About Pixaplay's guides: who writes them and how

By the Pixaplay team · Updated · 2 min read

The Pixaplay guides are written by the team that makes the games. Every number, rule and tip on these pages comes from the games themselves: their rules, their code and playing them, never from guesswork or other sites.

Who we are

Pixaplay is a small, independent platform of browser games made for playing with friends. We make the games on it too: Pecking Order, a chicken party game for up to 20 players; Rogue Defenders, a co-op roguelite with a PvP lane mode; and Hearthfall, a co-op village-defense strategy game. Because we build them, we can tell you exactly how a power-up works, how many seconds a night lasts or which hero is free, and we can check it against the game before a page goes up.

How a guide is made

Each guide starts from one question that real players ask, such as "what can we play on a call with ten friends" or "how do I survive the first nights in Hearthfall". Before anything is written we note:

  • Why the page exists: the question, who asks it, and what the pages that already answer it are missing.
  • What it adds: the one thing a reader leaves with that they didn't have before.
  • Where its facts come from: a fact sheet for each game, built from the game's own rules and checked line by line.

A page that can't say why it exists, or only repeats what's already easy to find, doesn't get published. We would rather have fewer pages that each answer something well.

How we keep it honest

  • Facts are checked against the game. Numbers such as player counts, timers, damage and in-game costs come from the game's own data. When the game changes, the page changes.
  • Comparisons are fair. When a guide names other games, it's because players genuinely compare them, and we say plainly where another game is the better pick.
  • No paid placements. Nobody pays to appear in a list on these pages.
  • Dated. Every page shows when it was last updated.

Corrections

Spotted something that's out of date or wrong? Tell us from the Help page and we'll fix it. Games change often, and players notice first.