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If anybody has some ideas for new features or improvements for the site please post them here. No new system requests please. I know you all want SNES. It is not going to happen in the foreseeable future.
One thing I am curious about. I currently am testing, creating images, descriptions and instructions for games as I add them. That means that new games have lots of details and few bugs but I only have time to add about 30 or so a month. Do you like it that way or would you prefer that as any games as possible were added right away even if they did not have descriptions and had not been tested for bugs first?
I think the games should be tested first before they are added. It would save a lot of trouble later. I'm sure I'm not alone when there is a game I've wanted to play has been added to the site only to see it doesn't work.
I would like as an added feature the ability to make public my save states/movies. It was something we had before and I liked it very much.
I think the games should be tested first before they are added.
I agree. It could also be a bad first impression to newcomers if the first game they play is one of the games that hasn't been tested and doesn't work.
For an added feature, could you bring back the mode that allowed you to challenge other users in the arcade?
You are right. I had forgotten about it. It only had three games though.
Body Count
Menacer 6-game cartridge
T2: The Arcade Game
Support for it will not be added.
Challenges and shared save states will probably be brought back soon. Any suggestions on how they should function? Challenges did not seem to go perfectly smooth before. Should all save states be available for others to load or would you want an option to make your save states public. No one would be able to alter your save state but they would be able to load them.
Challenges and shared save states will probably be brought back soon. Any suggestions on how they should function? Challenges did not seem to go perfectly smooth before. Should all save states be available for others to load or would you want an option to make your save states public. No one would be able to alter your save state but they would be able to load them.
For the save states, I think it should be as it was before. The member selects whether or not the image is public or not. So basically I'm saying the default setting should be private.
For the challenges, I think a button on the game that says something to the effect of "Challenge a friend". Then a screen comes up with a space to put in the name. Then it is set up similar to the tournament mode.
well i for one would like the option of a public save state that would be cool
i dont know how big the server is for the sight but maybe have a vote feature on them so people can vote for the best and after a period of time the older less voted once get deleted to save space cause im sure with 100+ people putting save states on mario and sonic would get pritty cramped.. (just a idea)
also i would like to see when you submit a score for a game you send out a auto notifier saying your score was approved for XXX game but you also sent a autonotifier saying your score was deleted and explination why it useually happens but i have no idea what game your talking about so what i would also like to see is the name of the game in the deleted score so i can replay it and get a better screen shot
For save states - both public and otherwise - I have thought of deleting any save state that has not been played in the past year. Maybe something similar with screen shots. Or maybe just if a user has not logged in once in the past year then I would delete their files.
I also planed on having a rating system for the public save states and screen shots but the ratings would be more for just finding a good save and not for determining which saves are deleted.
The server can hold a couple years worth of saves with no problem but eventually they will have to be deleted to make room for new files.
And I want to have a reason sent with the PM telling you why it was deleted. The most common reason is people submit one score twice in SMS, Genesis, ColecoVision, and TG-16 games. I will disable the ability to do that eventually. The next most common reason is the score not being on the screen which is usually done by new users.
BTW - I am working on all new features as one whole. Meaning all new features will be released at once - not one at a time.
I like sabby's idea about having a button on each game, and could could also have a button on everyone's profile saying "Challenge (user) to the arcade" like there was before.
umm.. also i was thinking about tie scores and just the 3 champs but maybe if you tie someones score you all get a gold medal instead of pushing the privious champs score to silver but on the acctual game selection screen it just shows the last persone to get gold silver bronze instead of a gold gold gold (just a idea)
Good idea. I will do that.[br]Posted on: January 28, 2008, 08:09:37 AM_________________________________________________O nce the tournament mode (search forum for info) is complete I think I will make the game of the week be a weekly tournament.
