Scratch's Most Hated Games 

The real problem is, there are like 2 types of scratchers, the ones that spam projects for fame and the ones that take time to make high quality projects... since the scratch community is mostly of younger people, they don't really have the attention span to actually finish the high quality games or even play it. Most scratchers will find the simple platformers the easiest to enjoy, whereas the high quality projects just being too complex for them

I will play 0 generic platformers for every like this comment gets

Fun fact: I stole a generic platformer, reshared it on a brand new account, and it got 100 loves and 89 favorites in a single day. The scratch "algorithm" is insane.

This is so true. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. You have to start somewhere, everyone made a generic platformer in scratch, but then if you never actually try to improve, then the consequence is *EYEBALL SQUARE*

What I dislike most about generic platformers is they flood the trending page. I upload a turn-based rpg that took a month to make and barely reach 200 views while a kid that makes a copy and paste platformer gets 10k views and several hundred likes easily. The generic platformers replace the content that people put passion and love into with copy and pasted knock-offs. I love seeing numbers go up but I can't bring myself to stoop as low as making a generic platformer for views and likes. I want to innovate, make something unique. I just feel it's not worth putting time and genuine effort to make something unique if I know that at most 10 people will see it. It's a reality that is really depressing. I always feel as if my creations could make a change, but they can only make a real change if people notice what I've made and use it. Getting 20 views with 0 likes isn't making any change at all is it?

that's actually a really good thumbnail

I think it's awesome that so many kids are learning to code and getting recognition for it. I just wish it was easier to find more unique and creative projects if that's what you're looking for. Also, it would be nice if the creators of all these platformers gave credit for the platforming script they use. There's no way hundreds of kids independently came up with identical and relatively polished movement scripts.

A few years back I made a platformer that's similar but with a bunch of improvments, the player is smaller allowing for bigger levels. there are coins and more mechanics to make levels interesting. the difficulty slowly ramps up getting to tight jumps at the end. and it ends with a boss fight and a cutscene. All for like 100 views.

often the people making these don't even actually code the game themselves. there are hundreds of templates that you can just remix or download to your computer, only changing the art and level design while making like 10 levels because the game has multiple parts. it's not like you can't make a good 2D platformer on scratch (look at appel or the chirpy series). whatever. i'm gonna go back to playing Vectoid Tower Defense 3-Dimensional version 1.4 by ggenije on scratch.

0:00 Is such an intresting moment.

these platformers just went up to the part where hazards appear in griffpatch's platformer tutorials and called it a day

The first GOOD project I made was a generic plat-former, and I can relate with the conclusion you came up with. I was really proud of it, even if I used a tutorial- **cough** And ever since then I have made other projects that i’m proud of, but I hate the ones that are just used for follows.

I even made a parody game about generic platformers! It's neat people have a thing against them just like me.

Theory: Scratch is rigging its own explore page to show young New Scratchers' projects instead of good games, to better acomodate the 9 year olds who just made a account. They did many actions like this before "for the (new) community" (especially with the featured tab)

I made a generic platformer around 8 years ago when I started scratch and it was one of my most popular projects with 10 likes. Later I made a game in around 20 minutes that involved clicking to mine a block and titled it "3D Game", it got 90 likes and was my most popular project. A few months ago I spent days making an advanced scrolling Mario Maker type project and it got 2 likes. I think this says something

Because I want More Complex Platformers to Be (Sometimes) BETTER than Generic Ones! Like, for example: a Bubble Bobble Game (that is considered a Very Complex Platformer and not a Generic one) I've Made long ago.

Eyeguy vs tabby cat who wins?

in the first explore page, i saw 12 platformer games WITH THE SAME EXACT CUBE WITH ONE EYE

Having A LOT of projects is the best way to have A LOT of views, and we can made A LOT of projects if we are just creating platformer. For you for example you can share new projects with 1 level of your Crystal Seeker platformer in each. I've never succed to finish the first level so I've never played to the others levels of your game xD

