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__FORCETOC__A '''tag''' is used to describe a ''major element'' of a game from its gameplay type (strategy, action, arcade) to any specific subset of that gameplay type (scrolling shooter, lane-based strategy). You can have more than one tag per game, in fact, that's kind of the point. If there is a tag that you would like to have on this page, let someone with a color name know on Discord. We don't want tags that will only apply to one or two games; it should be a relatively well-used tag, to prevent the list from getting too long.
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.


== Genre ==
 
What is the ''primary'' genre that this game represents?
 
== Action ==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Category !! Description !! Example
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
| Action
| Action
| A game with reaction-based gameplay and a high pace; can refer to a lot of different types of games, including other tags like Platformer or Shooter.
| Alien Hominid
|-
| Adventure
| Adventure
| A game where the main feature is exploring and puzzle-solving, usually with a mouse or movement of an on-screen character (Also known as Point and Click.)
| The Last Door
|-
| Arcade
| Arcade
| Used to describe simple games with easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score.
| Helicopter Game
|-
|-
| Artillery
| Artillery
| Action
| Games where you use various weapons, setting the power and angle, to fight your enemy
| A game where the focus is using a set power and angle to throw an object at a target of any kind of form.
| Tank Wars
| Crush the Castle
|-
|-
| Brawler
| Brawler
| Action
| Progress through areas, beating up goons as you go. Usually 2D
| A game where you control a character who fights multiple other characters at the same time using simple combos and special moves.
| Stick Brawl
| Dad 'n' Me
|-
|-
| Breakout
| Fighter
| Arcade
| Two characters face off using combos and special techniques
| A game involving a paddle, a ball, and brickbreaking.
| Samurai Fighters
| bloXplatter
|-
|-
| Card
| Platformer
| Puzzle
| Progress through the stage(s), jumping from object to object
| A game played using a set of rules based around a deck of cards, whether it be the standard deck of 52 or more custom arrangements.
| Super Mario 63
| Solitaire
|-
|-
| Choose Your Own Adventure
| Shooter
| Adventure
| Any game where you use guns to shoot enemies
| A game where you're presented with some kind of story, in which you make one of a set of choices to progress said story.
| Alien Hominid
| The Sagittarian
|-
|-
| Clicker
|}
| Incremental
 
| A game where you primarily click to increase numbers.
 
| AdVenture Capitalist
== Adventure ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Daily
| Choose Your Own Adventure
| Mechanic
| Choose a path at specific junctions and see where the story takes you
| A game with content that updates or changes every day.
| The Henry Stickman Series
| Drift n' Burn 365
|-
|-
| Dating Sim
| Dating Sim
| Adventure
| Pick options to take boys or girls on dates.
| A game where the main focus is to date a hero or heroine, usually presented in a Visual Novel / Choose Your Own Adventure format, but is sometimes more complicated with things like stats, day/night cycles, etc.
| SimGirls
| SIMGirls
|-
| Dress-Up
| Other
| A game where you choose clothes for an included character to dress them up.
| Dead Baby Dressup
|-
| Driving
| Driving
| Games that have driving, but aren't particularly about racing.
| Cab Driver
|-
|-
| Escape the Room
| Escape the Room
| Adventure
| 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.
| 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 in order to get out of it.
| Cube Escape: The Cave
| Cube Escape: The Cave
|-
|-
| Experimental
| Point and Click
| Other
| A specific subset of adventure games where your only controls are the mouse
| Games that defy categorization and break convention.
| ???
| Crumbling Room
|-
|-
| Fighting
| Roguelike
| Action
| You have one life.  Don't die, or you'll lose most if not all of your progress
| A type of game that places two characters head to head with a series of included moves, combos and rounds.
| ???
| Pencak Silat
|-
|-
| Find
| RPG
| Puzzle
| Games focused less on combat and more on exploration and puzzle solving.  May or may not have detailed character stats
| A game where you need to find something; whether it be objects, usually hidden in a room or among a bunch of other objects, or differences in two pictures.
| Sonny
| 5 Differences
|-
|-
| Flying
| Visual Novel
| Arcade
| Story based games where you pick from preset choices
| A type of game where you're flying a vehicle, but not actively fighting or racing with it.
| Sonic RPG
| Fly Like A Bird
|-
|-
| Gambling
|}
| Other
 
| A game that either recreates a form of real world gambling such as slots or poker, or is completely focused on some fictional kind of betting, winning and losing.
 
