Pack | Sushi Pack: Break the Ice |
Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff | SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF THE, GAME ON-LINE |
Tak and the Power of Juju | Tak: Jumpin' Juju - Get Some Air! |
Talking Tom | Angela and Tom Wedding Trip |
Tangled | Tangled Double Trouble |
Team Umizoomi | Umi City: Mighty Missions |
Teen Titans | Teen Titans: Battle Blitz |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Time |
The Amazing World of Gumball | Gumball Car Race |
The Avengers | The Avengers: Bunker Busters 2 |
The Backyardigans | Backyardigans: Mission to Mars |
The Cat in the Hat | The Cat in the Hat Cleans This and That |
The Chronicles of Narnia | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Rapid Retreat |
The Fairly OddParents | Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour 2: Co-Pilot Chaos |
The Flintstones | Flintstones' Bedrock Bobsleddin Blowout |
The Fresh Beat Band | The Fresh Beat Band: Freezy Smoothies! |
The Jungle Book | Mowgli's Play |
The Legend of Zelda | The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance |
The Little Mermaid | Ariel House Makeover |
The Lord of the Rings | The Hobbit: Dwarf Combat Training |
The Loud House | Living Loud: Lincoln's List |
The Mighty B! | The Mighty B! - Buzz Around Town |
The Muppets | The Great Gonzo's Ridiculously Dangerous & Downright Foolish Stunt Game |
The Mysteries of Life With Tim & Moby | The Mysteries of Life With Tim & Moby: Active Transport |
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 |
The Troop | The Troop: Scaramari Struggle |
The Wiggles | Dance to the Wiggly Radio |
Thomas & Friends | Thomas Build an Engine |
ThunderCats | ThunderCats: Tomb of Mumm-Ra |
Tom and Jerry | The Tom and Jerry Show: Cheese Swipe |
Total Drama | Drop of Shame |
Totally Spies | Totally Spies! Shooter |
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 |
VICTORiOUS | VICTORiOUS: TheSlap Cookie Wrap |
VOCALOID | Dress Up Vocaloid |
WALL-E | WALL-E: Cup Shuffle |
Wander Over Yonder | Dance Dance Lord Hater |
Wild Grinders | Wild Grinders: Trick'd Out |
Wild Kratts | Wild Kratts: Frogfish Feast |
Winx Club | Winx Club Dress Me Up! |
Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby |
Wizards of Waverly Place | The Wizards Return: The Mystical Tower |
Wonder Pets! | Wonder Pets Phone Game |
Wonka | Oompa-Loompa Roundup |
Woody Woodpecker | Woody Woodpecker Breakin' Out |
WordGirl | Synonym Toast |
WordWorld | Duck's Alphabet |
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy | Wubbzy's Amazing Adventure |
Wreck-It Ralph | Wreck-It Ralph: Fix It Felix Jr. |
X-Men | Wolverine and the X-Men: M.R.D. Escape |
Yin Yang Yo! | Yin Yang Yo: The Dangerous Comic Book of Dread |
Yo Gabba Gabba! | Yo Gabba Gabba! Mini Arcade |
Zimmer Twins | Zimmer Twins Movie Editor |
ZOOM | 3 Puck Chuck |
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 |
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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 Not Accepted Curations because most emulated games are banned. |
FlashPunk | Game Library for Flash. |
Flixel | Game Engine by Adam Atomic that exports to Flash. |
FutureSplash | Original version of Flash before being bought by Macromedia and rebranded as 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. |
Game Jam
Games created from scratch during a very limited amount of time, usually between 24 to 72 hours, following a provided theme.
Tag | Description |
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7DRL Challenge | An annual event focused on creating Roguelike games in a one-week span. |
BenBonk Game Jam | Seventy-two hour game jams hosted by the YouTuber BenBonk. |
Ludum Dare | One of the biggest active game jams; an online event held twice a year where games are made from scratch over a weekend. |
Mini Jam | Jams hosted every other week for 72 hours featuring different themes and limitations. |
NG Game Jam | An annual event that was hosted by Newgrounds from 2007-2014 exploring many different themes. |
Nokia 3310 Jam | An annual jam where participants stylize their entries around the hardware limitations of the Nokia 3310. |
Stencyl Jam | Jams in which participants have 10 days to create a game using the Stencyl game engine. |
The Boob Jam | A one time jam aiming to "demystify" the experience of having boobs and exploring subjects beyond titillation. |
xkcd Game Jam | A jam held in 2017 where participants created games based on the xkcd webcomic. |