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Ok, good to know. The restrictions for what I'm looking for in this topic are different from those after the games section is launched. This topic is all about the games that will be available for download on launch. After then, there will be still be rules but they won't be so stringent.

There certainly isn't. Where do you intend to sell your game, and how far away is the game from completion? I only ask because it makes sense to provide a system where people can also sell their projects, but the immediate focus is on free indie games.

Of course, please do PM me :)

Here's my opinion on these community projects - they should be done when the community is active ("active" - what an arbitrary word - are there enough ppl to make it a "community" project?) - There needs to either -- a really good project leader -- or someone who can work on it solo when he needs to The nature of these things is that members will be keen, but then they'll disappear. They may start work on it, but then they'll disappear. This is how it works. Therefore, I recommend that any potential project be someone's own project to begin with. Not an existing project, but I think there needs to be something material before there's recruitment, which may challenging if you want everyone to contribute to the storyline and planning, etc. There could be a series of polls, and a beginning of the game actually created from those polls, and then recruitment of actual members to begin the "community" project. They always fail in the planning stages... I would give a community project given the current conditions far less than 1% chance of success. I've said these things before and members told me to shut up, but I was just trying to help... They said I was being negative, but look how far they got. It's a pretty big commitment if people rely on you, which is why reliance should be kept at a minimum. What we learned: - the project leader must show actual leadership skills and be very organized - dont leave every little detail open to discussion - there's just too much and everyone loses interest because it takes too long - dont rely on the whole team - the leader should be able to continue alone when his team members vanish - and they will - project leader must always be active, and show an inspirational level of motivation Even a topic like this - who's interested? There's only a handful of active members right now. If you were to being the project now then people can come and go later. I anticipate an increase in activity, else I wouldn't be here :P

Yeah those, I've got some plans with regards to them but I won't give too much away. All these will interlink. Should be alright I reckon.

I'm not a fan of either, but I don't think Disney will ruin it anymore than the original creators will ruin. Both carry the same risks of ruining the story, only people have the perception that because the original creators aren't creating that they will do worse. Even if the next movies are terrible, you still have the past anyway. Its like crash bandicoot when I was younger, I loved the first few and even though some of them were terrible, the first ones are still classics. The whole concept of star wars seems uncreative to me. No offense to anyone :P I cannot recall a single movie so call me uninformed..

Perhaps they can't find other jobs and need to support their family. Being in the military is perceived by most as honorable and they're labelled the people who fight for your freedom. That's ironic not because your freedom is not at jeopardy, but because you're likely to piss people off which actually increases the risk of retaliation. It's also easy to rape and kill civilians if you're in a developing country. You may get a slap on the wrist for it. EDIT: I mean no disrespect to you, of course. Its still honorable to fight for something if you genuinely believe that something is actually what you are fighting for. But when I think about these things, lets take the US drone attacks that slaughter innocent civilians. Just because my country is an "alley" to the US, we look the same, we dress the same, doesn't make us any better than those civilians in a developing country. Just because their houses look like shacks, they're poor and their country clearly doesn't have a stable government. People like us care less. Just think about the family member you love most (perhaps your wife) and just think about her being murdered by a foreign country invading you. It hurts just the same whoever you are. If you genuinely believed you were fighting for freedom, but you killed innocent civilians, who is to blame? Who should get punished for that? Makes you think who the real terrorists in the world are. Probably not who your TV tells you they are. So long as war is profitable, there will be war.

What a horrible download site O.o Whenever I get swarmed with ads, and I don't particularity have a strong desire to obtain the file, I'm outta there. Try mediafire?

You so do not deserve to vote :P Why does everyone here have medical conditions D: Before I was aware that my military was aiding completely immoral allies for corrupt political agendas, I considered it. But the training lifestyle suits me, I'm pretty sure I'd do well. I said it before, I wouldn't go. I'd definitely stand by my country and fight for its freedom, if that was something that was ever at jeopardy, which it never is. So never. I think of how decorated and respected all of our veterans here are. I think, why the hell did you go in the first place? Yes you put your life on the line, that was courageous of you, but why? Because the US likes to invade everyone? Because NZ has a "duty to contribute to peace"? Bullshit. You fought and died with your mates over bullshit.

Looks really good! I will definitely give this a look when I get some free time to play the demo.

Your welcome Shin :) I had you in mind while I was making this work. It was you who evidently caused my to come up with how I was going to do it, so when I did I knew how I was going to do it: http://www.gdunlimited.net/forums/topic/8531-gdu-chatroom-opened-bug-reports-needed/page__st__30#entry77101

Mmm if we're thinking the same thing then yeah. It's pretty much going to be like a website itself. I've got more than a bunch of things planned. Remember I've mentioned along the way a team management system built into the games section? I have a bunch of inter-related ideas too including systems for recruiting as well as pages for "studios" (I'm not sure what to call these, like what's in your signature). All of these can have their own sections but directly relate to the games section. For example, if you have a studio listed on the site, then you can select this for your game in the games section and it will show up on your published games page with a link to your studio page(s). Stuff like that.