| Blackjack Elf
 
== Arcade ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Horror
| Breakout
| Theme
| Bounce a ball from a paddle to break all the bricks in a level
| A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-''cough'' atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag.
| bloXplatter
| Exmortis
|-
| Idle
| Incremental
| A game where numbers go up while you're away. Most of the incremental games are idle ones.
| NGU Idle
|-
| Incremental
| Incremental
| A game primarily about increasing numbers, either idly or through very simple actions that don't require skill.
| Universal Paperclips
|-
| Level Editor
| Creative
| Games with level editors.
| Warp
|-
| Math
| Informational
| A game where you mostly solve math problems.
| Math Shootout
|-
| Music
| Theme
| 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
|-
| Microsite
| Other
| 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
|-
| Motocross
| Driving
| A game that usually involves some form of vehicle in a side on view affected by physics that you have to use to surmount a challenging set of physical terrain.
| Trials 2 Flash Preview
|-
|-
| Pinball
| Pinball
| Arcade
| Webgame versions of pinball tables or pinball-esque games
| A game based on either a recreation or fresh conception of the real world diversion.
| ???
| Pinbill
|-
| Puzzle
| Puzzle
| There are many types of puzzle games, but they usually involve some kind of logical task/brainteaser that needs to be solved.
| Bloxorz
|-
| Match-3
| Puzzle
| A puzzle game where you match objects on a grid to make a line of three, which then disappear and refill the grid.
| Galactic Gems
|-
| Physics
| Mechanic
| Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces.
| Red Remover
|-
|-
| Pong
| Pong
| Arcade
| The classic game, now in Flash
| A game based on the classic Pong game.
| ???
| PONGS
|-
|-
| Quiz
| Rhythm
| Informational
| Press the right buttons to the beat of the music
| A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter.
| F2Jam
| 50 States
|-
|-
| Racing
| Runner
| Driving
| Run automatically, and avoid obstacles, and collect shinies
| A game that has you in a competition of speed; in particular, to reach a finish line first. Not entirely reliant on things like vehicles, but usually includes vehicles.
| Robot Unicorn Attack
| Cyclomaniacs
|-
|-
| Parking
| Score-Attack
| Driving
| Your goal throughout the game is to get a high score
| A game where you use a car to attempt to park in a parking spot, usually with nearby obstacles.
| Starry Night
| Parking Lot
|-
|-
| Rock-Paper-Scissors
| Tetris
| Mechanic
| Games based on the classic
| A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game.
| Tetris 1989
| Pico vs. Uberkids
|-
|-
| Roguelike
| Variety
| Adventure
| Mini-game collections, or games where the gameplay changes frequently
| Players get one life, with all or the majority of their progress lost on death.
| Four Second Fury
| Yet Another Roguelike
|-
|-
| RPG
|}
| Adventure
 
| Can take many different forms but usually involves a world to explore, an in-depth story, stats, equipment that raises said stats, leveling up and battles.
 
| Sonny
 
== Driving ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Runner
| Flying
| Arcade
| Plane-based driving
| 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.
| Into Space 2
| Canabalt
|-
|-
| Shooter
| Motocross
| Action
| 2D Racing games with specific physics enabled
| Can be used to describe any game where your main form of engagement is blasting enemies with any kind of ranged weapon.
| Dirt Bike
| Space Invaders
|-
|-
| First-Person
| Parking
| Shooter
| Park in a precise space, using any vehicle
| The game is played from the point of view of the player character. Usually applies to shooters.
| Docking Perfection 2
| Sierra 7
|-
|-
| Side-Scrolling
| Motocross
| Mechanic
| 2D Racing games with specific physics enabled
| The game that's played with a playfield that scrolls from the left to the right. Sometimes ships, sometimes on foot. Usually applies to shooters or platformers.
| Dirt Bike
| Heli Attack 3
|-
|-
| On-Rails
| Racing
| Shooter
| Try to go faster than either the other drivers or the clock as you drive around a track
| The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. Applies almost always to shooters.
| Cyclomaniacs
| Xiao Xiao no. 4
|-  
|}
 
