   Game Projects under way
  Game Projects under wayHave on the directory option on top (on a second option in the help wanted forum) to select what projects are under way which accept new members to join them. For instance have a list of the different project type, the duration that it is in, the amount of members it has, and a short description or link of the game. Basically have a certain format that everyone should submit when specifying what they are doing and who they want if more want to assistants.This will reduce the people that post and are looking for a project and will help other projects. Each time you submit a project you should activate that it’s still active every month to be on if they want to be seen by others to have more people help. Also besides having what groups are available have a list of what people are available by them submitting themselves as free for a project and they should specify what they want to work on."Profanity is for those who lack intelligence and imagination to otherwise express them selves." "You are what you repeatedly do; Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle  
  I''ve noticed a lot of requests about changing things in the Help Wanted forum. Maybe Help wanted should be a separate feature of the website, independent of the forums?   The official zorx website;  Interesting idea; I think it would work better as an extension to the GDS, though. ;quote:Original post by superpig  Interesting idea; I think it would work better as an extension to the GDS, though.   Or have a shortcut link next to the Help wanted forum to help direct people that are not familiar with it since it is kind of related to the help wanted. ;  The moderators tossed your suggestion around and recommended altering the GDS a bit to be more like source forge.  I''ll take that idea under advisement.Good suggestion.---Michael Tanczos;  Projects would definitely have to expire (unless reactivated) otherwise it''d get completely unruly as many people will post when they have an idea for a game. You could assume that if this was the case, there''d be more postings than actual ''Help wanted'' posts. ;quote:Original post by downgraded   Projects would definitely have to expire (unless reactivated) otherwise it'd get completely unruly as many people will post when they have an idea for a game. You could assume that if this was the case, there'd be more postings than actual 'Help wanted' posts.   Personally, I was thinking about the idea that creating projects in the GDS would be a Premium feature (i.e. paid members only). That should stop doesn't-happen projects from getting in there too often; people with the ability to pay are the people less likely to abuse it. Dunno what the official staff position is on it. I'm not speaking for them here.   [edited by - Superpig on February 7, 2004 5:00:01 AM];  That''s not right to have it a pay thin for that option. You will just push away people to other gamming sites which are steadily becoming more popular. The forums are being abused every day and the mod’s let it happen sometimes and abuse it themselves but that doesn’t mean that the forums should be pay as well. People pay to get online and that gets abused every day. ;quote:Original post by Warsong  That''s not right to have it a pay thin for that option.SourceForge is free.Being in the GDS means hosting - meaning that memory and bandwidth are consumed to serve up your offerings. It''s not unreasonable to suggest that the use of such a service be a premium member benefit.quote:You will just push away people to other gaming sites which are steadily becoming more popular.I doubt that. Most people who come to GameDev''s various areas rely on the forums above all else. Most don''t have anything to show as yet. ;  I can say that such a service would be a huge (and reasonable) incentive for me to sign up. However, what if people Want Help for commercial games? That wouldn''t work very well as an extension of the GDS.   The official zorx website