Game section discussions

[Marked 197]

Since its inception I have been thinking about how to incorporate discussions into the games section. The comments are just as if the games were topics... it's a single conversation, which doesn't really fit. 

 

I am thinking instead of removing the comments entirely and replacing them with a type of simple forum for each game page. The categories would most likely be fixed and include News & Updates, Bug report, feedback & critque, reviews, support. Something along those lines. 

 

It's a way to keep the discussion going in a way that comments don't facilitate. It will open new doors for developers to seek feedback and grow their fan base.

 

Thoughts?  

[Kitsuki 17]

Something like that sounds pretty good. Or a reply system or something, since we have to comment on our own games to reply to anyone who writes something in the comment section.

 

I like "Feedback and critique" than "comments". Better connotation, for sure. I'm starting to associate the latter with one-liners that are something like "lol!!!1!! kewl story bruh". I think it's because of that kind of attitude on Youtube and deviantART regarding comments, especially the former. Even deviantART has a separate category for "Critique" aside from its comments, so even just changing the name to something like "Feedback" might make a different impression for users who are considering leaving some form of feedback. ;)

 

Reviews should probably be a different section from the things I mentioned above, so I like all your ideas.  :thumbsup: If you're planning to carry them out, then good luck!

 

Man, there sure needs to be more appreciation for your work on this site, Mark. Good work, carry on!

[James Anthony Hyatt 0]

 

Man, there sure needs to be more appreciation for your work on this site, Mark. Good work, carry on!

 

 

Agreed, and yes I personally think its a great ideal, i also think that it would make the game pages look a bit more professional, which IMO , is a good thing , if the page looks and feel professional, then people will start to treat the game pages more like they should be treated, and not like i see on other sites ,with one or two line descriptions, little or no story-line, and standard RTP stuff, I know that it wont stop people from doing that , but if the page feels more legit, then maybe people will treat it that way ?

[ShinkuAura 15]

Good idea! I also suggest that you should remove blogs or reimagine them into something more useful as well. Maybe you could make it into a sub-forum for the game or something like that. You know when a developer starts their game here on GDU and uses the topic to create sub-topics of some sort, such as:

 

Topic: Game 1 in development.

 

--Sub-Topic: Game 1 updates--

Subtopics List:

Sub-Topic: Game 1 Pre-Alpha testing

Sub-Topic: Game 1 Pre-Alpha Fixes and features

Sub-Topic: Release

etc, etc.

 

I'm just suggesting an opinion, i love how blogs are implemented here.