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WHAT TO DO IF YOUR GAME SUBMISSION IS DENIED.
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Solitayre
CloseIf your game submission is denied, or you feel it is taking a very long time to be accepted, DO NOT make a topic asking why. Instead, do the following:
-Check to make sure your Game Description was at least two paragraphs long, even if it exceeded the 500 character limit required to submit a game. If you filled up those 500 characters with irrelevant information, your game may still be denied. Saying "Demo" or "Work in Progress" is not a description. You could mention who the main character is, what the general plot of the game is about, or what the battle system is like.
-Check to make sure that your description has proper spelling and grammar. Even if your description meets the 500 character minimum, it may not be considered substantial enough for approval.
-Check to make sure that your game has at least THREE SCREENSHOTS. It cannot be accepted if it has fewer. It will not even appear in the submissions queue.
*The screenshots should be of in-game footage, not artwork or editor footage.
*The screenshots should all be different. Three screenshots of the same room does not count as three screenshots.
*Though you are free to include a screenshot of your game's title screen, it will NOT be counted as one of your three screenshots.
*Do NOT submit .BMPs as screenshots. Use an appropriate web format such as .PNG or .JPG.
-Your game must meet certain standards of quality. These standards are fairly subjective and arbitrary, but in general your game should have proper spelling and grammar, have a decent grasp of game mechanics, have a reasonable level of detail in the environments (especially if it's an RPG Maker game), be free of any obvious game-breaking bugs, and should probably not be about RTP hero Alex saving the world from a demon trapped in a crystal.
-If your game is denied acceptance, you will receive notification from the person who denied it telling you exactly why it was denied. You will generally be allowed to correct any problems they identified and re-submit.
-If your game is just taking a long time to be accepted, please be patient. The site gets many submissions and sometimes it takes a while to get through them all. Eventually you will receive notification that it was accepted or denied.
-If you have done all of the following and you still are not sure why your game was denied, or you did not receive a notification of why, then (and only then) send a PM to Deckiller, the staff member in charge of submissions, and ask (POLITELY) why your game was denied.
Thanks,
The RMN Staff
-Check to make sure your Game Description was at least two paragraphs long, even if it exceeded the 500 character limit required to submit a game. If you filled up those 500 characters with irrelevant information, your game may still be denied. Saying "Demo" or "Work in Progress" is not a description. You could mention who the main character is, what the general plot of the game is about, or what the battle system is like.
-Check to make sure that your description has proper spelling and grammar. Even if your description meets the 500 character minimum, it may not be considered substantial enough for approval.
-Check to make sure that your game has at least THREE SCREENSHOTS. It cannot be accepted if it has fewer. It will not even appear in the submissions queue.
*The screenshots should be of in-game footage, not artwork or editor footage.
*The screenshots should all be different. Three screenshots of the same room does not count as three screenshots.
*Though you are free to include a screenshot of your game's title screen, it will NOT be counted as one of your three screenshots.
*Do NOT submit .BMPs as screenshots. Use an appropriate web format such as .PNG or .JPG.
-Your game must meet certain standards of quality. These standards are fairly subjective and arbitrary, but in general your game should have proper spelling and grammar, have a decent grasp of game mechanics, have a reasonable level of detail in the environments (especially if it's an RPG Maker game), be free of any obvious game-breaking bugs, and should probably not be about RTP hero Alex saving the world from a demon trapped in a crystal.
-If your game is denied acceptance, you will receive notification from the person who denied it telling you exactly why it was denied. You will generally be allowed to correct any problems they identified and re-submit.
-If your game is just taking a long time to be accepted, please be patient. The site gets many submissions and sometimes it takes a while to get through them all. Eventually you will receive notification that it was accepted or denied.
-If you have done all of the following and you still are not sure why your game was denied, or you did not receive a notification of why, then (and only then) send a PM to Deckiller, the staff member in charge of submissions, and ask (POLITELY) why your game was denied.
Thanks,
The RMN Staff
Also, please review the Game and Review Submission Rules
thank you so much for this topic. :) seriously, it was really nice to finally see something like this here. well worded as well! that should kill some of the confusion that seems to abound these days. good work!
Mr.Nemo
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post=121975
and should probably not be about RTP hero Alex saving the world from a demon trapped in a crystal.
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The RMN Staff
oh so that's why my game was rejected
fascists.
catmitts
5028
Hey, what if you only have one room in the game to begin with? I'm working on a one-room adventure game at the moment but it's a big room so would it still be HEH NOPE or what.
Yoshio
809
these are just possible reasons as to why a game might have been denied
not "your game will be denied if you do any of these things"
not "your game will be denied if you do any of these things"
Well technically a game can't be accepted if it doesn't have at least three screenshots. It won't even appear in the queue of games to be accepted. But the rest are mostly guidelines, yes. Exceptions can be made if the situation warrants it.
Somaru
63
Augh... My game has been denied... Again... And I've been working pretty hard on it too...
Somaru
63
post=123520
Hey, what if you only have one room in the game to begin with? I'm working on a one-room adventure game at the moment but it's a big room so would it still be HEH NOPE or what.
what engine? It must resemble the old Gauntlet games, lol.
worrierjeb
26
i did eveything up there and it got denied for bad storytelling and not good mappingwhen i spent a good 2 weeks working on it.
post=137045
i did eveything up there and it got denied for bad storytelling and not good mappingwhen i spent a good 2 weeks working on it.
you....you think that's....long?
Nullmech
0
Hehehehehe, two weeks... I've spent more than that on just writing the plot for my new project without even opening Sphere yet.
There is a correlation between less time and less quality, though.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying that the less time spent the worse the game.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying that the less time spent the worse the game.
AznChipmunk
4243
Yeah, there's a correlation, that's why I said automatically though. It's not a guarantee. You can write a story for years and it can be the shittiest thing someone has ever written, ever.
