1y ago

TIL you can remove tags such as horror from itch.io using ?exclude=tg.horror in the url.

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Its a query parameter. Completely changes the site.

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Interestingly, this appears to only work when you're logged in. I was logged out and saw lots of horror games, and was confused.
- Oh interesting. Wonder why?
You can use this userscript to hide multiple tags automatically.
32 out of 36 games on the main Browse page are tagged "horror," good grief.
I never understood why itch.io had so many horror games. Once a year I will make a Spooky game around Halloween, but they're never that spooky, just Halloween themed usually.
- I think it's because horror's a fairly easy genre to get into. It's the same reason there's a lot of indie horror movies I'd imagine
  
  I dunno, I suck at horror. Every time I try to do horror it turns out. not. that.
- Because of the number of Youtubers/influencers who play indie horror.
- My theory is that because the real intention is 'to not see the thing but build suspense of the unknown' makes people think it will be easy because they are designing things not to be stared at intently but only flashed at the user quickly.
  
  For the bottom of the barrel part of it (not good horror) it's also probably the easiest reaction you can get.
  A jumpscare can be as easy as a sudden full screen gif. Good luck trying to provoke any other kind of feeling like that.
Yes, I use this to hide visual novels, otherwise one would drown in them.
Unfortunately it only works for excluding just one tag, and there are people in the forums, going as far back as 8 bloody years, begging for there to be a proper tag exclusion system.

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