SO, there was this site called 'Newgrounds', and a series called 'Madness' that everyone would copy... ... ... That's it, just insert 'Scratch' and 'Platformers' into the first and second preceding slots. Same goes for 'Itch' and 'Horror games'. Heavy quotes on horror; they're mostly just poorly-plotted jumpscare simulators, although there are some gems. But the proliferation of them just turns me off, and I end up finding out later that they're actual bangers, and THAT'S annoying. And don't get me started about RU-vid... >:v For real, tho, in this world, as is, we are taught to chase numbers. Platformers get numbers on Scratch. And, at least in my own way, I combat this by: avoiding tf outta them (sorry, peeps who make good platformers, I've been burned far too much in the MONTH I've been on Scratch...), and trying to learn and dev coding ideas that are more than just 'move player around, add spikes, design level'. Copying and iteration is, NORMALLY, good and encourages creativity, but mass production for the sake of imaginary numbers is just... it's inhuman, really. :X +1 for the Spiffing Brit impression. And +1 again for the end note on Clickers... -_-;;;;;

One scratch project talking about the bad stuff of platformers bought up a theory that they aren't actually coding the platformer but instead they save the original platformer to their computer and load it in their own scratch project so it doesn't show the remix thing in their description and they change the level layout and theme so it doesn't seem like a 1 on 1 copy and paste so they basically just change the costumes and not the code itself

0:00 block jumpscare

I totally relate with spending months on a project and then watching as it is beaten by a code clone platformer game. But they arn’t the ones who got a job working at a coder school teaching kids scratch and python.

Probably the byproduct of computer classes around the globe, the 8 yr olds just copy-paste whatever the computer teacher shows in the ppt but changes some sprites

Oh my gosh, I didn't know there were so many platformers :/. I do gotta admit I did try to make a platformer once... (I didn't finish it, but... I did wanna add some unique aspects...)

Yeah, I know how annoying it is, some people have like 100k views for just a normal boring platformer and some people call them "good scratchers" .

I shared 2 projects I spent MULTIPLE MONTHS to make and guess how many views they had? 71 and 6. Not joking. One is a gd remake that has features like gravity portals, the ball, wave, ship and orbs. The other is a logic gate simulator. Regardless, both took me way too much effort to make and it just frustrates me EVEN MORE knowing that some kids just milk the absolute heck out of generic platformers and get tens of thousands of views. It's pretty sad ngl :(

Can't wait to see this

This is one of the best videos! Keep up the good work!

Also, a lot of these platformers get to the top of Trending by abusing glitches in the trending algorithm (resharing, etc).

For anyone who wants the font from this video, the font name is “Supply Center”.

I made my own instancing program (a program where you can give clones their own identity, you can set their x , y ,costumes in real time with just their id. Create clones with clone types. Custom values. All of this is stored in a list where all ids and their values are stored.) and a collision system which is perfect. (You will never go into walls and you will get info on the collision too.) And keyframing programs. And using these i made platformers. Menus. Level editors. Save and load systems. Etc. and im 14. Started when i was 10 during quarantine. Many people in my school call my games or programs shit cuz theyve been brainfried by games like cod which they think a game like cod is made in a year (cuz cod releases yearly).

The thing I dislike about generic platformers and clickers is the fact that they all get popular, but leave quality games in the dust. You could spend years making an entire 3D game engine in Scratch only for it to get 3 views and outdone by a cube jumping over a spike.

My mind is still breaking from how you made a 3d game in scratch. Maybeeee tutorial? Please?

1:53 Truly inspirational words

I'm making a platformer right now. It'll have a story with 2 endings, 2 boss fights, and coolish mechanics (nothing too crazy). Is this considered a generic platformer? What can I do to make it less generic? (Btw the main character is a block/cube character, but there's a lore reason why)

I've only got trending once, and it was in the animation category. It got... around 300 views iirc. This video was cool, I'm subbing.

it's pretty simple i should say: 1. They are overrated 2. make ONE good platformer instead of those "GENERIC PLATFORMER" projects. 3. The scratch team employee who features the projects needs to be fired.

I remember my school made a scratch contest And while either they made a a bad game or used code from videos meanwhile I made a made a simplified fnaf with no tutorial with a 1/20 ai system and still I lost because the cube cyclops

id love to make some sort of vibingleafish horror that is in disguise as a generic

As someone who is actually 13, all I want to see on scratch is games worth playing. I love your games btw.

