Trivial Trivia Games
Please know this isn't just to defend the most recent game I've published, it's basically a semi-rant that has come out of another artice I've been typing up. It got so large I decided to publish this ahead of my other post, so keep an eye out for that one too.
This post is mainly about why I make these games, and what I intend for them, so read if you want, ignore if you don't.
Okay, I know these aren't "games" in the sense of the word, or really worth publishing anymore (hell, I've gotten a person to tell me they'll give me a 0 star rating for every game I publish with the name, so thanks). Why do I do it? Why did I just publish one today? Well, read on.
These games are total filler for when I don't have any other content lined up for awhile. The Idle game is the next one hopefully (maybe one of the Whacks, if not), so it'll still be awhile. So why do I publish these? Well, I believe if you have some goodish idea, and go with it while improving it based on feedback along the way, good things come out of it. I don't think these games are exactly good, but I will tell you I think they are needed. Sure, no one is yelling out for trivia/quiz games on Newgrounds, but there is a need for them.
Don't believe me? Well, take a look for yourself. Here's the quiz games published in the last 30 days:
This category is dead, and with the exception of some published, most are just rip offs of each other with math questions in mind (ahem, I'm guilty too :P). Here's the stereotypical look if you go to the category:
Notice something? Every Trivial Trivia game that I have made (excluding Math, which is extremely crutial to note) is on the front page for yearly. I don't say this to gloat, I say this because although most people aren't into this type of game, some people are, and the ones that are find these games worthy of making it front page. Most games on this front listing are unique in what they ask and do, something most games published to this category are not. I've seen time after time math quizes make it into this category with low scores, it's because it's been done already and no one wants to play another math quiz game. Unique quiz games get high scores. To be honest, I didn't notice this until I went looking into this next point I am about to make, so I'd honestly like to thank everyone who helped get them here.
The point I was refrencing to above is this: Most of these games are about to get removed from the year list. Most of these games were made back in 2014, with two or three of the top games in the above image made this month last year. That means in a few weeks (next week, for some) they will be wiped from this list.
No one really makes quiz games anymore, and I want to fix that. That is why I publish these things, not because it's easy money (it ain't, if I ever become a money grabber, I'll be milking the Electric Rubber games to death), not because it's an easy high-star game (another it isn't, it really brings me down to see these games score the lowest out of my other games), and for whatever other reason you may think of. I make these because they are needed, and I want to make quality quiz games. I can assure you most games that land in this category do not have the Newgrounds API in them. I do. Sure, they aren't perfect, the Trivial Trivia swf I work off of took around a month and three games to make into what it is, where I'm still modifying the core code to add things here and there, but it works to the point of my approval.
So what am I asking by making this, by typing up a rant to the people who I hope will stay with me through (what someone wanted to tell me via PM) these shit games? I ask this. If you don't like trivia games, or the feel of these games, I am not making them for you. I promise that I have unique games lined up for the future, they just take way longer to make than a game in this series does. I can finish a Trivial Trivia game in 1-2 days, where coming up with graphical assets, a unique idea, and something fun can take months.
Electric Rubber took me a week to get the base idea for it, back when it only had two upgrades, no shop, and no settings. I worked on it for the next two months to make it into what it is now, and where I couldn't fit something into the original, I put into Electric Rubber 2. The code in both are complete messes, and I like it that way. These games give me great feelings of accomplishment, feelings I will never expect to experience with this series, but I am making what I feel is needed on Newgrounds.
All I ask is, while I make games that I feel proud of and love playing myself, let me make games for those people who may not have enough time to enjoy the games we do, and find fun out of a 1-2 minute quiz.
Since writing this, I want to do something else with these games. Instead of a 10% revenue split with the author of the music I use, I'll be raising it to 60%. Anyone with music that thinks it'll fit with the type of games Trivial Trivia is, mail me.
Thanks for reading, and I promise there's a lot in the future of my creations :)