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iloveflash
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CloseYo, WIP! This has been annoying the hell outta me for a while now: every time I go to a game's main page, I have to scour it for the name of the author. Why can't the author's name and a link to their profile be situated right underneath the game's title for everyone's convenience?
Darken
3952
Seriously? Man I'm sorry if this comes off as an insult but are you by chance blind? Or do you just have a strange preference for having the names closer to the game title?
iloveflash
100
The irony: but three minutes after posting this, I scrolled down a random gamepage and found the "Details" section. I was too ashamed to correct myself.
Still though, is it really too much to ask?
Game X
by person
"A fantasy game."
How is that a strange preference? You just mention the author where his/her game is, nothing big. I also believe it would help my impending arthritis if the entire "Details" section was a little bit closer to home. Recognizing who's behind which production right off the bat is just something I'm used to, much like who's writing what review, who's blog I'm looking at, who's thread I'm reading, who's book I'm buying--and so on.
Just... lift the names WIP. Believe in the Lord. Lift.
Still though, is it really too much to ask?
Game X
by person
"A fantasy game."
How is that a strange preference? You just mention the author where his/her game is, nothing big. I also believe it would help my impending arthritis if the entire "Details" section was a little bit closer to home. Recognizing who's behind which production right off the bat is just something I'm used to, much like who's writing what review, who's blog I'm looking at, who's thread I'm reading, who's book I'm buying--and so on.
Just... lift the names WIP. Believe in the Lord. Lift.
AznChipmunk
4613
Please do not lift the names. I like how my gamepage looks and I do not want to mess around with it anymore.
Darken
3952
It's still a preference, this is not absolutely needed. You can still find the author's name like you originally asked.
I think a better request would be to have the author's name listed under the title in the database listing like in http://rpgmaker.net/games/. Sometimes I will wonder "who made that game again?" and click on it just to see the author. Still a minor preference but would at least add to the function without screwing up the gamepage standard layout. HOWEVER, WIP has made it pretty clear that the site is about the games, and not the authors, thats why there isn't a lot of facebook-type customization in the profiles.
I think a better request would be to have the author's name listed under the title in the database listing like in http://rpgmaker.net/games/. Sometimes I will wonder "who made that game again?" and click on it just to see the author. Still a minor preference but would at least add to the function without screwing up the gamepage standard layout. HOWEVER, WIP has made it pretty clear that the site is about the games, and not the authors, thats why there isn't a lot of facebook-type customization in the profiles.
I think a better request would be to have the author's name listed under the title in the database listing like in http://rpgmaker.net/games/.
I second this.
I probably won't do any big changes to this and here is a good example why:
"Chromatose, a game by AznChipmunk, tardis, Defective Detective, YDS, Malad, Lennon, HeartlessEntity"
As for the game listings, that might be something more probable.
"Chromatose, a game by AznChipmunk, tardis, Defective Detective, YDS, Malad, Lennon, HeartlessEntity"
As for the game listings, that might be something more probable.
I'd vote for rearranging that "Details" section so it's closer to the top instead of pushed down by whatever main info the developers write.
Kaempfer
1932
Actually, that sounds like it could work out pretty well. Sliding the "details" sections up to be under the screenshot area (which is always 3-4, never more) makes sense. It'd look good and wouldn't change the layout anyway else. I'm fine with it the way it is now, but it'd probably make sense to make that pertinent information available without scrolling.
AznChipmunk
4613
post=119177
Actually, that sounds like it could work out pretty well. Sliding the "details" sections up to be under the screenshot area (which is always 3-4, never more) makes sense. It'd look good and wouldn't change the layout anyway else. I'm fine with it the way it is now, but it'd probably make sense to make that pertinent information available without scrolling.
The way it is now lines up with blog. Please don't change it and fuck up my gamepages :(.
iloveflash
100
I'm sorry but, now you're starting to sound rather selfish talking about your precious gamepage. Consider what some of us are trying to say here.
AznChipmunk
4613
b-but the precious g-gampags...
edit: i'm just saying that
1. what we have now really works fine (don't be a lazy bum)
2. sliding the author names messes up the alignment with the blog
3. changing the layout is not exactly friendly for people who have already spent time working to make their gamepages look good
although I do agree with what Darken said about the name showing up in the database listing.
edit: i'm just saying that
1. what we have now really works fine (don't be a lazy bum)
2. sliding the author names messes up the alignment with the blog
3. changing the layout is not exactly friendly for people who have already spent time working to make their gamepages look good
although I do agree with what Darken said about the name showing up in the database listing.
3. changing the layout is not exactly friendly for people who have already spent time working to make their gamepages look good
This is actually quite an interesting predicament, assuming it actually is one. If simple user customization prohibits RMN from changing or trying something new (this topic's issue or otherwise), then the extent to which user customization can go should be reassessed.
User customizations are a great way to make website you frequent feel more at home, but they shouldn't come at the cost of locking down RMN's future.
AznChipmunk
4613
post=1191903. changing the layout is not exactly friendly for people who have already spent time working to make their gamepages look goodThis is actually quite an interesting predicament, assuming it actually is one. If simple user customization prohibits RMN from changing or trying something new (this topic's issue or otherwise), then the extent to which user customization can go should be reassessed.
User customizations are a great way to make website you frequent feel more at home, but they shouldn't come at the cost of locking down RMN's future.
Well, shifting the author's name is hardly RMN's future. Customizability only extends to gameprofiles, and I don't really see why the design of the gameprofiles requires any overhaul.
iloveflash
100
It doesn't require an overhaul. One solution to this whole thing is to have the details section where it is AND an abridged version up top.
I mean, I've seen content pages across the internet that are similar to RMN's (Newgrounds, anyone?), but those layouts are often more dynamic because they manage to fit synopses, a detail section, and a link to/the content itself in one area, so the first time you come to the page, right off the bat you have a wealth of info in front of you: no scrolling required. I believe that is not only convenient for visitors but more appealing to the eye. Think about gamepages here on RMN with paragraphs upon paragraphs of info on the game, and how you have to scroll down into the abyss in order to find out who is talking, as compared to videos on Youtube where you have the video center screen and the "details" section just below it. There isn't anything technically or even fundamentally wrong with RMN's gamepages, but convenience plays a big role in attractive websites, and right now I think having the details section--and the blog section, as a matter of fact--stuck under the not-yet-notoriously fat ass of those synopses and images sections is doing nothing to enhance that.
I mean, I've seen content pages across the internet that are similar to RMN's (Newgrounds, anyone?), but those layouts are often more dynamic because they manage to fit synopses, a detail section, and a link to/the content itself in one area, so the first time you come to the page, right off the bat you have a wealth of info in front of you: no scrolling required. I believe that is not only convenient for visitors but more appealing to the eye. Think about gamepages here on RMN with paragraphs upon paragraphs of info on the game, and how you have to scroll down into the abyss in order to find out who is talking, as compared to videos on Youtube where you have the video center screen and the "details" section just below it. There isn't anything technically or even fundamentally wrong with RMN's gamepages, but convenience plays a big role in attractive websites, and right now I think having the details section--and the blog section, as a matter of fact--stuck under the not-yet-notoriously fat ass of those synopses and images sections is doing nothing to enhance that.
people who put paragraphs and paragraphs of introduction on the front page of their gameprofile clearly don't know how to use gameprofiles.
I have thought about disabling that description area, actually. Most people seem to abuse it. I thought about putting blog there instead.
