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Comma Separated, anything you'd like such as: "Content Rich, Female Protagonist" etc.

At least one required. Comma Separated, what's the style of the game? Such as: "Pixel Art, HD-2D, Lofi, Vector Art, Anime" etc. 

At least one required. Comma Separated, what's the setting of the game? Such as: "Fantasy, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Space" etc. 

A rogue-like with no meta progression might be .5 for example.

Labeled as such or any other additional button past move, aim, dodge and trigger.

It would be very rare to get a negative in this column. An example might be a game where the only included game mode starts you with a small clock and sees you trying to add to (IE a game where the counter going down is your primary lose condition instead of your primary win condition, like Godstrike.)

 Leveling triggers pop up choice of skills right as the level happens, not on end of round or any other way.

Is the player presented with choices on level up and are they presented in a way that allows the player to move quickly through them? Three simple "cards" with a sentence or two on them would be streamlined. A full skill tree with no restriction of player choice but it coming up on level event might be 0. No leveling at all could be a -1. Same category for item/choices on end of room if it's a dungeon crawler or end of wave if it's brotato-style.

 Like doubling the players shots vs. 2% increase in damage.

 Not just that it is challenging but players are presented with things to try and succeed at, perhaps with rewards or just a check list.

Unlockable flavor text/info, not just weapon/ability descriptions.

Define this pretty broadly, including challenges without a prompt, secret achievements, easter eggs, cheat codes, etc.

Doesn't need to literally be pixel art, ascii or voxels or something would also work, etc. This is as much about a retro vibe and approach to designing the game as it is the technical method.

No plot needed, just like names of abilities for example.

A good ramp via metaprogression is hard to design. It has to allow you to surmount challenges and feel stronger, but not simply make things easier. It needs to introduce difficulty via complexity, but not simply make things unfair. The best games introduce challenges and mechanics to learn to deal with them alongside each other for a satisfying difficulty ramp. Does this game have intentional mechanics like this? Or does it play the same on the first time you play it as the last, perhaps with no meta progression.

Does the game use unlockable power progression, complexity, etc in order to keep things interesting and fun? Ideally, even more fun! Sometimes more complex strategies are more fun to pull off, but especially when they're ramped up to in a way that prepares the player for them. 

 4.99 or lower gets a full score by default, if you have a shitton of content at 8 dollars you can put 1 as well, etc.

Is it bug free? Slowdown in endgame is expected and can be ignored.

 Everything work correctly? Responsive? A game where the controls literally do not work can not be said to be "like" any game where the controls do things when you press a button.

Pure Vibes, try to be honest with yourself if you're a dev.

Let us know anything you want to about the game or how you scored it. THESE MAY BE EDITED AND THEN POSTED PUBLICLY. You can also put marketing text here. If you don't put anything, we'll pull some from your steam page. There are fields for more detailed notes in certain categories below, so you may want to check those out before writing too much here.

Would you like to add some images to your game's profile on the website and for use around the site in navigation and fun parts? It will show the name of your game, the name of the enemy/character/ship and in layout sections will link directly to your game. It's another way to show off your game's art and get more traffic. The requirements are ideally: Transparent Gif or Webp, "Moving" to the right, ideally squarish. Naming convention is "name-from_game-name.gif". If you don't have gifs, you can send a sprite sheet. We will use up to 3 images from your game but feel free to send more to pick from! Please drop direct links to a zip file or other share folder below.

We'll check and update the external review scores, but you can drop them in here if you'd like to save us a little bit of time. Just say n/a if the game is upcoming or hasn't been reviewed yet.

Please select all modes that are in the game. Some things like "campaign" and "level based" may overlap. Or "dungeon crawl" and "branching paths". Select any you think apply. This may be listed directly or converted to sentence format describing how the game works.

Here you can tell us the names of the game modes, Example: "The campaign mode is called Story Mode and has 10 survival stages. After playing it, you unlock endless survival."

How does the player learn to play? Is there a tutorial the player must complete? Do any of the concepts below apply? Select any you think apply. It's ok if they seem conflicting (like "no tutorial" and "guide in menu"), this will get checked over. It just helps us check it and see how devs think about it. Also, don't worry, having no or little tutorial can be considered a good thing by many players!

People can have very strong feelings about tutorials and they can change based on the kind of game, so knowing about this can help!

If there's no meta progression (arcade, campaign style games, etc) just put "none." Otherwise, how does meta progression work in this game? Does it unlock more stages as you go, more gameplay modes or modifiers? Does it unlock characters, abilities, or "cards"? Is there permanent power progression and is it done with goal based or currency based unlocks or both? Can you refund currency based unlocks and re-select them? Stuff like that.

It's common to say a game has "30 minute runs" if the initial goal is to survive for that amount of time, like in Vampire Survivors. In our spreadsheet we refer to "Run Time" as the "standard" length of play, but this also usually means outside of endless or campaign modes. This usually refers to a dungeon crawl run outside of the wave context (for example how long it takes to beat a Hades session). If the game isn't run based, what is the length of making your way through the average play experience? For example, a vertically scrolling spaceship arcade game might have a half hour play session if you manage to do a one credit clear. This category is very important to lunch break gamers. Put "not applicable" if not or "endless" if it's endless. Otherwise just put one number here. Example: "30m"

This is where you can make notes on the run time. If it's broken up into rounds with a minute long, for example, put it here. If the default is endless but you stop upgrading at 30 minutes, put that info down. Or you can describe the multiple options for run times.

Does the game allow you to speed up gameplay and how? Please specify how. For example, in Vampire Survivors you can unlock a 2x speed. In Nomad Survival, you can select a 3x speed from the menu at any time without needing to unlock. In some games you can select to speed it up, but it disables achievements or progression. Please specify any details like that or write "none."

How does the game control? Is it a movement only game? Is it a complex action with many controls? Would you call it a single stick shooter? Example: "It's a twin stick shooter with trigger and an often-used dodge button."

Which of these control schemes are available? Check all that apply.

How much is automated? Check all that apply, but choose between the two design preferences for optional auto features (On by default, off by default)

Optional notes to explain any edge cases about the auto features, don't feel a need to fill this if you feel the above covered it. 

One of our goals is to do an accessibility walkthrough / little UX study of these games, but if you want to note any accessibility features you can make optional notes here

This is super optional, but just a nerdy thing we're doing is full menu walkthroughs, notes on how level up UI looks etc. If you want you can talk about stuff here or even write out menu trees, but this takes a while so it's totally totally optional

Select all that apply

And any other multiplayer notes if you want to clarify how that works. Explain if hotseat or local turnbased or whatnot.

Check any that you have. You don't need to give us a link unless it's really hard to find. Steam page and forum is assumed! The "Tag" means the way some sites will give you a browsable category if the game has enough content.

We're trying not to make the survey take too long, so it's ok if you just check the boxes and we can find your links. But if something is very hard to find, or you'd like to link us anything, just put that here! Comma separated please! 

Just put dev name here if you don't have a publisher

 Feel free to clarify multiple ones if you had an EA date and a general date, etc.

Is the game out of beta / early access / etc and available for purchase? Most games still have planned updates, so it's not asking if it's "done", just if it's "released." That's the point where it generally gets more reviews.

Optional: Here's the place to remark on how you feel the game compares to a game like Vampire Survivors. What is similar and what is different? Was anything inspired by VS or did the game come out earlier and do similar things? It's ok to say subjective things like you feel it has better buildcrafting, etc or to say outright that you think players of VS would not have a fun time unless they're looking for something different. People are often looking for something different in a particular way!