I am really enjoying gamedev.net lately. I like what they have done with it. The interface is just fun to use.
I feel a dedicated screemshots gallery would be nice. In general, I would try to make images more prominent somewhere in the interface.
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I am really enjoying gamedev.net lately. I like what they have done with it. The interface is just fun to use.
I feel a dedicated screemshots gallery would be nice. In general, I would try to make images more prominent somewhere in the interface.
Alberth said:
Wouldn't you end up with a giant random collection of screenshots without much meaning?
That's good. I would like images of debug renders, cool looking bugs, etc.
Still missing the screenshot gallery from the old days.
Edit: One nice bug i got. It started as a box of particles, and then all particles tried to get to the surface by accident. The sculpture kept moving and changing all the time.
I know gamedev since 1998 , its first year, at that time this website was the focal point of game development, now its barealy the shadow of itself.
On my own website, I have found that having a high density of good content is key to making it browsable and fun.
When you have content separated out into different “projects” or forum threads, there is a lot of clicking to do, relative to the content you are seeing (which equals dopamine). When you merge a stream of good content all together, you end up with something that is very fun and rewarding to browse through. We got rid of our “projects” section, which had become a database of unfinished ideas, and instead focused on screenshots and videos, which may contain links back the whatever the author is trying to promote. This worked a lot better because we are serving up a lot of good content per page and the user does not have to hunt and click to find something cool to see:
Example:
https://www.ultraengine.com/community/gallery/category/1-screenshots/
Josh Klint, I'd like to know your point of view about the nanite tech of unreal engine 5, is it still worth to work on an engine ? in my opinion it is not.
Programmer71 said:
Josh Klint, I'd like to know your point of view about the nanite tech of unreal engine 5, is it still worth to work on an engine ? in my opinion it is not.
I think it just depends on whether the user has the ability to produce / capture that kind of content. Displaying it is not that hard.
I have read the presentation about nanite and it is alone a whole team effort, barely affordable for a single user