RODEN'S PROFILE

God damn, J-Man is still cranking them out after all this time.

Phantasia 3 was one of the first RM games I ever really put time into playing. Glad to see it's become such a big series!

hey uuuhhh wtf this looks SO AMAZING

This struck a chord with me for some reason

From https://rpgmaker.net/games/10390/images/83469/?post=855898#post855898

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You're making the assumption that I play games at all

author=Liberty
I mean, it's completely understandable why that happens - a game goes into New and Notable when it's added to the site. There it garners some attention since it's a neat or interesting looking game. Then a download is added for the interesting/cool game. Then people download and talk about the game.


It's working as intended - showing off the interesting new games that are on the site and letting them get some time in the sun over older games that have been around forever. That's what it's supposed to do.

That said, we've looked at a few different visual changes to the front page. One thing we came up with was something like this:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301093365183807499/411092555975884810/unknown.png
Where it'd be a bit like Steam with scrolling images (like we have with the featured bar) and title tabs allowing you to click through the different parts.

This is pretty nice, but I'd be in favour of inverting the sidebar there so random screenshot and pic of the moment are closer to the top. I've been on this site for ages and I have no idea what RMN TV is even supposed to represent so having it prioritized feels weird.

I also don't really think having latest blogs on the frontpage makes sense, since it sort of requires engagement with the game in particular- someone visiting isn't really gonna care about a patch update or what have you for a game they've never played or seen before. (I would make the same case for media and maybe downloads but that's just me being overly minimalist lol)