So here's the jist of my idea. Most games for Spring have their own sites, however, they're all in different styles and have different content and different navigation and some aren't all that user friendly.
My intention here is to create small mini-sites for each popular game and collaborate them altogether to create a site that features all the basics for these games. Then, network them together and create an easy link between games which would increase the chances of visitors finding a game they might be interested in playing.
The sites should be pretty and cleverly laid out to drag visitors in. They should feature plenty of game content and media and any text should be clear and to the point. Bullet'd points make for good reading in visitor viewing.
The sites should be as simple as possible with some summary information about the game, a fair amount of nice media (screenshots and videos), and of course, a download page.
I've drawn up a small sample of what I'm thinking:
Yes, these are in essence, marketing sites. These are the kind of sites you'd link your friends up to in order to get people interested. In order to make these viral, they'll need to be fully complete with download links to game installers for that particular game (I know S44 already has its own installer, other games will have to make some as well).
I was also thinking some sort of referral system of some kind would be a good idea to get people spreading them.
Also, this project would be aimed at spreading the games for Spring, not the Spring Engine itself.
I would be willing to make the designs for those games that want in, although, it would require some effort from a few parties. Things such as the installers, video media, server space etc would need to be sorted.
Of course, I'll only begin this project once more than 3 games have accepted.
Thoughts, comments suggestions?
