What do you think of this game idea?

As a Roblox player I have found myself looking for something new and different. However, the Roblox search system won’t work if your trying to find a game from a genre rather than a specific title. The front pages are a little bit stagnant sometimes, so I was wondering this: What if you could have a service similar to group recruiting plaza but for games?

There would be two sides to this service: A “stand” side (similar to GRP) and a “database” side, where players would submit their game to a database.

Players looking for a new experience could do one of the following:

  1. Look around the “stands” for new games and talk with their developers.
  2. They could use the database to try and narrow down the selections using tags.

Now to the important part: Developers! :upside_down_face:
Developers would start by submitting a game “profile”. This would include putting in a game id and a selection of 2-3 tags. There would also be a security measure to make sure that the developer is submitting THEIR game and not someone else’s. There would also be some form of captcha to make sure that the “developer” isn’t a bot. Of course, this service would be for smaller developers looking to find some players, but it would be open to everyone.

Monetization: I have a hobbyist developer, so the monetization would be very light. However, I might add a form of paid ad that would be displayed to players periodically.

Overall, what do you think? How could this be improved? Would you use this service (both as a developer or a player?) Any and all feedback is appreciated! (sorry if this isn’t the right category, if you want me to move it to another one I will).

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I like this idea , game developer recruiting plaza

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Maybe… but honestly I think its just copying what the website does like advertising and stuff so its technically not allowed?? I’m not sure.

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More like player recruiting plaza, but thanks!

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I don’t think Roblox will have a problem with it. I like to think it will be a different kind of search engine, rather than a direct copy of what Roblox does. As for advertising, it will be specifically for games, so you wont get any group ads (which is what the majority of ads I see are for).

Reminds me of irl game conventions (like E3) where game studios show off their new games. I think it would be cool to have something similar to that but digitally in Roblox.

Normal users can use it to find games and maybe developers could also use it to network and find additional developers. I like the idea.

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That would be an interesting idea. Have some form of live event every now and then to simulate game conventions. I like it! As developers using it to network, I believe there are already games that provide this. Thanks though!