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| November 2, 2005, 01:11 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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These updated modules are now up and running. Just don't lean to hard on anything  So you can upload your games. We'll try our best not to make everyone upload everything again, but we can't completely rule out the possibility that it might go horribly wrong and we have to wipe the galleries and start again - at this stage. Obviously bug reports would be nice. Which reminds me - how about a bug report module. Or did I say that one already? It would be cool to have a "report bug" link whenever something goes wrong. ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 04:21 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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I have uploaded some games :o Ok so a few things need deciding on. We need to decide on the list of possible genres and platforms. As well as dev tools. I shall add what's on the gamehippo list to that tomorrow. [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 15:42 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1546 posts 
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Quote: Here there be the malformed foetuses of games that will one day rock your world. Hehe. Nice work Frim, everything is looking neat so far! I love all these little graphics. One small point of comment though, I think you should add "/ME" to "95/98" and "/2000" & "/Vista" to "XP". I know it'll look shittier but at least it'll be complete. And seeing your old div games raises the question if everyone can start uploading (the best of) his old div games? Here are your first 'bugs': » When you view a game the page title (on the window top) is "Booleansoup - ". I suppose this was meant to say "Booleansoup - $game" ? » When you view a gallery and move your mouse over a small screenshot of a game, you see "screenshot of". That was going to say "screenshot of $game" right? ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| November 2, 2005, 16:47 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Thanks. That should be fixed by the time you read this. As for the list of platforms, this is the kind of thing we need to decide. That list is easily editable, but we need to come to a decision on what to include for the time being so we can make the icons for them (if we want icons - they're optional). Ok - so we could break windows down into more versions. I think we'd be safe in assuming that most games will be written for windows - but nevertheless, should we break mac or linux down into separate versions? I don't really know what people would expect to see, not being a mac or linux user myself =/ About the games - its entirely up to you what you upload. We just want to get as much content as possible really. It'd be nice to have more than just xp-incompatible div games though. [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 17:20 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts 
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Quote: We just want to get as much content as possible really. Seriously? I would feel kinda guilty uploading stuff that I could host elsewhere... (well not *really* but you know what I mean) :/ 
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| November 2, 2005, 17:25 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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How does this look for a genre list: * Action * Arcade * Strategy * Adventure * Platform * Puzzle * Retro * Remake * Shoot-em-up * First Person Shooter * Racing * Sports * Freestyle Erm yeah. Freestyle. I just thought it'd be nice to have a category for the uncategorisable. Your thoughts please! Obviously if it doesn't resemble a game we'll reject it DTM, but yeah. Anything you would have uploaded to div arena's upload sections except you're not limited to div any more. I'm sure Rince will agree with me here. [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 17:32 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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Sounds fine. I'd like a variety of OSes 'supported' on the site. Fenix for example has many ports (even GP32, DreamCast). [EDIT] And those modules look great.  [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Sandman] ____________ BennuWiki Yes, my avatar has grey borders in IE (so get a decent browser) ROOFLEZ ROOFLEZ |
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| November 2, 2005, 17:41 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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* Beat-em-up
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| November 2, 2005, 18:13 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts 
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Quoting Frimkron: How does this look for a genre list: * Action * Arcade * Strategy * Adventure * Platform * Puzzle * Retro * Remake * Shoot-em-up * First Person Shooter * Racing * Sports * Freestyle Remake isn't really a game genre. Retro is more of a style than a genre. Shoot-em-up and Action are pretty much the same thing. Arcade games can be any kind of game from beat-em-up to shoot-em-up to puzzle etc.. Otherwise it's a good list. For the Windows thing, I think we should separate them into "Old Windows" and "New Windows." It's not as specific but also less messy. ____________ boredome is the bitter fruit of too much routine |
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| November 2, 2005, 18:30 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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I was trying to think of the things people might search for, you see. Now that the genre is a set of flags, they can be mixed and matched to give a more accurate idea of what the game is. Retro arcade action, for example. Or strategy puzzle remake. I thought remake would be a good flag to have, as... well... people like remakes, you know. And they might want to search for all the remakes in the gallery. "old windows" and "new windows" is user friendly in a way, I suppose, but which versions do you include in each of those categories? And more importantly, why. Just to filter out the div games that won't run in XP? What if I come to the site looking for games that will run under win ME? How do I know which applies to me? How do the people uploading know which is which? What if their game only runs on some of the versions in either group? I think all in all it would be better to be specific. Most people could take a reasonable guess at what OS's their game runs on - and the people playing the games know what OS they're running, so that's all they'll search for. ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 18:37 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1546 posts
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And I see that everything I asked for christmas has been given to me! Like the downloadcounter, the "no rating" thing and the author thing. Tres bien. As for the genre list; how about a genre 'fighting' for fighting games? Or do fighting games belong to 'action'? ( and if so, isn't a FPS full of action too? ) And isn't Firezone a FPS too(although mode7 :P)? And yeah I agree, the more content the better right now. So upload your (good) Fenix games! Probably no-one will play the DIV ones anyway, but they might get a few accidental downloads. I remember that nobody played the DIV-Arena ones the last few years, despite of the huge amount of new forum joiners. :'( And offtopic: With christmas coming, maybe it would be cool if everybody edited the header of his skins and add something christmas-like? ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| November 2, 2005, 18:45 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1546 posts
