Ulrond
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| 26 Dec 2014 07:50 AM |
Greetings, reader!
Roblox is all about the games. The games page is probably the most important page on the site and the button to visit it is in the top left corner next to the logo where it is most obvious. I'm writing today to talk about what I would like to see on the games page.
There have been many improvements to the way games appear. The like and dislike feature seperates poor quality games from good quality games. Looking at the Games page now, the most 'popular' games are on the first row. The more players in a game, the further up this row the game is. Below that you've got Top Earning, Top Paid, Top Rated, Builders Club, and then Recommended. It's the Recommended that I would like to talk about.
Having been on Roblox for a good few years now, I've seen a lot of different types of games. Everyone has their preferences to games and so do I. I enjoy my favourite games such as 'The Quarry' and 'Paintball!'. However, sometimes I get bored of these games and look for something new. I played Darkness II all the time but I rarely play it now because I want fresh content.
Don't get me wrong, loads of new games are always popping up on the games page. Murder games became popular and have stayed up there since. Yet as I have already said, some games are to my taste and others are not.
The point is that I see games that I don't want to play instead of something that interests me and encourages me to click that 'play' button and I see a lot of other forumers that say similar things. 'Work at a Pizza Place' is an old favourite and that's why it is at the top of the games page. A lot of people enjoy it. But I'm really interested in 'Twisted Murderer', 'Build A Raft And Sail Down A Volcano' or even 'RoCitizens BETA'.
So while these games are what a lot of people like, I'm looking for something else. That's why I've come up with the idea for a new section called 'Recommended for you'. The idea here is that Roblox tracks the types of games you play and offers you similar games that you might be interested in.
Let's say I visit ten shooters, five murder games and two tycoons. The 'Recommended for you' section would be now filled with mostly shooters, murder games and perhaps the odd tycoon. Yet it might not show many horror games as that is not what I've been looking at and spending time playing.
To sum up, the basic idea for this is that it shows *YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE* instead of what the community prefers. As individuals, we all want different things and the Games page should represent that.
Thank you very much for reading. I would like to hear your thoughts below. Any questions? Further structure to this idea? Post below!
Regards,
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Ulrond
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| 26 Dec 2014 07:58 AM |
This is a little extreme, but this gives a bit of an indication to the problem. http://www.roblox.com/Games-place?id=165905669 |
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| 26 Dec 2014 10:36 AM |
Sup Sport = Support
Terres baixes són les claus de la vida. |
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theben637
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| 26 Dec 2014 01:07 PM |
but my friend has it, seriously. I watched her look for a game. and there was a "Recommended for you" on the games page.
She chose a horrible "Raise a baby" game.. |
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TixPile
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| 26 Dec 2014 01:08 PM |
| Just play a place you enjoy and put it to your favorites. Simple. |
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| 26 Dec 2014 01:15 PM |
| I would love to see this be added to Roblox. |
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| 26 Dec 2014 01:16 PM |
| I see very few games I would actually like in the recommended section. |
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peridoth
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| 27 Dec 2014 07:57 AM |
| I do support this a lot but a problem might be that if someone wants you to follow them into games that you don't like just to show you something then you might end up with games you don't like in the recommended. Overall I do support this though. |
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peridoth
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| 27 Dec 2014 08:07 AM |
Tis a good idea. Sssssupport |
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yoshiegg6
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| 27 Dec 2014 08:07 AM |
"Just play a place you enjoy and put it to your favorites. Simple."
He said he wants (((FRESH))) new games recommended to him. |
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peridoth
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| 28 Dec 2014 12:23 PM |
| Support, one because this a good idea and so on. Two your a boss person ulrond and third you are the leader of the group so I might get better point lol joking. |
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| 28 Dec 2014 01:17 PM |
Why is favourites here? and i think they are unlimited.
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| 28 Dec 2014 01:19 PM |
support
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MrYouChew
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| 28 Dec 2014 01:29 PM |
I like the idea, but it'd probably be organized by two things:
- Title - Genre
And next thing you know, people will start making more fake games with specific titles and genres just to fit into your section. It'd be no different from "Build a raft and sail into a giant noob" games that turn out to be a base plate and a sword.
Good idea, just easily abusable.
<> But I don't want to build a snowman, Anna! <> |
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CryptCode
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| 29 Dec 2014 07:12 AM |
Interesting thread. It's a good idea but have people above me have said it is a little floored. For instance, I might have followed people into a load of games I wasn't particularly interested in. The next day my "recommended tab" could have been disrupted by this.
My alternative would be to ask the user some genres they like and/or get them to pick games off the front page they liked so roblox could predict similar results in the future. The user could of course come back and change these preferences at any time. (Perhaps games that people have "Favorited" could be factored into this).
That's my take on it -CryptCode |
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Ulrond
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| 29 Dec 2014 08:50 AM |
Thank you for the feedback.
Perhaps a simple fix to the problem of following others is that games you join only factor if you click the play button and not just follow someone else. Perhaps there could also be the option to remove a certain genre from the recommended for you section?
I did like CryptCode's idea for games appearing in relation to games you have in favourites. That could be a part of it as well. |
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trainyay
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| 29 Dec 2014 10:26 AM |
support tl;dr: Create a new Reccomended category on the games page change according to what you play. |
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| 09 Jan 2015 09:58 AM |
100% Support.
Would be extremely helpful, as I am always looking for new things to do and play! |
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re7hf
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| 09 Jan 2015 11:02 AM |
| every site is inaccurate with this type of thing so no support |
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Rit957
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| 09 Jan 2015 11:20 AM |
| http://www.roblox.com/games/?SortFilter=16&GenreFilter=1 |
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