July 31, 2007

News Injector error fixed

The news injector was suffering from a logic error that caused the script to error out unnecessarily. I've since fixed that... at least... I think I did. If it errors out on you and you're certain you typed everything correctly, let me know ASAP via email. At the very least, I'll be able to inject your news manually.

July 14, 2007

New Member: Township Games

We at Pax Tsukuru are proud to announce a new member, Township Games !!!

They can be found at:
http://TownshipGames.com

They support the following engines/methods:

  • Game Maker
  • RPG Maker 2000
  • RPG Maker 2003
  • RPG Maker XP
  • Sphere
Their chosen representative is "BlindMind".

With the membership of Township Games, the IGDD finally expands its scope beyond the RPG Maker community.

July 10, 2007

Updated the chatroom page so that it no longer allows access to the #AG room (which is never used) and instead now allows access to #UI (which is at least used minorly)

I noticed that games have a "synopsis" field in the DB, but I didn't actually have a field on the join us page that allowed a person to fill in that field for himself, so I added one.

July 07, 2007

IGDD.org (PTv4) Released!


I am very proud to finally release (after over 2 weeks of practically non-stop coding) Pax Tsukuru version 4, a.k.a. IGDD.org!

The complete list of features includes the following:

  • Directory of its members and games.
    • Flexible search term system : Search terms can be added onto the end of the homepage URL to narrow results.
      • Games : igdd.org/write/search/terms/here
      • Members : igdd.org/members/write/search/terms/here

    • Every member is listed by what engines/methods it supports.
    • Every game is listed using various "tags"
      • Genres : Strictly referring to interface aspects
      • Themes : Strictly referring to environment aspects
      • Engine/Method : The medium the game was made in.
      • Condition : The game's stage of development.

    • NOTE: Only these tags have valid search terms. Using anything other than the tags listed here will generate an error.
    • Every
      day, a random member and game are "featured" on practically every page
      in the IGDD. (The only time this isn't true is when someone searches
      with only one search term.)
    • The member and game with the latest news are displayed on the homepage.
      • Generated from the RSS feed.


  • A dynamically-generated RSS news feed!

  • Java "anytime anywhere" Chatroom
    • Rights within the "lobby" room
      • "Representatives" from the various member sites get "operator" status
        • If more than one category of engine/method is supported, "half-operator" status may be given at Invisionary's discretion

      • General staff get "voice" status
      • Creators of registered games also get "voice" status

    • Member staff and registered creators can choose to get a "nameplate" which replaces their name in the chat.
    • Members can opt for their own room and have the IGDD Javachat allow access to it.

  • Google Custom Search bar can be used to search all content related to IGDD.org
    • Began crawling recent content as of 7-7-07 (PTv4's release date)

  • Publically-available web statistics.