What do you think makes a great flash game?

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#1 FoxxieCreations
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Its for a uni project. Heh! You can just give a brief description if you wish. Go nuts if you want!

At first I guessed that a great flash game has a good balance of aesthetics like interaction, story plots, sound, style, timing and stuff, but after a bit of research I know realise that there's a greater importance for elements like gameplay (Challenges and Actions).

So what do you guys think?

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#2 hazbazz
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It needs to be addictive, but simple. Also needs decent controls, catchy music and good animation. I think story isn't so important, people tend to play flash games for a 5 minute timewaste, they don't want to be sitting through lots of story.
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#3 k_smoove
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Quick, simple, addictive, not glitchy. Super Mario War is probably the best flash game I've played.
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#4 Nes705
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Yeah flashgames arn't meant for long term play, just something to give you a quick fix. So simple and addictive basically. Something that will make you want torepeatedly come back and play.
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#5 hazbazz
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Example of a great flash game

Very simple, but strangley addictive.
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#6 YoungGun13
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weapons..
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#7 Anofalye
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You must find a way to make the player wanting to come back and play more.

Ideally, easy to get in, hard to master. So, definitively a SIMPLE (not stupid) game. Same would apply with every other games. Complexity is tolerated in the best case, never the ideal course. So always ask yourself...is that simple enough?

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#8 tsduv21
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Ideally, easy to get in, hard to master. So, definitively a SIMPLE (not stupid) game. Same would apply with every other games. Complexity is tolerated in the best case, never the ideal course. So always ask yourself...is that simple enough?

Anofalye

Couldn't have said it better myself.