jjmafiae wrote:you should get a artist to draw some proper graphics, maybe a retro like layout?
but teh babis ar so purty
jjmafiae wrote:also the download section should use Vapor if josefnpat allows it.
I second that. But it makes me think of some things.
First, I think not all games in the current version of Vapor will be updated to 0.9.0. Maybe Lilove could have multiple versions of LÖVE.
Also, one great thing about Vapor is that it allows pretty much anyone to get in. Also, it works a bit like a Flash games website, it gives a chance to very small games that people usually wouldn't bother downloading. But I also think the coolest games get mixed up in a pool of not so good games... maybe there's a way to deal with that?
I don't know if ratings would be the best way. Ratings would work out perfectly:
1- if everybody would rate consciously, but I got loads of examples of the contrary from Google Play, like people going "hey, looks good, I'm gonna download it, five stars!" or saying "it's awesome, five stars!" but effectively giving it one star.
2- if everybody would rate using the same metrics, but people tend to do this subjectively. Two people might find a game reasonably good, but one of them will give it three stars (just good), and the other will give it five stars (as there's nothing wrong with it).
Not to mention the fact that giving grades is an attempt to simplify things, but it's no objective measure of anything. I've grown fond of the idea that when you review something, you don't give it a grade, as it would reduce that unique piece of art to a number.
The whole evaluation system would require a server and logins (we don't want anonymous spammers), which is more trouble.
So... maybe a community managed spotlight? We could even divide it into categories and stuff. I'm thinking more of lenght-related categories, as not to hurt very small but very good games. I'm not too fond of dividing things into genres, as there's often no clear border between them (and a genre search could be done by searching the descriptions, I guess).