 
 
== Educational ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Vertically-Scrolling
| Math
| Shooter
| Games that are about teaching math skills
| The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship).
| ???
| Enigmata 2
|-
|-
| Simulation
| Reading
| Simulation
| Games that are about teaching reading skills
| A catch-all term for games that involve managing some kind of business, or attempt to simulate any real-world activity.
| ???
| Papa's Pizzeria
|-
|-
| Sports
| Tutorial
| Simulation
| Teaches non-academic things
| A recreation of any set of real world sports (anything from baseball to football).
| Ultimate Spriting Tutorial
| Stick Cricket
|-
| Typing
| Games that teach you to type efficiently
| ???
|-
|-
| Strategy
|}
| Strategy
 
| Comes in many forms, but usually involves controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy.
 
| Age of War
 
== Puzzle ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Real-Time
| Hidden Object/Find
| Strategy
| Find things that are hidden within the larger picture
| The player and the enemy can give orders at the same time, and the action continues on even if neither are involved.
| Pocket Creature ~Hidden Objects~
| Creeper World: Evermore
|-
|-
| Node-Based
| Jigsaw
| Strategy
| Classic style of puzzle where you have differently shaped pieces and need to put them in the right spots
| The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from.
| Ice-Age 4 Jigsaw Puzzle
| Tentacle Wars
|-
|-
| Lane-Based
| Match-3
| Strategy
| Swap and move objects around to match colours/shapes in lines
| The player and the enemy have multiple 'lanes' that they can send troops down as attacks.
| Bejeweled
| Plants vs Zombies (Web Version)
|-
| Single-Lane
| Strategy
| The player and the enemy share one 'lane' in which they send all their units down to fight.
| Age of War
|-
| Story-Driven
| Theme
| Any game that places emphasis on a story, regardless of genre.
| ?
|-
|-
| Sokoban
| Sokoban
| Puzzle
| Games that involve pushing boxes around an area into specific locations
| A puzzle game in which you push or boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations.
| Aggressive Sokoban
| Aggressive Sokoban
|-
| Tabletop
| Simulation
| A recreation of a board game from the real world, or a game formatted to play like a game from said real world.
| Snakes and Ladders
|-
| Tetris
| Puzzle
| Based on the classic Tetris game.
| Tetris Heaven
|-
| Tower Defense
| Strategy
| A type of game where the player places towers on the field to defend from enemies coming for a certain point on the map (usually, but not always, the end of a preset path).
| Bloons TD 5
|-
| Toy
| Other
| A game that has no set objective, and just lets you play with a sandbox of toys or a set of preset options.
| One Man Band
|-
| Turn-Based
| Mechanic
| The player and the game take turns. Often applies to Strategy games.
| Sonny
|-
| Tutorial
| Informational
| A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion.
| Newgrounds Levels
|-
| Typing
| Informational
| A game where the main goal is to type as efficiently and mistake-free as possible.
| Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing!
|-
| Variety
| Arcade
| A game where the gameplay changes frequently, such as in minigame collections.
| Four Second Frenzy
|-
| Visual Novel
| Adventure
| A game where a story is told through text and pictures, and sometimes allows the player to make choices to change the story. Usually more verbose, character and story focused than a Choose Your Own Adventure title.
| Aurica Cosmosphere Part 1
|-
| Walking Simulator
| Simulation
| 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
|-
|-
| Word
| Word
| Puzzle
| Games based on anagrams, crosswords, or similar
| A type of puzzle or arcade game where you spell words, solve crosswords, or something similar.
| Bookworm
| WordUp
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Subgenre ==
Are there any other genres that could be applied to this game? NOTE: Please use these sparingly, small parts of a game such as minigames or in-game parodies of a genre do not warrant a Subgenre tag.
(These are just the Genre tags applied as Subgenre tags)
== Mechanics ==
How does the player interact with the game?


