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Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 25 Feb 2012, 12:36
by Cheesecan
PicassoCT wrote:Depends.. if a single person spends 10.000 hours quality occurs. Its called becoming a professional, and if you do so on open source project.. or in your spare time - doesent matter. (Although, the time might be halfed in a company by the fact that harsh criticism and quality demands are there)
+1

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 25 Feb 2012, 16:30
by smoth
dimm wrote:Here's a better idea; post how you find and choose new games to play.
google

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 25 Feb 2012, 20:43
by PicassoCT
word of mouth, friends, springboard, lets plays..

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 25 Feb 2012, 22:10
by dimm
LP videos, databases, boards somewhat

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 03:39
by PicassoCT
lans.. i forgot about lans.. the moment you walk by and your mouth runs dry.. because there is a musthave.. on this screen..

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 08:18
by Forboding Angel
steam ads

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 12:13
by PicassoCT
IM NOUNCING MY SUDDEN EXIT STRATEGY.


steamin pile of steam..

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 19:29
by dimm
lans? L a n parties or cafe's?
Yeah steam sucks. I have not had a good history with it except maybe for the sales.

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 19:59
by PicassoCT
you know what i ve been thinking about all the time.. spring would be a real cool tool to teach people programming...

you have (if the unit is ingame allready.. near instant results...) and way more impressive then hello world..

first some crack, and when the are hooked.. well, this is my friend upspring, if you want another smoke you better dont upset him...

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 02:08
by dimm
Did giant bomb and videogame geek. Can't really link you to the pages so here's my list instead:
http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/ran88d ... /46-72692/
http://videogamegeek.com/geeklist/13798 ... -for-video

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 02:47
by Google_Frog
Was the post much much much better than your previous one?

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 03:15
by dimm
no

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 17:33
by dimm

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 17:51
by smoth
"thousands of units per game" seems a pointless exageration. it implies that there will be 1000s of active units. This isn't always the case.

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 18:03
by gajop
advanced interface?
i'd be surprised if i'm the only one few who'd prefer simple starcraft 1 interface to what we have in zk
the build menus at least are much less annoying than these gestures i never really want to use

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 19:33
by dimm
Compared to other strategy not spring games; all the lua widgets

but you can have 1k and that is a technical showcase AND where else can this be done? the niche "strategy" market..

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 19:56
by smoth
supcom, totalwar, OTA, ...

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 20:30
by luckywaldo7
gajop wrote:advanced interface?
i'd be surprised if i'm the only one few who'd prefer simple starcraft 1 interface to what we have in zk
the build menus at least are much less annoying than these gestures i never really want to use
Force yourself to learn gesture-based hotkeys. I use keyboard-only mode, and 'alternate layout'. The hotkey to enter menu is 'D', and uses the surrounding keys

WER
SDF
XCV

to navigate.

It's a bit of a pain at first, like using new hotkeys always is, but the payoff is massively worth it.

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 21:15
by Pxtl
I *love* the gesture menu personally, although I always invoke it through the "b" key.

Re: Want some exposure for Spring....

Posted: 10 Mar 2012, 07:20
by Google_Frog
I've been trying to fix up the giantbomb page but it seems to be really inappropriate. Most categories on the right have choices from a preset list of options so I could not enter any developer or publisher (not even 'None' or 'Independent'). The Platforms category has an option PC that encompasses Windows, Mac and Linux so we can't get points for saying it is a Linux game.

Only 50 words are allowed for the description which is basically useless. Other games have whole pages so maybe we should try to find our how they did that.