Having been in business for almost 14 years now, having purchased everything from brand new major manufacturer games to retro games to several indie games, I like to think that I have a decent sense of what makes an arcade game work – a winner or the “arcade X factor” if you will. I approached looking at these games like I would any game for my arcade. Now on that video, I did get asked what qualities make for a good arcade game, something I did talk about in the livestream, but let me lay it out here for anyone who cares. Out of those, I think that Soulvester VS Lil Beezey and Moonleap would required the fewest changes to be properly adapted for coin-op commercial use, although out of the 10, I ultimately voted for one not on the winner’s list, High Moon. If you’d rather just read about it, then I’ll lay it out here – the top five games were, starting with #5: I did a video about this as well if anyone cares, although there are no celebrities smacking comedians here to get those sweet clicks: Voting took place up to April 5th and yesterday, they announced the winners. Over 300 games were submitted to the content but only 10 were deemed worth enough to go up for a public vote, so being an arcade operator with what I think is some kind of eye for what makes an arcade game work, I played them and judged them on the merits of whether or not it really would work in an environment like mine: If you missed the news, this was a competition that was held among indie developers using Game Maker Studio 2 with the theme “Then the Night Changed Everything.” One reason why I have been paying attention to it is that the competition promised to reward creators “…in the hopes of seeing their game appear in physical arcade cabinets.” While I have not encountered details as to whether or not these will show up in a cabinet of Yoyo’s making, or perhaps something pre-existing like the Polycade, it does mean potential new content for our space. I recently did a livestream to highlight – and judge- the top 10 entries of the #noticeMe Game Jam by Yoyo Games and Opera GX.
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