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[Onikhaosifix]

Methulah said:

I don't know about anyone else, but I work mainly fopr myself, on a basis that I am doing what I enjoy doing, not to inspire my peers. It is nice to get comments on your code, and how you are going, so in that case a quick dev snapshot will do that. If I finish a game and want to show it off, it is as simple as typing http://www.gamedev.net into my address bar and showing it off there. I don't think Devmaster needs a game showcase. It would be nice to have a demo compitition with premade assets though.

Most of the people that are here at devmaster have either migrated from flipcode or are banned from gamedev's community due to the hostile, power-hungry moderators. I being in the latter group.

Also, in order to showcase your game at gamedev.net you'd need a GDNet+ account which cost money. Who the hell wants to pay money just to show off their game. Devmaster.net could capitalize with providing their own free showcase.

[Mihail121]

Onikhaosifix said:

...or are banned from gamedev's community due to the hostile, power-hungry moderators. I being in the latter group.

What a coincidence... :cool2: What did you get banned for?

Yes, it's true that the GDNet+ accout is pretty pointless but there are people using it and so - it exists!!! And it's even better if you can make money with it.. of course you will lose 75% of the users, but hey, money are money. That's how capitalism works!

I believe I have a simple solution to the problem. Let us create a wiki page called "l337 projects" or whatsoever, where we can post links to our creations.

[SpreeTree]

Onikhaosifix said:

Also, in order to showcase your game at gamedev.net you'd need a GDNet+ account which cost money. Who the hell wants to pay money just to show off their game.

Maybe it's with the money they make from the GDNet+ account that they can afford to have server space for all their members and hence have a Games Showcase.

Mihail121 said:

I believe I have a simple solution to the problem. Let us create a wiki page called "l337 projects" or whatsoever, where we can post links to our creations.

A good suggestion, but why is their a problem with just adding a URL to an Image of the Day post. After all, you will have to show some screenies to get people interested in the first place, so why not there.

Spree

[Methulah]

I agree. It seems to make a lot of sense. Simply post a link to the game, In think there was a racing game that did the recently. Anyway, not everyone is banned from Gamedev.net or an ex-flipCoder. Many people (including SpreeTree) post on gamedev.net aswell.

Getting a GDNet+ account is a good idea if you are running a project, as it gives you instant credibility for recruiting. As far as I am concerned, that can only be a good thing, and the price isn't obscene at all.

Anway, I think the dev snapshot does its job fine, and if you want to showcase your game, do it there.

[baldurk]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Here are 5 snapshots that contain links to demos or binaries of some kind, as well as a detailed description of what is going on in the screenshot.

Other than hosting here on devmaster, I fail to see what else a Game Showcase provides over snapshots.

[Dia]

The potential number of users who would be using it does not justify creating one. As also pointed out, there are other alternative venues (e.g. image of the day) that almost serve the exact purpose. But it's a good suggestion nevertheless.

[ProgramWizard]

Mihail121 said:

Tell me only one reason why the f**k would we want to compare with GameDev???

I'm all for competing with gamedev.net. I hate them. I pledge my alliegance to devmaster.net! :worthy:

EDIT: OK, I don't really hate them, but I do believe that my ban was unjustified...

[Luminion]

ProgramWizard said:

I'm all for competing with gamedev.net. I hate them. I pledge my alliegance to devmaster.net! :worthy:

EDIT: OK, I don't really hate them, but I do believe that my ban was unjustified...

Same here. I don't see why this site refuses to compete with gamedev. Probably intimidated by how large that other site is.

[baldurk]

Luminion said:

Same here. I don't see why this site refuses to compete with gamedev. Probably intimidated by how large that other site is.

Maybe because there's no need to compete? We'll have our community here and they have their community, we have our articles and they have theirs. There's no need for anyone to be exclusive to either site.

[Luminion]

baldurk said:

Maybe because there's no need to compete? We'll have our community here and they have their community, we have our articles and they have theirs. There's no need for anyone to be exclusive to either site.

So it doesn't bother you that more people rather visit gamedev.net than this?

[bignobody]

Luminion said:

So it doesn't bother you that more people rather visit gamedev.net than this?

Quite the opposite. I like gamedev.net, but I find a lot of the time things get lost in the "noise". A smaller, dedicated community like devmaster definitely has its advantages. :yes:

[SpreeTree]

Luminion said:

So it doesn't bother you that more people rather visit gamedev.net than this?

Why should DevMaster 'compete' with GameDev? I like the fact that I can point people to a decent article or topic on GameDev (or any other site) without being frowned upon.

A site grows as big as it needs to, and as much as the community needs it to. I like the fact that DevMaster is a bit smaller... I feel you can build up relationships (as much as you can online anyway) with people easier, leading to a tighter community.

Besides, they both look the same now anyway :whistle:

Spree

[baldurk]

SpreeTree said:

Besides, they both look the same now anyway :whistle:

Haha, very good point :).

[ProgramWizard]

SpreeTree said:

Besides, they both look the same now anyway :whistle:

Spree

GameDev looks like a lot of sites now; the first thing I thought when I saw the new forums was "they had a really nice system, why did they install phpBB?".

[ProgramWizard]

Hey, does anyone want to e-mail a link to this thread to Dave Astle? "We are preparing for war, Dave! Brace yourselves!". And then we could make a bunch of animated gifs of pixel soldiers marching around and post them on the gamedev forums... just a thought...

[bignobody]

ProgramWizard said:

Hey, does anyone want to e-mail a link to this thread to Dave Astle? "We are preparing for war, Dave! Brace yourselves!". And then we could make a bunch of animated gifs of pixel soldiers marching around and post them on the gamedev forums... just a thought...

I think I'm starting to see why they banned you...

[ProgramWizard]

ProgramWizard said:

Hey, does anyone want to e-mail a link to this thread to Dave Astle? "We are preparing for war, Dave! Brace yourselves!". And then we could make a bunch of animated gifs of pixel soldiers marching around and post them on the gamedev forums... just a thought...

We have varying senses of humor, me and gamedev; if the above scenario was played out, I think it would be pretty funny...

[Dia]

ProgramWizard: Sorry, but if you're looking for a place to joke and chat around with pointless discussions, then DevMaster isn't the place for you. This place is for serious people interested in game development. We don't tolerate trolling. It ruins the educational and friendly environment here at DevMaster.

[ProgramWizard]

Dia said:

ProgramWizard: Sorry, but if you're looking for a place to joke and chat around with pointless discussions, then DevMaster isn't the place for you. This place is for serious people interested in game development. We don't tolerate trolling. It ruins the educational and friendly environment here at DevMaster.

WHOA, totally wrong interpretation. I like the Lounge, but I spend a lot of time in the tech forums; I haven't answered any questions yet, but I have read a lot of threads. I've been programming for about half a year, and I am serious about game development; it's been my life-long dream :)

[baldurk]

ProgramWizard said:

WHOA, totally wrong interpretation. I like the Lounge, but I spend a lot of time in the tech forums; I haven't answered any questions yet, but I have read a lot of threads. I've been programming for about half a year, and I am serious about game development; it's been my life-long dream :)

Then perhaps you should act in a serious and professional manner? Humour is all well and good, if posted in the lounge in a laid-back topic, but in discussions about something, don't derail it.

Anyway, I'm drawing a line under this and any other discussion about how devmaster should try to compete with gamedev. If you want to discuss a game showcase here, that's good - make your points. Anything else, don't post it.