AUTHOR NAME BENEATH TITLE

post=117758
As for the game listings, that might be something more probable.

I still support this idea. Names in the Games listing.

I strongly agree with the OP. For some reason I always have to search for a few moments to find the author's name. And when I do find it, it's usually in the form of a blog post attribution. That field is for whatever reason really, really incognito.

I have also read the subsequent pages of back-and-forth only very sparsely, so, fair warning there.

I'm the only one set up as lead on that project, so it'd be my name.

post=125668
AznChipmunk uploaded the file? AznChipmunk's name listed. NO, AznChipmunk is not the leader (Jesus Christ...), but, um... AznChipmunk editing the gamepage? AznChipmunk's name listed. YEAH, OKAY, AznChipmunk is not the leader (for crying out loud...), but, err... AznChipmunk part of the team? AznChipmunk's NAME LISTED.

I have no idea what you are saying... I would not want my name to be listed under the game. Everyone on the team does an equal amount of work--it is unfair for me to be singled out and listed under the game's name. I edited the gamepage, yes, but hmmmm so did tardis! Guess who wrote the descriptions? tardis. Guess who uploaded screenshots? YDS. All I did was submit the game and make a blog post, and clean a few things up. I would feel like a dick if I was the one receiving more credit than the rest of my team! Especially because my team is made up of people I am good friends with--I do not want Chromatose to be associated with just me. Befuddle Quest or whatever is clearly headed by kentona, and some of my projects are headed by me, but many of my other projects are teamwork projects in a similar manner--that we work as a team and all receive equal credit.

post=125668
And for the record, putting the author's name beneath the title isn't the only way to go about this. If we all think outside the box, I'm sure we could come up with somewhere on the gamepage that would make one link nice, accessible and convenient. You guys found a place for the title itself, didn't you?

somewhere nice, accessible and convenient... hmmm... you don't think... maybe in that little details section box??!!?!?

post=125669
Ho-ho, you gave me a good idea! Why not do like Newgrounds does and include avatars next to the names of the developers? You don't have to move your detail section anywhere, and I get to identify the developers the fast way: by face.

Compromise!

wait a minute! there's an easier solution! you can just READ THE NAME
why would you have the avatar next to the name
especially because people like to pull jokes and people will use the same avatar ( http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/32/locker/Dude.jpg ) There were at least 5 people using this same avatar for a few days.
And people like to change their avatars pretty often, so identifying people by face wouldn't work if someone changed it often! Which I like to do.

so

why not do like newgrounds does and scroll down to see the developers

post=125669
Or here's another idea: insert the avatars (scaled down by size, of course) below, next to, or somewhere near the title--I personally think it would be cool if the avatar was sitting on a black bar like the ones with the game's genre and engine. Also, you can stack 'em side-by-side, one atop the other--whatever--when there is more than one developer. This would work in the game listings as well.

Compromise B! Am I brainstorming or what?

this wouldn't work... not all avatars are the same size and scaling them down would look horrible, especially to a size that small. Especially animated ones would look like random flashing pixels.

Seriously, this is completely unnecessary. If you are too lazy or can't remember the developers' names, that 's not really our fault. And if it takes too long to scroll down tell people to stop abusing the summary section... or just use the pg down button.

How is it hard to understand that A) The description area is perfectly fine, and B) There can be more than one person "leading" a project (think Knights Of The Round Table).

EDIT: Sorry if I got the point of this thread wrong but from what I can tell this is the issue.