Well someone must be to blame. You don't get that messed up in the first place without some external factor.

I've made a little something. There is now a counter that shows globally in the main menu how many users are currently in the chat. However it does not utilize web sockets like the chatroom itself because that would take up to many connections, as we do have a limit. Therefore its just a simple query to the database to see how many people are active, accurate to the nearest 20 seconds. Hope that helps Shin :)

The problem Say there is some reason you cannot control which images automatically open a lightbox when you click them: perhaps there are too many images, you have software that automatically controls this for you. In addition, you only want the lightbox to be applied to those images which are scaled down, which is now common place on websites since they are being optimized by mobile devices and the use of max-width:100%; The Solution By looping through each of whichever images we are targeting, we can compare the scaled down image dimensions with the actual dimensions of the image. If the real image dimensions are larger, apply the lightbox to the image, otherwise do nothing. jQuery(document).ready(function($){ //this is the image selector. //An example of forum software which automatically adds a span around //images would be something like this: $('span[rel="lightbox"] img') var lightboxed_images = $('img'); //loop through each image $.each($(lightboxed_images), function() { var img_url = $(this).attr('src'); var theImage = new Image(); theImage.src = $(this).attr("src"); //this is the width of the actual image var imageRealWidth = theImage.width; //this is the scaled width of the image var fakeWidth = $(this).width(); //if the real image is larger than the scaled image, apply the lightbox if(imageRealWidth > fakeWidth){ //you can add a class and apply a custom style so //visitors know its scaled down $(this).addClass("lightbox_active"); //when the image is clicked, launch the lightbox //this example only shows an example where a //lightbox can be called in javascript. This needs to be //set to however your lightbox can be called $(this).click(function() { $.lightbox(img_url); return false; }); } }); }); Thanks to CSS Tricks for the code to getting the actual image dimensions: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/get-an-images-native-width/ Here is an example of how you would do it with IPB's posted images

You certainly do not have to remove youtube videos. We want the projects that will be in here before release to be exclusive to this site, whether or not they need to be afterwards is undermined. When I say exclusive I don't mean that any other content relating to the game means submission is prohibited, the rule is mainly aimed at websites dedicated to those games, because this system aims to replace those. The purpose of the section itself is to publish the game and make it easy for game developers to showcase their game without the need for any web development skills. The rule is aimed at not having the same content here and elsewhere on the internet, that would pointless. However, that does not include forums because it would be harmful to that game maker if he were not allowed to post a topic on a forum trying to get attention to it. The ultimate goal is to provide a system that is far more superior than a free website you'd start yourself, superior that a website you wrote even you had knowledge of web dev, and all of this can be done by point and click. The output will be far superior than what a forum topic can give you, and will be primed for SEO. There will be a bunch of exposure/getting noticed features available as well. Hopefully, eventually, you will want to remove it from other sites and just link here. You may even get the chance to use your own google analytics code to monitor traffic ;)

You could just cut the swirls as they cross over into the white part of the image. I didn't mind them personally. You should add more forums too.

No reason both can't be submitted. Yep, there's plenty of time. I made this topic well in advance. I won't even finish my exams for another 6 days. But don't forget to PM me when you have something, I'll post a reminder. It would be good if you followed this topic so you get notified of any updates. No rush if you're interested :P Only a demo is needed. Updated the first post.

Yeah that's right Tom. I included that so guests know that anyone can submit a project. I can see how that may be interpreted, I changed it. Sure, why not. I expected you to submit your game. I thought you might consider more of a benefit to you rather than helping me out :P

With development of the games section set to start within a few weeks, we are going to need a few really impressive projects to launch the section with. Therefore we are seeking some members or teams who want to be one of the first people to have their games hosted by us. We want to make a really good impression on launch, so we are looking for some high quality projects. The requirements are A high quality project Must have a playable of demo Cannot have its own website (more info) Can by made by any engine You must be able to provide particulars - screenshots, storylines, character bios (if applicable). The games section is about presentation, afterall Anyone can submit a game, active member or not Benefits of submitting your game Full future features of the games section The possibility of being featured on the homepage and other advertising opportunities Your games page(s) will be displayed using the latest standards of HTML markup allowing for superior out of the box on-page SEO Customization features including altering meta title and description, and on-page customization features, and all future features that may not be readily available to new user accounts. Hosting of your game, including versioning and easy uploading Tracking of your visitor behavior and downloads If you are interested, please send me a PM. The PM should contain the demo, but what is equally important is presentation particulars as stated above. If you are interested but are still working on a game, please follow the topic and you will be notified in the future. Please note the launch is some time away and as such any submission is for future consideration. This will not be the only topic to recruit. Please pass this on if you know anyone who would be interested.