Full Games List
Featured Games
New Games
Reviews
Media
Images
Blogs
Game Updates
Images Feedback Summary
Game Design Highlights
Tutorials
Articles
Scripts
Utilities / Plugins
Resources
Engines
Engine Bulletins
What is Makerscore?
Past Events
Achievements
Misaos
Forums
Post History
Chat
New to RMN?
Full Store List
RMN Music Pack (free)
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GAME BEING MARKED AS "BUZZING" ON THE HOMEPAGE?
Posts
Pages:
1
Redd
View playlists
CloseCan anyone tell me what constitutes a "buzzing game?" My old ass, janky ass game Grandma's House has been sitting on the homepage there for at least a year. There have been no comments left on it since 2017, there were no comments on the postmortem I wrote a year ago, only two reviews, etc. I legitimately think it might be a bug of some sort and I honestly don't feel comfortable with the game sitting there right in between legends like Lisa, Oneshot, Ara Fell, and OFF.
If it's not a bug then my best guess is some foreign YouTuber made a video about it at some point which got a lot of views and people rushed to see it here, and that got it on the buzzing section where it kind of just never left because it ended up creating a loop where people continuously see it there and click on it so it maintains "buzzing" status. Over a year, though? Really?
Something just smells a little fishy to me. I'd much, much prefer someone else's game that is actually being commented on and actively played, something much more recent and with a lot more effort put into it, being on the homepage there.
If it's not a bug then my best guess is some foreign YouTuber made a video about it at some point which got a lot of views and people rushed to see it here, and that got it on the buzzing section where it kind of just never left because it ended up creating a loop where people continuously see it there and click on it so it maintains "buzzing" status. Over a year, though? Really?
Something just smells a little fishy to me. I'd much, much prefer someone else's game that is actually being commented on and actively played, something much more recent and with a lot more effort put into it, being on the homepage there.
Soatok
1000
I suspect it has to do with the noise floor of this website being extremely low, so it's hard for inactive projects to fall below it.
Things that I am aware of that contribute to "buzz", in no particular order:
Reviews
Comments
Downloads
Views
I dunno if the game in question has been in the "buzzing" section for a year, but, my suspicion as to it's current status is likely related to page views and downloads more than any of the other factors I am aware of.
For what it is worth, I think there was a brief time where I had a short exchange with a user on this gamepage (more recently this gamepage) that allowed those game to be buzzing for a bit before they fell off the radaragain.
Reviews
Comments
Downloads
Views
I dunno if the game in question has been in the "buzzing" section for a year, but, my suspicion as to it's current status is likely related to page views and downloads more than any of the other factors I am aware of.
For what it is worth, I think there was a brief time where I had a short exchange with a user on this gamepage (more recently this gamepage) that allowed those game to be buzzing for a bit before they fell off the radar
Consistent pageviews and downloads seem to be the key to long-term buzz.
I think the buzz formula was changed not long ago to weigh comments more. But, in my observation, comments will shoot a game right near the top before falling back off very quickly if it's not pulling in buzz from other sources.
Some devs also funnel all of their external traffic into RMN, which is why you often see games that consistently stay on the buzz charts but nobody talks about.
I think the buzz formula was changed not long ago to weigh comments more. But, in my observation, comments will shoot a game right near the top before falling back off very quickly if it's not pulling in buzz from other sources.
Some devs also funnel all of their external traffic into RMN, which is why you often see games that consistently stay on the buzz charts but nobody talks about.
Strak
1560
I mean, both Bloodstained Hands and One Hour got buzzing for a day yesterday, and from what I can tell they both only got downloaded once, maybe twice? No comments, so downloads seem to weigh pretty heavily, and your game has over 5k downloads.
The current actions that cause buzz are (highest to lowest):
- Reviews
- Media
- Comments
- Subscribers
- Downloads
- Page Views
Personally, I haven't seen Grandma's House on the front page much - definitely not enough to know the game page number (which I know for some games due to having to manually deplete their buzz scores if they stay around too long).
The new tweaking has made it move a lot more on the front page, but I might try tweaking a bit more and see how it works out.
- Reviews
- Media
- Comments
- Subscribers
- Downloads
- Page Views
Personally, I haven't seen Grandma's House on the front page much - definitely not enough to know the game page number (which I know for some games due to having to manually deplete their buzz scores if they stay around too long).
The new tweaking has made it move a lot more on the front page, but I might try tweaking a bit more and see how it works out.
author=Liberty
The current actions that cause buzz are (highest to lowest):
Personally, I haven't seen Grandma's House on the front page much - definitely not enough to know the game page number (which I know for some games due to having to manually deplete their buzz scores if they stay around too long).
Interesting to hear that. I don't really frequent this site like I used to, so me thinking it's been up there for a year could mean it just came back a little bit before I visited again or something along those lines.
Either way it's just very weird to see it there lol. I guess the traffic here is relatively low but even then, I would never expect to see my game there with how relatively bad it is xD
Well, it's not there anymore at least. Thanks for your replies everyone.
Pages:
1