My new favorite scratch youtuber

I’ve graduated from what I like to call Scratch School (in which Griffpatch is the cool teacher who ALSO teaches you everything you need to know and more) to more time-consuming game engines, (in particular, Unity). I don’t have anything against Scratchers, btw, it’s cool to see the best Scratchers doing their thing, absolutely crazy with what they can do, but for most people, I believe Scratch is a gateway into the world of programming, because you don’t need to learn complex syntax or anything of C# or Java or something.

You'r TD is really good maybe bc it's mostly finded on turbowarp's featured projects if more people seen it on scratch it would get like 1m views

I push myself to see what I can create, not trying to make stuff for others but if they like it, then thats cool, it doesn't make much of a diffrence to me.

Blud explained the trending page

Me when i share a platformer : 1000 views and got trending in 1 day Me when i share a non platformer game : 100 views and in the bottom of trending 💀

how long does it take you to make a video? because they look so good

Graduate from generic platformers to generic 3D platformers with ChromeEngine's 3D platformer tutorial ;)

Tbh I have over 5 years on scratch but still can't make a movement system as smooth as in those generic platformers

are you kidding ive never made one of these

The title of this video is missing the words "- A Platformer" at the end

Your videos are so nice

how has nobody thought of a game like unfair mario

the thing is (i've heard) that they were taken directly out of a griffpatch tutorial, so they did NONE of the code, so they aren't learning.

I think the problem with generic platforms is not the project itself, it's the fact it gets way too much attention it should get.

Dont forget about that one really hard part in every platformer thats there for no reason.

One of my most popular projects is a generic platformer I made for april fools 2023

Where are you from? I can't quite place your accent

Guys give me ideas for a good platformer

Exactly bro, this is my exact problem. All I see is just platformer after platformer, while my games (WHICH ARE NOT PLATFORMERS) that take me like... 2 months to make (I know that's not a lot but these children made these platformers in a day by stealing them), and they only get like 3 views, my most viewed project was something I made a few months ago, WHERE DO DON'T EVEN DO ANYTHING. MY MOST POPULAR GAME IS THE ONE WHERE YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING. Why. Am I doing scratch all wrong? Should I just start making platformers? No, I will not give in, I will keep making my own games. I don't care if they don't get views, or likes, or anything. I just do it because it's what I like to do.

just one of these platformers has more views than all of my projects combined😭

I Think Its Complications Between The Type Of Users On Scratch, With One Half Being So Famous For No Reason, Mainly Begging For Views And Follows. The Other Half Is People Who Create High Quality Project That Only 2 People See. I Dont Understand Why People Still Give What Beggars Want. And People Are Just Abusing Generic Platformers For The Sake Of Useless Internet Numbers. Its Almost As If Scratch Only Cares About Generic Games. As An Animator In The Animation Community On Scratch, It Makes Me Sick Just Seeing The Same Thing On The Trending Page Constantly. I Honestly Dont Think Scratch Is Gonna Fix This, Its Been Like This For At Least Since The Release Of Scratch 2.0 In 2013. Honestly, All Scratch Is Doing Is Making This Situation Worse. Seriously, Why Is The Scratch Community Like This. And Its Not Like We Can Just Check Different Categorys Either, Because Generics (Obviously) But Different Tags On Their Project To Whats Actually Shown. E.g, Generics Put #Animations, #Stories, #Art, etc. This Is Actually A Violation Of Scratch Community Guidelines... So Technically, If Scratch Moderation Was Actually Good, Generics Could Also Not Really Exist. Honestly, I Have No Hope Of This Getting Fixed And New Scratchers Have Little To No Chance Of Getting Viewers, Even If They Spend Months On Their Stuff (I Learnt That The Hard Way). So, Generics Just Probably Wont Be Fixed Anytime Soon.

1:47 wait for it

At the same time, do you think an eight-year-old can make an entire collision system? No. Most of these projects are plagiarized from other plagiarized games, the only thing that the new coders learn is how to make bad level designs, but the older, more experienced scratchers on the other hand can make good level design, with the same plagiarized game loop. Most trendy generic platformers are made by the greedy side of the older group, or just plagiarized completely by an eight-year-old.

