Game Archive

How about a game archive so that we could download all the games/tools we could ask for?
You might need a bunch of money for download servers :lol: , but it would be a good idea. Maybe sort them by downloads, rating, genre, and author. Also, any game wishing to be put on the archive (needs a better name instead of archive, because it sounds old) would need to be approved by a moderator.

forum + github?
i was thinking of bundeling up best of the year or somthing (maybe monthly) and post it on the blog

A database with a ranking system/user vote would be cool, but I don't really know how to do that?

You made a site, you can make a archive (really need a different name)!

I'll look into that... later ;)

Seriously, anyone got a better name than "Game Archive"? I'm thinking "The Game Shop" or "Gamebuino Gallery".

rodot wrote:A database with a ranking system/user vote would be cool, but I don't really know how to do that?

Do you know how to make a database? That's a good start. :mrgreen:

can u call it a shop or store if ur not selling anything?
or are we doing micropayments now?

also we can probebly doing something like that but it needs allot of moduration to work since store fronts always needs to somthing special with proper images and corect discription
also befor u can publish to this it needs to be reviewed by atleast 2 people

its a prety big deal to do a store thats all im saying

Selling program would go against the open source spirit in my opinion.
But I plan to do a sort of gallery... one day. For now, the "exhibition" part of the forum will be enough ;)

for the time u can get a top 3 (or 10 if u find the time) or somthing every week in the blog post

adekto wrote:for the time u can get a top 3 (or 10 if u find the time) or somthing every week in the blog post

Sounds good. :D

if we only had our own costume IDE and have a build in (steam like) store in it, wink wink nudge nudge ;)

Hey all,
I too was thinking along these lines when I heard about Gamebuino, one of the biggest problems I have with my games is promoting them (I don't like too) but I like to stick them on a web site so anyone can play them, that got me thinking about a web site for Gamebunio only games and the ability to find other work because God knows when my one arrives the first thing I'll want to do is pump loads of games onto the SD :)

I spoke to my brother (who is into web development) and he has a MP3 sharing web site that we are going to convert to a Gamebuino site for sharing games, it also has a personal library feature so that you can keep track of the games you have downloaded and re-download them at a later point.
There's other features too like adding screenshots, voting, sharing and comments

Also, at the moment it allows one to sell their game if they choose too, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea maybe it goes against "open source" convention?
Are there any killer features you can think of?

(hopefully this doesn't double post - First attempt didn't go through)

I had a similar idea when I first heard of Gamebuino and started chatting to my brother, he has a mp3 sharing web site that he's built. I mentioned Gamebuino and what I would like to do for a web site and he reckons updating the site to match wouldn't take too much work :) So we decided to go for it

It currently allows you to upload files and screenshots, you will be able to mark it as Complete or WIP. Others can download your game, vote, share and comment back.
You can create a profile that keeps a library of all your downloads so that you can re-download them at a later stage. The front page shows the currently top rated games, but that could change to be anything.

The other feature that I wanted feedback on, is the option to allow a user to set a download price, but I'm not sure that's in fitting with the open source community?

Also, any other killer features you can think of you would like to see?

zerosimms wrote:(hopefully this doesn't double post - First attempt didn't go through)

I had a similar idea when I first heard of Gamebuino and started chatting to my brother, he has a mp3 sharing web site that he's built. I mentioned Gamebuino and what I would like to do for a web site and he reckons updating the site to match wouldn't take too much work :) So we decided to go for it

It currently allows you to upload files and screenshots, you will be able to mark it as Complete or WIP. Others can download your game, vote, share and comment back.
You can create a profile that keeps a library of all your downloads so that you can re-download them at a later stage. The front page shows the currently top rated games, but that could change to be anything.

The other feature that I wanted feedback on, is the option to allow a user to set a download price, but I'm not sure that's in fitting with the open source community?

Also, any other killer features you can think of you would like to see?

Sounds pretty feature-full. The idea of charging for games has come up a few times on the forum already, some like it, some don't. I'd say an option to donate to either Rodot and or the site/developers themselves would work well, like what Humble Bundle does. :D

A donate button seems a nicer way to handle it :) that way i guess people can donate to the developer of they choose, donations allow the user to decide what they want to pay as well i guess.
Thanks mate, I'll see about getting that integrated. I'll pop up the logo later as well :)

zerosimms wrote:A donate button seems a nicer way to handle it :) that way i guess people can donate to the developer of they choose, donations allow the user to decide what they want to pay as well i guess.
Thanks mate, I'll see about getting that integrated. I'll pop up the logo later as well :)

How about Dogecoin (or Bitcoin) donations!

Hi Skyrunner65,I suggest to change "The Game Shop"...Database Management System can be used to make a complete set of database :D :D