Currently the game of the week is randomly selected. What do you think of a button next to each game (something like the current "add to favorites" button) that says something like "nominate for next game of the week". Which ever game has the most votes would be selected. Or instead select the game that has the most or least submitted scores or plays or ratings.
i like the nominate idea better then picking by the least or most plays because if we did that then we would be playing games that probably have the least plays for a reason
well i would like to two things one i got the idea from your least comment just above this one why dont we have a newest games added or latest games added some where maybe under the stats menu or on the homepage and give a small list of the date and time and title of the latest game added so people can try it out..
and two i would also like a wider number search on the game page selection like for example the nes games go from
page 1 to page 36
so if i wanted to skip to page 15 i would have to click page 3... wait load time... page 5... wait load time... page 7... ect ect ect maybe we could get a wider number jump page 1,2,3,10,15,30,36 or something or a goto page something searh
and also as a update to my trophies idea i think you said you liked where if you tie for gold then you all get the medal but on the game selection page it only shows the person last to get it
as a potential bug we would have to watch out for is make sure that people can not get multiple gold medals more than once for example they cant play the same game over and over and over and get 3 or 4 gold medals on the same game they only get 1 gold per game and also i dont know how you would want to work the silver and bronze but i think that if you tie for champ the next person below you that does not have a tie should move to silver but only 1 person can hold silver and 1 person can hold bronze unless you tie for that exact score then you both hold silver untill thier is a undisputed second place and third =)
and two i would also like a wider number search on the game page selection like for example the nes games go from
page 1 to page 36
so if i wanted to skip to page 15 i would have to click page 3... wait load time... page 5... wait load time... page 7... ect ect ect maybe we could get a wider number jump page 1,2,3,10,15,30,36 or something or a goto page something searh
If you hit the three dots on the page number (1 2 3 ... 36), it expands to show all the page numbers.
Also the "underdog" game listed at the top of the game menu is normally a newer game. I will be changing that box. Not sure exactly to what but topdog will definitely be removed. Alex Kidd does not deserve to be listed at the top of nearly every page of the site for ever.
After the update there will not be gold silver bronze trophies for each game. You will have a total RU score that is similar to how the tournaments are scored now. If your score is close to the highest score for a game then you will get more points than if you are no where close to first. Similar to a test that is graded on a curve.
Like Sabby said clicking the dots shows all page #s. I like it like that but it would be good if we could draw more attention to that so everyone knows. I will try to find a way to make it more obvious.
i had a good idea except i think someone else can stretch it farther:
i was thinking of like an awards thing like the "RETROS" where we wouldnt hold it once a year but like once a month or something. we would pm votes for topics like:
favorite ru game-and we would cut it down to like top ten games on site as nominees
most helpful user-use like top ten most applauded
user you would most likely want to meet
someone can probably think of more and then i was thinking maybe some funny awards like:
person your most afraid of-tenser scares me
you know someone could help me on these.
and people could design trophies that are displayed when you post like champion of: but instead say:sabby- 12 award wins-15 nominees
and a quick thought-you should add sonic the hedgehog to the front page
and two i would also like a wider number search on the game page selection like for example the nes games go from
page 1 to page 36
so if i wanted to skip to page 15 i would have to click page 3... wait load time... page 5... wait load time... page 7... ect ect ect maybe we could get a wider number jump page 1,2,3,10,15,30,36 or something or a goto page something searh
If you hit the three dots on the page number (1 2 3 ... 36), it expands to show all the page numbers.
well thanks sabby the little things i dont know go a long way when you know them
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Originally Posted by Kong
After the update there will not be gold silver bronze trophies for each game. You will have a total RU score that is similar to how the tournaments are scored now. If your score is close to the highest score for a game then you will get more points than if you are no where close to first. Similar to a test that is graded on a curve.
Thanks.
that sounds like a good Idea the only thing i would worry about is people beating thier own high score to boost thier score like repeaditly beating a easy game to beat kind of like farming for a high score
I like the RU score idea but do we have to get rid of the trophies? Would it be possible to do the score thing in addition to having trophies for each game?
two things 1. could we get this topic made a sticky so its always on top of the forum
and 2. could we get a spell checker in the forum posts because my spelling sucks
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