I had just made a new Soundcloud to go with my account when I created this topic. I wanted to include my Soundcloud address in the attribution info so people could post a link to my Soundcloud page if they wanted to credit me. At this point, I had already uploaded about 15 songs and I didn't want to edit each one individually to include this new page in the attribution section. Then I thought about someone who may have an unwieldy number of submissions, like 200, and they changed something about how they wanted to be credited for their work. It would be a nightmare to edit all of those and it is more likely they would just give up on the idea. I see how this may not seem like a feature that would be used commonly enough to warrant its implementation, so I can understand if it isn't high on the priority list. No worries either way, I just was interested if anyone else could see the value in it or if they have had the need for it in the past.
I know this isn't going to happen soon, but another feature I thought of today would be an extra area on the home page for older art that was popular. I guess for some people, they might not know exactly what they want to do in their game or what they should be searching for. Having a section that could just show 4 or 8 random submissions from the past that were popular or well received could help jump-start the creative process for someone. Just an idea.
The gist I am getting from this site is that there are only a few people with access to the code and they are too busy to impliment new features right now.
@caeles maybe implementing a comment "like" system would be the best way to award points. It would disincentivize the act of posting throwaway comments. I myself don't treat points with much importance, they are a somewhat nice reward if you post something people like, but when somebody's goal is to get points rather than try to make constructive additions of to the site, it can become a problem.
I know there isn't anything that can be done about this until we have access to the code, but another suggestion is to edit the points system to not give people points for commenting on a submission. I like the idea of the comments section being a place where other users can offer criticism, praise, or ask questions. But there are a few people who are abusing the comments for points. When someone is posting a generic comment like "sweet" on almost every new submission, it feels a little insincere. Maybe other people don't feel the same way, and I probably shouldn't care, but I guess I would just rather have an empty comment section on one of my entries rather than someone saying "cool."
I had just made a new Soundcloud to go with my account when I created this topic. I wanted to include my Soundcloud address in the attribution info so people could post a link to my Soundcloud page if they wanted to credit me. At this point, I had already uploaded about 15 songs and I didn't want to edit each one individually to include this new page in the attribution section. Then I thought about someone who may have an unwieldy number of submissions, like 200, and they changed something about how they wanted to be credited for their work. It would be a nightmare to edit all of those and it is more likely they would just give up on the idea. I see how this may not seem like a feature that would be used commonly enough to warrant its implementation, so I can understand if it isn't high on the priority list. No worries either way, I just was interested if anyone else could see the value in it or if they have had the need for it in the past.
Awesome! I'm glad to see the site is improving and that we can bring in the community to make improvements.
I know this isn't going to happen soon, but another feature I thought of today would be an extra area on the home page for older art that was popular. I guess for some people, they might not know exactly what they want to do in their game or what they should be searching for. Having a section that could just show 4 or 8 random submissions from the past that were popular or well received could help jump-start the creative process for someone. Just an idea.
Looks like it is coming along well! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
The gist I am getting from this site is that there are only a few people with access to the code and they are too busy to impliment new features right now.
You are a legend.
--In the arctic, flying over penguins and narwhals
--on a resort island, bothering tourists
--in a factory, flying through conveyer belts and machines
--in a volcanic cave, dodging lava flow (think Alladin in the giant sand tiger cave)
--Flying through the olympics, dodging tennis players and javelin throwers
That's the best I got.
@caeles maybe implementing a comment "like" system would be the best way to award points. It would disincentivize the act of posting throwaway comments. I myself don't treat points with much importance, they are a somewhat nice reward if you post something people like, but when somebody's goal is to get points rather than try to make constructive additions of to the site, it can become a problem.
I know there isn't anything that can be done about this until we have access to the code, but another suggestion is to edit the points system to not give people points for commenting on a submission. I like the idea of the comments section being a place where other users can offer criticism, praise, or ask questions. But there are a few people who are abusing the comments for points. When someone is posting a generic comment like "sweet" on almost every new submission, it feels a little insincere. Maybe other people don't feel the same way, and I probably shouldn't care, but I guess I would just rather have an empty comment section on one of my entries rather than someone saying "cool."
Currently, I'm doing all my stuff CC until I make a name for myself. I want to be the Kenney of game music :)
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