The Generic Cycle : New Scratcher sees a method that Scratchers use to get popular --> New Scratcher uses the method and gets popular --> New Scratcher becomes Scratcher and attracts a lot of attention --> Other New Scratchers want to get popular --> Cycle starts again.

That's why every platform should have a somekind of timer to challenge speedrunners

Big E moment

another banger video

As someone who's been on scratch for over 9 years, I'm fine with platformers, until you make them over and over copy pasting the same stuff with the same effects. I remember making some complex shit and then go to the explore page and seeing dogshit on the top. I use godot now lol

It's really good for starting but it can get annoying if you spend a LOT of time trying to create a good project and you get 2 views lol

I forgot that you have an actual sense of humor

I made a lot of generic platformers but i didnt share them

honestly I kinda respect it. I can not code a jump.

4:36 The project has a love and fave detector. how does that not get reported off of scratch. laf detectors used to give rewards are bad

I haven't used Scratch for 3/4 years and you mean to tell me that the cyclops square has remained the mascot for generic platformers the entire time, that's crazy.

The worst part is that they play almost the exact same. I can tell because in every one of these cyclops platform’s uses the same wall jump mechanic.

Aren’t all the generic platformers using a premade platform engine?

How is changed 4:30 to 4:45. To 4:30?

generic platformers aren’t hated, their popularity is, and rightfully so

There made by kids so you don’t expect them to be that good unless they are really talented

wait until you see frictionless and its thousands of remixes in a single branch that its known for

Generic Platformers can honestly be really impressive, especially the ones that have matching assets and cool animations, it's bad to hurt the children who obviously worked hard on these games. The ones who are abusing these young children online only do it for one simple thing: fame, since these kind of generic Platformers get really popular on scratch.

Ah, generic platformers and clickers... Why make original games when you can do that to become popular? I created a clicker. But to make it not too simple, I added a "merge" menu. And a reset system, to start again in better conditions. And a shop system with gems. And backup codes. Which take into account the time spent without playing and allow you to earn money without the project being open. And in the end I spent 3 months on the game, instead of 2 hours, to get 100 times fewer views than a normal clicker! I love Scratch !

Every generic platform has a square with an eyeball

One of the reasons why I quit Scratch:

Scratch isnt fair most good projects are not seen but bad projects are so famous #scratchisntfair

Any content-sharing platform that’s niche enough and appeals to kids enough has this exact same issue. For Mario Maker, it’s “refreshing” levels, which are flashy and eye-catching at first, but amount to nothing more than low-effort sound effect spam. For this piano app I use called Perfect Piano, all the kids just treat it like any other social media, reposting viral videos and anime edits that, of course, having nothing to do with piano. Being surpassed by mass-producible mindless slop might as well have been in the Scratch TOS when you signed up. You’re a young adult, creating games that impress other young adults, among a sea of kids who will never care as deeply for the app as you. I hope you haven’t had any genuine stress over the pointless rat race against “generic platformers”. You’re doing great work and it seems like you really enjoy it, so take pride in the niche you’ve carved for yourself. As for the kids and their antics… again, they’re the primary demographic for all of this anyway. Live and let live

Water Shootin' Jelly 1 and especially 2 are great too. It was made by a very great Scratcher. It is the only thing that pops up when you search Water Shootin' Jelly. 3 coming out soon and here is a spoiler: Arr!

I made a game called "generic platformer game" it's boring and unfinished, but it at least it has a twist!

Don't mind him, he's just projecting.

4:42 yes

The Ghunough was a great one.

Yes . Your problem is you never think of anyone besides yourself!

we hate them because they steal spots on the trending page for my- OUR high quality projects

i know that whatever im about to say doesn't matter but, I've been planning to make a generic platformer game for a funny haha moment but in the same time will try to put effort in to it for april fools just to make people wonder why :3 i know there were no reason for me to say it, but I like to talk too much.

I never will make a hated platformer

im new to scratch and im making a platformer as my first game BUT i will never make a game like those,i sweat mine will be a bit unique

What kind of accent do you have if I may ask?

i was litteraly 10 months making a game with their own lore, characters, mechanics, bosses and even a original soundrack and it gets 13 view called "Remorphed" plz someone play remorphed instead of poopis platformer