Hi! I noticed myself and friends hopping between multiple websites to get up to date news from devs. I've made a website with the sole purpose of aggregating dev updates on games to fix that. The website host a handful of dev trackers as of now. Each game has a handy dashboard of aggregated news. Let me know if you notice I'm missing a source, and I'll make sure and add it. Check it out and let me know what you think!
[url]http://www.devtrackers.com/rust.html[/url]
[QUOTE=devtrackers;47382431]Hi! I noticed myself and friends hopping between multiple websites to get up to date news from devs. I've made a website with the sole purpose of aggregating dev updates on games to fix that!
The website host a handful of dev trackers as of now. Each game has a handy dashboard of aggregated news. I have it setup so that it can pretty much scrape any source, and I'm sure I missed plenty, so let me know if you notice it missing one, and I'll make sure and add it. I'm totally brand new to web design, so I'd love any feedback. Check it out and let me know what you think!
[url]http://www.devtrackers.com/rust.html[/url][/QUOTE]
You oughta try putting paragraphs in those posts, a lot of people here go to the "Zoolander School for Kids Who Cant Read Well And Want To Do Other Things Good Too", they'll just declare the posts TL;DR
[QUOTE=GrymThor;47382667]You oughta try putting paragraphs in those posts, a lot of people here go to the "Zoolander School for Kids Who Cant Read Well And Want To Do Other Things Good Too", they'll just declare the posts TL;DR[/QUOTE]
Haha, cut it down a bit. Good advice.
Great idea, but seriously, the font and the lack of any paragraph breaks pretty much gave me eye cancer within seconds. I couldn't read more than a couple of sentences before I had to stop.
If you're going to make something for the public to read, make it readable, or no one will read it. No one wants to read an endless wall of text.
[QUOTE=Crunchmeister;47385364]Great idea, but seriously, the font and the lack of any paragraph breaks pretty much gave me eye cancer within seconds. I couldn't read more than a couple of sentences before I had to stop.
If you're going to make something for the public to read, make it readable, or no one will read it. No one wants to read an endless wall of text.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, if you expand the sources button in the top right of the tracker it shows multiple sources, and some of them are formatted oddly. I need to work on the refining the data it pulls. Thanks for the feedback!
Aren't these just the devblogs re-posted? Seems redundant.
[QUOTE=frank_walls;47388116]Aren't these just the devblogs re-posted? Seems redundant.[/QUOTE]
It is redundant in the sense that the content is elsewhere. The point of it is to collect multiple sources like dev logs, dev posts to forums, social media posts, etc... That way you only have to go to one place to get your news instead of hop between different sites. I need to refine it though, clean it up, and make it more immersive for users. Thanks!
Ah, sorry. I didn't spend enough time clicking around, and I missed the little info tab with the menu for all the sources.
My 30 second impression was that it only had the Devblog info. Can you get that menu to just always show? Maybe make the Rust header thinner at the top?
BTW, I do like your idea of collecting all the info in one place.
[QUOTE=frank_walls;47388442]Ah, sorry. I didn't spend enough time clicking around, and I missed the little info tab with the menu for all the sources.
My 30 second impression was that it only had the Devblog info. Can you get that menu to just always show? Maybe make the Rust header thinner at the top?
BTW, I do like your idea of collecting all the info in one place.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I really need to make the source list more obvious. People keep missing it, or making suggestions like yours. It's top of the to-do list. Thanks!
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