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Liquixcat
Administrator
Lazy Coder
Registered
08/12/2002
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201
  
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5th August, 2014 at 05/08/2014 13:05:00 -
It's difficult to maintain a presence as of late due to some behind the scene information that has come to light. Also, honestly there isn't much that can be considered news worthy.
I did a massive splurge of updates and with little to no gain. I've now completely moved into my house and I hope I'll do a little more front page news.
I can understand the frustration.
thinking is like pong, it's easy, but you miss sometimes.
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The_Antisony
At least I'm not Circy
Registered
01/07/2002
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1341
 
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13th January, 2015 at 13/01/2015 19:01:17 -
Okay; so it's been six months.
Updates are still sporadic as heck, and no definitive word from Rikus or Clubsoft.
Here's what I'm getting - tDC is pretty much dead. Clubsoft and Rikus aren't trying to advertize or improve the site, let alone admin or moderate it. They've got no plans to pass-the-torch to anyone willing to take over. They won't qualify or approve mods with enough free-time to be effective. Apparently, the site as it sits right now is only being kept alive for posterity-sake. Everyone seems to be purposely and intentionally hands-off-the-wheel around here and there doesn't seem to be any decent explanation other than a lack of time.
Does that pretty much sum it up?
 Edited by The_Antisony
ChrisD> Employer: Say, wanna see a magic trick?
ChrisD> Employee: Uhh… sure, boss.
ChrisD> Employer: Your job! It just disappeared! Pack your things and leave! Pretty good trick, huh?
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UrbanMonk
BRING BACK MITCH
Registered
07/07/2008
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49667
       
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14th January, 2015 at 14/01/2015 17:31:13 -
You know how I found this site? It was on the sidebar of Clickteam.com a long while ago if I remember correctly. Now I don't see a mention of it anywhere on their mainsite.
EDIT: Looks like they still have a link here on their forums though.
Edited by UrbanMonk
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SolarB
Registered
26/12/2011
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564
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15th January, 2015 at 15/01/2015 08:19:38 -
Since we're all nostalgic and crap I wanted to post my personal experience with TDC and Clickteam products before offering a biased and uninformed analysis followed by some unrealistic suggestions. Here goes:
I found this site when I started using TGF before the dawn of the new millennium. As a kid I started selling my LogoWriter games to other kids at school and made $20 (a lot for me at the time) til I got busted for making a profit on school grounds = ) later discovered K&P and TGF, the former was purchased from a bargain bin and the latter was unashamedly burnt and cracked (and luckily some people here will not know what I'm referring to). In light of this TDC was THE place to go to participate in the original "no-programming-required" community, which at the time was vibrant and full of enthusiasm. Heaps of lurking, a few posts, university, a day job and a few years later I'm still keeping the dream alive armed with a legit copy of F2.5 - it's now possible to make professional quality games and cash in on it, how cool is that! So now I have a side hobby/business which would not have been possible without clickteam products and this site.
There was some discussion about the direction of the site, whether for hobbyists or unabashed spruiking. Why choose, and where are the other options? Forums that have a general theme ie. "creating games" don't have to go in any direction, in my opinion the more open the better. No reason there can't be sub-communities within a community. Look at mapcore.org for instance, this is a site dedicated to... level design. But it's huge, covers everything from game engines to concept art and is a regular hangout for industry pros as well as utter noobs like me (Cryengine). It may or may not be directly affiliated with game dev companies but they get big sponsors. TIG is a general indie dev site that is also huge. I'm not saying TDC should become or directly copy these sites, the point is this site (with its domain name) would benefit from a more open approach which could ultimately attract more users and create a unique community. It should definitely keep the Klicker soul, the mantra "anyone can and should make games", and I think it could be a big success. The rise in indie gaming, the changing needs and tastes of the amateur community, the increasing competition of "easy" game making software and the amazing quality of games that can be produced with them is evidence of this. There is a niche to be filled here, I think.
Last point, the site definitely needs an overhaul. Nobody likes using a dated looking site with broken features. What are the 'cool' forum tool thingies people use nowadays? Use those!
TLDR; i like Cickteam, indie game scene has changed for the good, TDC needs re-branding and when it does so it will rise from the ashes.
Edited by SolarB
My Open Source Examples: http://bit.ly/YyUFUh
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UrbanMonk
BRING BACK MITCH
Registered
07/07/2008
Points
49667
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15th January, 2015 at 15/01/2015 18:10:42 -
If we're looking for suggestions for new forum software I would go with this:
http://vanillaforums.org/
It's easy to use and super simple in design. I don't care for phpbb or any of the other more complicated forum systems myself.
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Pan-tosser
Registered
24/10/2008
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520
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19th January, 2015 at 19/01/2015 16:15:10 -
Another idea besides a new forum, which is a good idea. Is for everyone who uploads games to the net. To do so by bundling a link to the click in with their game.
https://www.facebook.com/nathon.brown.7
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Indigo Steel Shield
Registered
02/11/2002
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1578
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24th January, 2015 at 24/01/2015 21:16:12 -
I REALLY hope that new life is put into this site! I love this site. It, and two other sites, are the only ones where your game will ALWAYS be accepted. As a matter of fact.....I submitted a new game a few games ago. I am waiting for someone to approve it. There is one other site where I submit games, but much of the time, they will not accept what I submit no matter what I do. Perhaps Clickteam will finish Fusion 3 this year.....or sometime in this century. Maybe then, that will breath life into this site. In the meantime, I will be making more games into a few months and keep submitting them here. I hope THAT will help. Let's all work together to keep this site going! Cheers!
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UrbanMonk
BRING BACK MITCH
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07/07/2008
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49667
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28th January, 2015 at 28/01/2015 21:44:47 -
Well we already have CF 2.5. I don't think Clickteam will be releasing another major update for a while.
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