Well, BYOND is a beloved community for the most part. Sure, you have your trollers and douches running along the blogs. Anime games rule the roost, and I have yet to see more than a handful decent games become released in a couple years dispite how many good programmers are out-there(face it, there are a lot of em now).

Here is what I think BYOND needs.

First, GOOD INTERFACE!!!:

It seems like a lot of games toss together these shotty looking interfaces(including some of my own). This is obviously a bad idea because the first impression a person will receive when playing your game is simply that it's ugly. With how BYOND is compared to the good ole 3.5 days. There is no need to have a BYOND game that even LOOKS like a BYOND game. Simple enough.

Second, Lose typical BYOND things:

This one isn't as important but would make for a nicer game. Lose the classic BYOND movement and devise perhaps a pixel movement or even a simple multikey press one(if you make a pixel one it should be both honestly). Also, do away with the stat panel. Seriously, commands and etc. should be designed a little better. Also, with the new(ish) right click function you could even create your own custom right click for commands system. Wouldn't be very hard(if I did it I'd probably replace verbs with objects or something along those lines).

Thirdly, Original gameplay:

Now, by original gameplay you don't exactly have to completely create your very own bran spankin new idea all together(although, if you can. Please do =)!!!). However, when you have three Resident Evil games made by three different people(or I think) and they all play basically the same, you've got a problem. There are too many possibilities to making a game. I can't remember how it goes but something along the lines of it's easier to use and idea that works instead of creating your own. WE'RE SICK OF THAT!!! STOP IT!!!. Ok? Just stop..

Fourthly(not sure about that word >=) ), Good Tutorials:

I somewhat made a post about this in the past(kinda sorta), however time to bring it up again. I feel as though there is really only one thing you should avoid when making a tutorial. Don't supply the NPC text in an output box! The idea spot would be either a pop-up browser or an onscreen text. One that will only display so much text at a time(so if they have to read alot they don't realize it), and make sure it's pleasing in looks too. Don't go all CSS crazy on us!

Lastly, Good Graphics:

This one isn't AS important to me. However, I do want to stress the importance of not using icon packets. If I join a game and see icons I've seen in other games the first thought I typically get is, "Wow, this game was made by people who can't program." I don't know why... It's probably because if your going to script something completely on your own then odds are your gonna want your game to also have it's own icons. Not sure..


Welp, that's about it. Basically just wasted fifteen minutes of my time writing all of this but oh well.. It's my time =).

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