Puzzle Genre to be added to the game genres.
https://twitter.com/BoatbomberRBLX/status/876519887677554693
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I agree, puzzles are a big genre, and the genre system in general needs a rework as right now it has a number of flaws covered on other threads. Would probably be a good idea to tackle the issue of lack of a puzzle genre in designing a new genre system instead of duct taping it in right now though.
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This is unlikely to happen. The current genres are not what we envision for filtering and sorting of Games.
I like that they will probably be changed in the future, I’ve thought for a long time that the genres are inadequate and should be changed.
I don’t know what Roblox envisions, but I envision something like this, and have for a long time. User generated tags, some method of approval for entry, and voting based on a karma system (how well have the voter’s other tags been received by others (law of large numbers) as accurate -stops trolls), then top 3-5 or so tags display on the game’s webpage, and the game displays within those tags as well within the endless scroll gamespage. Some tags will be more common than others, so top 10, 15-25 or so would be shown in place of the current genre drop down menu, with an option to view more (and then it could be an “endless” scroll like the gamespage)
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I agree that the genre system is a bit restrictive at the moment. Some games like my Escape Room would definitely benefit from the addition of a Puzzle genre, as these types of games don’t always fit under the existing set. I’m interested to see if anything happens…