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^ That's a warning, isn't it?

I don't believe the view count is disabled or that I can even do that. The views won't increment immediately, i.e. if you view the topic and immediately go back and check. It should be hourly. It's definitely getting viewed each day: I guess give it 24hours and if the view count hasn't changed, there's probably something amiss.

Nope, you're not :)

Can everyone please check their PM's to see if I messaged you :) This is very, very close. Ironing out some kinks, then we're ready for launch.

Welcome Ken. It's been a while since we had another New Zealander on the site :) (Obviously since I'm from NZ too, that part wedged between three national parks). Glad you like the games section. I wrote it in 2013 while on holiday.

Fingers crossed, we're hopefully days away from the beta refinery going live

Lol. Please read the first post. I'm thinking of just going live immediately and see how it goes down. Thank you for the offer though :)

Trying to go live this weekend! No one wants to volunteer to test? :( If not, I'll just go live with it.

Ok, I lied about the August release. I've been super busy recently and get too tired after work to get much progress through on this, but since I've been chipping away for 4 months I will try to get a speedy release for testers out soon. If you're keen to test, let me know and I'll give you access for when the testing version is up.

Sneaky peaky

I've just started getting onto the email system for GDU Refinery and designing those. I thought GDU Refinery would need an adapted logo on its own. I've come up with this: Simple, minialistic. I thought I would give you guys the opportunity to contribute as well. See attached the PSD of the above logo. Please feel free to post your creations/ideas here :) Note: this logo is specifically for emails related to GDU Refinery. These will include notifications/alerts, invite system, etc. gdu refinery logo.zip

Sweet, thanks. My current plan is to open the floor to all to begin with but disable any member functions (so everything except viewing). Then a bunch of us will test it out and iron out the kinks.

Hi all Today I would like to officially announce a new system that I am developing for GDU. I don't want to release too much information at this stage. GDU Refinery is a system for game developers that is focuses on community and content. It will be a place about you and your content where you'll be able to interact with and following other developers. It's a modern platform completely unlike a forum. The goal is that it will be dead simple to use, and easy to get whatever you're developing out there for the community to take a look. I plan to release a live version before August. It's currently 80 - 85% and I will need some beta testers to give it a good run through at some stage. Here's some more screenies in addition to what I've posted in the Teaser topic: Btw the announcement content type is for me, not you guys :>

Slowly but surely chipping away: Any guesses how this is gonna work yet?

Nope, still in the wrong section. All good, it's just useful when topics are in their correct category because it makes it easier for others when the same problem to find the solution. It really doesn't matter if you accidentally post it somewhere when there's a better forum for it... it's more of an administrative thing.

The first rule of GDU is that you don't talk about GDU. Uhhh this raises a good point. GDU is overly complex. Since XP we've been stacking engines and expanding sections into all these categories. I should simplify things

I've been putting a few hours into this. Haven't been this excited to develop something since the games section :) (yeah I've been using Crash images for testing :) )

Can you buy me a copy of MV? Plz?

Only one member recommended XP, lol. I think in your own mind you're learning to XP. I recommend getting the trial of MV and giving it a spin first. Just make sure you're aware of the dangers of such old systems. There's no updates for XP, and you can probably only get support for the engine here (cause we're so old :P). If you want help with a new script or changing a current script, forget about it. No one is around anymore to help you. There's a very small number of reasons you would go with an old engine. Forget about feel and difficulty. If XP can acheive something you can't in MV and that something is essential, then you can risk XP. Otherwise, go with the latest and greatest where you can actually talk to plugin authors and get support and, if its important to you, you can port your game to various platforms only in MV.

In light of the need to counterbalance with a bit of positivity, I'd like to announce that despite my apparent retirement from the site that I am currently developing something new for GDU. This isn't really an add-on, more like a full modern web app that will replace GDU's homepage. Taking inspiration from a number of content based sites, this system focuses on content, feedback and community as fast as humanly possible. The app also focuses on simplicity. Here's a screenshot It is released as just a concept and the intention is that it will be inhabited by people who are actively involved in game development and want to be a part of a community where feedback is readily available. I think I've said too much already :shifty: One last thing: To emphasis the focus of this system on developers, I have decided to scrap the BBCode editor and give members a WYSIYG HTML editor. In other words, post content will be a lot more flexible and easier to style.

You are kind of being inconsistent in what you're saying but I don't have the time or desire to argue with you. I did just admit that posting those private messages, in retrospect, was a mistake. I really don't know what else I can say. You're obviously quite upset and it's quite clearly affecting your judgement. I don't really want to say anything further because you're probably going to get angrier. Maybe you think my post (excluding the PMs) wasn't justified. I think it was and that won't change. You're the type of person to not get over something like this for a long time, but I recommend you do. It's just making things worse. Thread closed. Cool off.

Firstly, I do deny every said me: that I'm parading, starting drama, rubbing it in, that I've somehow got pleasure out of it, etc. etc. That's all wrong. Everything in my post, which is still there for you to read, is just the story from my point of view. That's all it is. An objective story that came from my head. I probably shouldn't have posted those private messages. I was trying to highlight how far you went to deceive me personally, which, of course, is part of the story and exactly how it happened. You should know that I don't have any bad intentions, and if you say I should hold higher standards and protect my reputation as admin well... I'd make the same post again because that's what happened and that's what I had to say. Maybe it should have been said in private. I didn't really consider this from a public perspective, because there's not as many people around. In retrospect, I do know that you are demanding presence on the site and value your reputation, and I can see why you're upset. From my perspective, I feel like no one's watching. The reason why I said you'd be on your way soon is for a number of reasons. Firstly there's not many people on the site, and you'd only be active if there are people to talk to. You've left and made a come back more than a dozen times already. And... you have a life, like me, who also has no time for this place anymore. When I said that it sounded negative when actually it was very innocent... I meant it as a matter of fact. Anyways, you're more than welcome here. I will try to change your username. I got errors in the DB when I tried to change it last night. I'll to fix them.