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Updates / Re: CMS Changes
« on: May 23, 2013, 02:48:49 am »
They're most def not being deleted, we're just moving them to the wiki.

Just to clarify, this is a mistake. What MG-Zero means to say is that we're looking to move it offsite. It will not be moved to the wiki.

102
Updates / CMS Changes
« on: May 22, 2013, 04:46:34 pm »
Hey guys, hope all's going well.

The website UI changes so far have been progressing. Those using experimental themes can see that, and have messaged me about it with their questions and thoughts.

But anyway, the point of this post is to explain that we're unhappy with the current CMS. We are in the process of migrating content off of it into the Wiki (the projects being a great example). Once the content is fully off the CMS, we will begin the process of replacing the software behind it.

In addition to projects being migrated, the resource section will be removed. We'll have a backup of it and everything, but it won't be on the site anymore. This is your opportunity and fair notice, if you want to get something from the resources, to get it for yourself now.

The team feels that the goal of ZFGC going forward is to shy away from being a CDN for images and resources, but focus more on the social, educational, and community aspects.

If you have any questions, please let me know!
-Lorentz

103
Entertainment / Re: Seems Microsoft Can't Count
« on: May 22, 2013, 03:11:02 pm »
Any word on XNA replacement? Or does the fact that indies can't self-publish defeat the original purpose of XNA?

104
Entertainment / Re: Unlicensed/Pirated Game Discussion
« on: May 20, 2013, 02:26:46 am »
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for showing a passion in something and sharing it.

105
King of Thieves / Re: [UPDATE 5/17/13]Code Release
« on: May 18, 2013, 07:16:34 pm »
Yeah if we need, the gears engine can be modified to do binary serialization instead of XML. XML is just easy and since it happens once, the performance hit isn't as bad.

106
King of Thieves / Re: [UPDATE 5/17/13]Code Release
« on: May 17, 2013, 10:15:51 pm »
So we now have a half working map implementation.  We are now able to draw tiles read from an xml file.  It's VERY simple to read.  Below is the sample xml I'm testing with:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<map>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <name>test</name>
  <layerCount>1</layerCount>
  <tileset name = "test">tileset:test</tileset>
  <layers>
<layer width = "1" height = "1" name = "bleh">
<layerNum>0</layerNum>
<tiles>
<tile coordinates = "0:0" selection = "4:2"></tile>
</tiles>
</layer>
  </layers>
</map>

Big thanks to the underlying Gears Engine for providing a foundation for this.  The changes will be pushed to master today.

!@#$% this is awesome. XML reading is sweet.

Serializing for the winnar

107
Updates / Re: Wiki projects!
« on: May 17, 2013, 05:26:26 pm »
Hey guys !

So far so good. We've been working to migrate some more *active* projects over to the wiki. Afterwards we are deleting them from the CMS as we go. If you are the owner of a project, please check the wiki version of your project to make sure it looks good to you -- as we are doing this sort of speedily through our own generic template.
Also make sure not to add any more projects to the CMS! If we notice that happening, it's likely it may get deleted without getting ported. Just instead create your project in the wiki! The CMS will be replaced so we want to downsize it as much as possible to make migration to a new CMS less painful.

Thanks :D

108
Coding / For Mercurial users who still want to use github
« on: May 17, 2013, 02:50:40 am »
Saw this protip, had to share.

"Know anyone that prefers Mercurial? They can use GitHub with our hg-git plugin"
http://hg-git.github.io/

109
Zelda Projects / Re: The Legend of Zelda A Hero`s Destiny
« on: May 02, 2013, 10:58:08 pm »
srry im short temperd
It's aight, we all got things going on. Just make sure you consider other people's feelings next time around.

110
Other Projects / Re: [Ludim Dare 26 Entry] Gors Cross
« on: April 30, 2013, 02:16:22 pm »
Excellent stuff, Kami! I love seeing games that were made like this!

111
Graphics / Re: Animation warm-up! It's Link, and he's running!
« on: April 29, 2013, 02:48:58 pm »
I like it a lot. It takes a good amount of skill to animate something!

112
Updates / Re: Website UI Changes
« on: April 24, 2013, 05:15:52 pm »
When you mention general thematic changes, are you referring to how for themes like Super Mega Goron how the site's theme is Midnight Revival - to where you'd be making it where the site had the theming of Super Mega Goron. Or were you referring to new themes being brought to ZFGC that are going to be released in additional to your website user-interface changes?

Either way, best of luck with the stuff and thank-you for your work on this.

Thanks for the reply!

When I mention general thematic changes, I am not necessarily referring to adding new themes, but instead bolster the existing themes to use a responsive layout. This way, ZFGC will look good and function well regardless of what device you're viewing it on. In its current state, the site themes shrink down really small on mobile phones and you have to use zoom to actually do or read anything (unless you got super good eyesight).

Perhaps after this phase is done, we can look into adding new themes. Our first strategy on the roadmap is to migrate resource and project-related content from the CMS into the wiki. This is why the navigation is being changed and will be organized better.
The next strategy involves eventually replacing the CMS with a more flexible, social platform that journalists like Mirby could use to showcase cool projects and other news.

By the way, thank you for your kind words.
--Lorentz

113
Feedback / Re: Tabs are a mess
« on: April 24, 2013, 04:51:04 pm »
Thanks for the feedback, but this is the wrong place.

Go to: http://zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=40619.0

Also note that things *will indeed* be funky until it's fully implemented. Thanks for your continued patience and understanding.

114
Updates / Website UI Changes
« on: April 23, 2013, 07:19:59 pm »
Hey guys --

Coming up shortly, you may notice some changes being applied to the overall website layout.
This may include changes to the menu/navigation bar, and in general thematic changes as well as mobile support bit by bit.
It won't all happen at once, as to make the transition gradual (and the work easier on us admins).

If you have any questions about the changes please feel free to leave a message in this thread. If you find that something you normally use is now missing, please include as many relevant details as possible and we can either help you find it again or explain why it was removed. This mostly applies to the navigation, as many pages are being consolidated or moved to the Wiki.

Thanks,
--Lorentz

115
Graphics / Re: For anybody who's interested in seeing my latest works
« on: April 15, 2013, 03:46:06 am »
Very awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing more of that kind of thing.


I wonder if there's anyone on this board who knows how to texture existing models.

116
Entertainment / Re: Streaming some Gameboy games
« on: April 12, 2013, 02:02:20 pm »
Welcome back!

117
Entertainment / Re: DBSQ KickStarter
« on: April 11, 2013, 10:27:36 pm »
Technically one cannot prove they arent making profit unless an audit proves otherwise, and even then it is revenue without royalty for copyrighted and trademarked content.

118
Entertainment / Re: Having guitar fun
« on: March 29, 2013, 09:55:44 pm »
Sweet! You know when you come over Saturday we can record this as a track and add instruments

119
King of Thieves / Re: [UPDATE]Code Release
« on: March 27, 2013, 02:25:46 pm »
I think we need to know what you want us to do with the code.

120
Entertainment / Re: DBSQ KickStarter
« on: March 26, 2013, 10:57:52 pm »
Looks like the KS is cancelled already?

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