FranklinX 37 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 Enterbrain is going to make an official RPG Maker forums. It will be released very soon for ACE per-order buyers. This may hurt the entire RPG Maker community. Many sites are struggling to survive. What do you think this is going to do to current RPG Maker forums? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigace360 38 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Screw us up the ass, as a whole bunch of noobs will just sign up over there. Some will venure out, look for things and then join these communities. While others will stay there. Edited March 5, 2012 by bigace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon Bon 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 It's tough to say. Really depends on how awesome it is. I have been doing research recently regarding this and I read that they tried this once a while back with a fan site, from which they were going to convert it into their official forum. And from the paraphrased words of the owner 'due to Enterbrains chaotic behaviour, and the flop of action game maker, we weren't able to go forward'. This was obviously some time ago, but if Enterbrain handles this current site anything like they handle the rest of the stuff they do, I don't expect much from it at all. I also read it was out already just not in english. I wonder if anyone knows anything about its functionality and design etc. Because if it's just another forum plain and simple, i can't see it being a huge threat unless they have support for paid users of their product and such, which I highly doubt. Anyhow just my 2 cents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 It's a dilemma for the future of this site. We have at least a year on our domain so we're for at least that long... If it does capture all of the RM traffic, then we're gone. Secondly, sites like this one promotes the program and keeps people using it by giving them a place to show off their work and give them reasons for developing further than they may in isolation. So why should we support a company who's trying to kill us off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon Bon 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 It's a dilemma for the future of this site. We have at least a year on our domain so we're for at least that long... If it does capture all of the RM traffic, then we're gone. Secondly, sites like this one promotes the program and keeps people using it by giving them a place to show off their work and give them reasons for developing further than they may in isolation. I agree completely. I simply don't think they will execute a site well enough to generate a user base big enough to kill off other sites. With the amount of resources existent on other sites (including this one), unless people go and re-post everything on the official site there will be no real reason to visit it. Of course new users will be instant directed there, but like I said without content their site is moot. Unless they plan to support and offer content on their forum, why would anyone bother to join, or even stay? So why should we support a company who's trying to kill us off? I again agree completely. I personally think that this site should move away from focus on that development companies engine and focus more on indie game development in general. This is what I thought the point of the name change to GDU was in the first place. Forget Enterbrain and move on supporting all indie game making. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knuckles 1 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 Despite say PlayStation or Xbox having official forums, that doesn't stop PS/Xbox fan sites of having a successful forum community. I don't see how this would be any different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon Bon 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 The difference is user generated content. Sites like this one are based off of it. Playstation and Xbox are not. In theory if there was one source for ALL user generated content, then any other site would be irrelevant. But because Enterbrain does not own the rights to ALL resources for their program, that simply wont happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knuckles 1 Report post Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Exactly, this is not much of a threat to other RM sites as long as they have their own exclusive resources or games. 99% of their forums will be filled with trolling imbeciles and newcomers creating their first games, which none of us would have any interest in, using nothing but the included RTP graphics and badly utilize the tiles. But yeah, at this point it is better to broaden your audience to indie gaming in general, covering any genre besides RPGs. Edited March 5, 2012 by Knuckles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
