Tag Suggestions.

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I personally would like a way to find Stages where PUSHABLE BLOCKS are the main focus.

Arguably, the PUZZLE tag already covers this, and Pushable Blocks are, arguably, such a core game mechanic that maybe it doesn't need its own tag?
But CLIMBABLE WALL is a tag...

I think PUSHABLE BLOCK as a tag is worth consideration!

PUZZLE can refer to a stage that uses any type of mechanic for its puzzles! Jumps, Turn Commands, Dog Switches... People are making all kinds of cool things!

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If you have more suggestions, feel free to add them here, and I'll put them on this list:

PUSHABLE BLOCK

TUTORIAL

ALLEGORY

ART

more to come?

arctic compass Aug 23, 2023, 6:51 PM

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I thought there was a push tag

zinc grail Aug 23, 2023, 6:52 PM

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You'd think!

minor helm Aug 25, 2023, 2:07 AM

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I still think 'Allegory' might be a nice tag. I think it would apply to a class of existing stages. It's not something that could be autolabelled, unless I've tragically underestimated recent advances in AI.

minor helm Aug 25, 2023, 11:54 AM

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There is a case for a 'Tutorial' tag, I think. I've just seen a pair of stages published, for example: POSEIDON and PRACTICE POSEIDON, and I guess the latter is a tutorial for the former. At least one of my own stages was a simplified tutorial to teach an effect needed for Goldy completion in a more complicated stage.

zinc grail Aug 25, 2023, 11:57 AM

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Care to elaborate on the ALLEGORY tag? What would an ALLEGORY stage be?

minor helm Aug 25, 2023, 1:16 PM

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zinc grail Care to elaborate on the ALLEGORY tag? What would an ALLEGORY stage be?

I mean allegory in the Wikipedia sense, art with a hidden moral, philosophical perhaps political meaning. I think the Humanity story itself is largely allegorical. Some user stages (not mine) might express ideas about our world by open reference to myths such as Sisyphus, but a stage could also represent the idea in gameplay (the futility of an action like repeatedly rolling a rock representing something about our world). Of course, if you really wanted or needed to hide an idea, you might not want to label it as an Allegory, but here I'm thinking of safer, entertainment-based visual puns or thought-provoking messages. I think stages where Others help you, for example, are usually allegorical. Announcing there is another layer to the stage design, perhaps. I expect the tag will not be used entirely as intended.

zinc grail Aug 25, 2023, 1:22 PM

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I see!
An ART tag could be good!

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