Like a book, your thumbnail is the cover. It’s meant to be judged, and shows the quality! But your lobby is like the prologue or summary. It’s just as important, maybe even more! A good lobby along with a good thumbnail will get you a lot of views! We already have a lot of great guides on thumbnails, but not any on lobbies. In this guide, I’ll show how to make a lobby that will leave a good impression on your game.
Steps to make a good lobby
1. spawn pad
A spawn pad for the lobby will spawn people in the lobby only in the pregame.
Here is a guide on it: How to Make a Lobby
2. Outline/footprint
When it comes to the outline, there are a few tips. The two general sizes for lobbies are portrait or landscape. You want it to be slightly bigger than your screen area, but also small enough to keep the vibe going.
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3. Theme
theme is important. It shows what the game is about. When making your lobby, make it relate to the game.
Ex. You have an island survival game: Put the lobby on an island
For our example my theme is a plant survival based game.
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*Props and decoration are in the decoration section
4. Title, creators credit, version
In your lobby, you generally want the title of your game. If you prefer, you can also add things like the credits to the creators and the version of the game (if you update it). It’s good idea to put all of these things together in a centralized location.
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5. Decoration
Now it’s time for the good stuff! decoration! Like I have said before, theme is a major part in what makes a good lobby. props are very helpful in this. Our example is a plant based game, so adding some of the one way out props will help. It’s also a good idea to add items or things from your game into the lobby.
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6. rules and change-log
Finally, and probably most importantly, are the rules and change-log I guess the change-log isn’t necessary if you aren’t updating. Having rules in the lobby allows players to review and/or learn how the game works and its goal. The change-log shows what has been fixed and added. When, making these, I like to create two portals that lead to different rooms with the same theme containing the stuff.
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Enjoy your nice clean lobby!
I have learned in the process of making this to always check before you make a guide. Don’t make my mistake, check and make sure that your guide hasn’t been done before