In post 2748, RIP wrote:I'm thinking of a big theme game. I would like someone to teach me the ropes or link me to must reads for new mods or some interesting discussion.
Another question is, do all games need to be reviewed? What happens if a game is reviewed but they think it's not balanced or something?
No. Not all games need to be reviewed. Non-Open Games are most often reviewed by at least one reviewer to check for various things. Always for balance, often for breaking strategies or interactions that the mod may have missed in design.
Large Theme Games
require
reviews. Smaller games to not require them but it is generally good form to have games reviewed.
This is a decent-length read written by Vi years ago on modding. There's a lot of good things in here.
RIP wrote:What happens if a game is reviewed but they think it's not balanced or something?
This is a bit more complex; reviewers generally must agree to the setup in its final state.
But generally the reviewer will give the mod their criticism and comments on the game.
The mod, being the creator/designer, can choose to add/remove/modify their setup as they wish. After all, if a mod wishes to run a game and ignore their reviewers they are fine to do so as long as the reviewer is not listed as giving their approval.
But generally reviewers are not asses and generally provide feedback or recommendations to balance a game.
