Re: [piecepack] piecepack.org -Ideas

[Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...>]

The once-a-month thing occurred to me as well, although there are 41
games there now.  That's almost a year's worth.  Would new games be
added faster than existing games would be showcased?  Considering how
quickly games have been added lately, it seems possible.

Hmm... I guess I'm slightly in favour of the game-of-the-month idea
rather than game-of-the-week.  Infrequent visitors might miss games if
they were showcased weekly (unless there were a Featured Game Archive
-- that would be cool).  Similarly, having a game of the month rather
than a game of the week would extend the "15 minutes of fame" for game
authors to a full hour!

The other question is the number of authors.  Although there are 41
games on piecepack.org, I count only 15 individual game authors, many
of them in collaborations, including a couple of credits to Mesomorph
Games.  This means that a lot of the author info would be repeated,
sometimes several times.

I'm sorry I don't have anything more positive to say.  I like the
idea, but I see a few problems with it.  If someone else can suggest
solutions, all the better!

Ron H-E

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 08:33:21AM -0800, Michael Schoessow wrote:
> I like the idea but I think that perhaps it should be once a month or maybe
> every two weeks instead of once a week. Are there enough games to feature a
> different one every week for very long? Of course I guess you could repeat
> after a while.
>  
> -Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karol [mailto:karol@...]
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:00 PM
> To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [piecepack] piecepack.org -Ideas
> 
> Howdy Folks!
> 
> I had an idea that I would like to run by the group. It might be nice to
> have a featured game of the week on the piecepack.org
> homepage. I envision piecepack.org "staff" chosing the game to feature and
> contacting the author a couple of weeks before the
> feature. I think it may be extra special if each author had a little bio and
> maybe a picture, so the piecepack community can get to
> know eachother a little better. I thought it might be nice to also be able
> to promote the businesses each author may have. The
> stipulation being that any links/information included in the bio be rated G
> aka kid-friendly.
> 
> What do you think? (feel free to reply privately or publically)

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