== Simulation ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Tag !! Description !! Example
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Shooter
| Card
| Involves firing projectiles.
| Card games that don't focus on gambling
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
| Rhythm
| Gambling
| Involves performing actions in time to a song or beat.
| Bet virtual money, win virtual money
| Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3
| ???
|-
|-
| Platformer
| Sports
| Involves traversing the environment via platforms.
| Games based on real life sports, from baseball, to curling, to shuffleboard
| Super Mario 63
|-
| Side Scroller
| Game progression involves moving your character from one side of the screen to the other.
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
| Run and gun
| Tabletop
| Gameplay involves running on foot while shooting.
| Games that replicate boardgames
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
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== Elements ==
== Strategy ==
What is the primary experience intended for the player?
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Tag !! Description !! Example
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Story Driven
| Lane-Based
| Story is a major focus of the game.
| You and your opponant have one or more lanes with which to send units down to attack each other
| ???
| Plants vs. Zombies Web Verison
|-
|-
| Arcade
| Real Time
| Achieving a high score is a major focus of the game.
| Create units and buildings, collect resources, and face an opponant who's doing the same things at the same time as you are
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
| Creative
| Tower Defense
| Anything that facilitates user-created content, whether that's a game with a level editor, a painting program, or something else.
| Build various towers to destroy the units your enemies send against you
| Sonic Scene Creator 5
| Bloons TD 5
|-
| Competitive
| Competing against other players is a major focus of the game.
| ???
|-
| Exploration
| Exploring the environment is a major focus of the game.
| ???
|-
| Educational
| Educating the player on real world topics is a major focus of the game.
| Annual Precipitation in California
|-
|-
| ''Adventure''
| Turn Based
| Completing a series of challenges or levels is a major focus of the game.
| Take turns with an opponant as you create units and buildings, move units, and order attacks
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
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== Themes ==
== Other ==
Are there any existing themes or fantasies that the game pulls from?
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Tag !! Description !! Example
! Tag !! Description !! Example
|-
|-
| Western
| Dress Up
| Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw.
| Choose outfits and hairstyles for a given character, or create an Original Character of your own
| Wild West Showdown
| RPG Heroine Creator
|-
|-
| Holiday
| Experimental
| Games with holiday themes like Christmas and Halloween get this tag.
| Games that defy classification and don't fit anywhere else
| Snow Line
| ???
|-
|-
| Anime
| Toy
| A game with an anime art style.
| Games with no objective, things to pass the time away
| Anime Character Maker 2.2
| Interactive Buddy
|-
| 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
| Games entirely or almost entirely meant for titillation.
| Super Deepthroat
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Content ==
 
Is there anything in the game that one would find objectionable?
== Content Warnings ==
 
'''Tags that ''must'' be included if your game matches the criterium'''


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Tag !! Description !! Example
! Tag !! Description  
|-
|-
| Gore
| Adult
| ???
| Realistic nudity or pornographic content
| ???
|-
| Sex
| ???
| ???
|-
| Nudity
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
| Mature Language
| Gore
| ???
| Games that contain realistic blood or guts
| ???
|-
|-
| Loud Sounds
| Seizure Warning
| ???
| Games that contain flashing effects that could trigger photosensitive epilepsy
| ???
|-
| Flashing Images
| ???
| ???
|-
|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 00:00, 18 August 2019

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


Content Warnings

Tags that must be included if your game matches the criterium

Tag Description
Adult Realistic nudity or pornographic content
Gore Games that contain realistic blood or guts
Seizure Warning Games that contain flashing effects that could trigger photosensitive epilepsy
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