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Oh and add Blitzbasic, Blitz3D and Blitz Max to the development list! And about Windows versions: The 'old' and 'new' will be clear if you separate the NT-based ones from the others. Since everything after ME is NT based, you'd get something like this: » Old Windows (95, 98, ME) » New Windows (2000, XP, Vista) "But! How about windows 2002 and 2003 server!" you might say, but it would perhaps be better not to support the server versions. And I don't think we should put Win 3.1x on the list, those old 16 bit programs tend to run on the newer pc's too. But how about 64bit software? :| Meh. ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| November 2, 2005, 18:50 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts 
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Quoting Frimkron: How does this look for a genre list: * Action * Arcade * Strategy * Adventure * Platform * Puzzle * Retro * Remake * Shoot-em-up * First Person Shooter * Racing * Sports * Freestyle It's about time someone invented new genres, too many games can be lumped under action, adventure and action/adventure. What about horror/suspense/thriller and blast'em up? What is freestyle? All games can be categorised, there is no need for a miscellaneous category I mean when is the last time you went into a shop and bought a game from the miscellaneous genre? ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| November 2, 2005, 19:22 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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Quoting Frimkron: I was trying to think of the things people might search for, you see. Now that the genre is a set of flags, they can be mixed and matched to give a more accurate idea of what the game is. Retro arcade action, for example. Or strategy puzzle remake. I thought remake would be a good flag to have, as... well... people like remakes, you know. And they might want to search for all the remakes in the gallery. Well then let's go full tilt and invent genres such as "Fun," "Good Graphics," "Involves Emus," and "Mac-Compatible." Searching will involve both miscellaneous flags and description, no? I just think the genre category should contain the game genre and that's it. ____________ boredome is the bitter fruit of too much routine |
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| November 2, 2005, 19:58 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Rince isn't Vista 64 bit? Ok so platform-wise how about: * DOS * Win 3.1 * Win95/98/ME * WinXP/2000 * Vista (when its out) * Mac * Linux And then if anyone ever submits a game that can run on a dreamcast or something, they can write it in the "not listed" box and we'll add it to the list. Genres, here's the revised list then: * Action (because there'll always be some games we have to resort to describing as just action) * Adventure (likewise) * Arcade (because games can be an arcade beat-em-up or arcade shoot-em-up, arcade puzzle etc) * Strategy * Platform * Puzzle * Shoot-em-up * FPS * Racing * Sports * Horror * RPG (of course) * Beat-em-up It kinda helps to think of a game and think how you would describe the genre. Pete what's the difference between a shoot-em-up and a blast-em-up? [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 20:12 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1546 posts
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Quote: Rince isn't Vista 64 bit? The standard version will be 64 bit, but I give it a good chance that they also bring out a 32 bit version. I mean, i'm pretty sure there's a lot of people who still have a 32bit cpu when Vista comes out. But ofcourse 32 bit software can also be executed in Windows Vista. About the platforms you listed: Windows 3.1 should be changed to Windows 3.1x (Windows 3.11 was kind of populair due to full LAN support). If you give Vista it's own option and Vista comes out then the games that work on Windows XP won't have the Vista box ticked(Though they will run on Vista). I think it's better to group Vista with XP/2000. Perhaps have a stand-a-lone "64 bit only" checkbox? Come to think of it, there's also 64 bit linux software. Edit: And about the genres; fine with me! Though I do wonder if we're going to see strategy games that aren't RTS or TBS. Your list is a bit of a mix between genres and gametypes now. Edit 2: Frim, please also make the downloads by moderators count (before the game is approved). Deadmaster's game now has 2 comments and the downloadcounter says "1"  [Edited on November 2, 2005 by Rincewind] ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| November 2, 2005, 20:24 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Ok what about: * Simulation and * Stealth ____________ |
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| November 2, 2005, 21:36 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1546 posts
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Oh baby I just made this lovely stealth game, it's in the WIPs section though it's hard to distinguish.
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| November 2, 2005, 22:08 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Its just taken me about 10 minutes to realise that was a joke
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| November 2, 2005, 22:27 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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I got it instantly. Thumbs up on the genre list, but can me please have "Point and click" as a seperate one? To avoid the confusion of "adventure". ____________ laffo |
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| November 2, 2005, 22:29 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting Frimkron: What's the difference between a shoot-em-up and a blast-em-up? A "shoot'em up" is generally an auto-scrolling game mainly things like r-type and such where you can move the main protaganist but the screen moves of it's own free will. A "blast'em up" is more of a platform game shmup hybrid, where the player moves the screen. Examples of "blast'em up"s are Super Probotector and Metal Slug. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| November 3, 2005, 00:45 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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What about board games; games like chess and so?
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| November 3, 2005, 00:54 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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Quoting Sandman: What about board games; games like chess and so? Strategy innit? ____________ boredome is the bitter fruit of too much routine |
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| November 3, 2005, 01:19 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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I'd hardly call Snakes and Ladders strategy.
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| November 3, 2005, 01:28 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Who would make a snakes and ladders video game?
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