KAG Stuff

I've been working on a little project with the help of a few fellow KAG-ers recently and I'm at the point where I would like wider feedback.

Here it is: KAG Stuff

Its a website for the contribution and searching of community-generated content - initially just maps, but this will be expanded to sprite sets, mods/rules packs, etc. as time goes on.

So, please check it out and let me know what you think. You need an account to submit/rate content, but otherwise the main features are there. I'll be supporting the idea that you are entitled to the same username you have here, so if someone steals yours let me know via PM on the forums and I'll give it to you.
Eventually I'd like to re-work the login to use your kag2d credentials, just like the forums do.

One thing I haven't done (at all, really) is optimised it for performance. So it may well be dog slow at times. I'll get round to improving that soon.
Oh yeah, and I've barely done any cross-browser testing. It works good in chrome, and probably looks okay in most places in Firefox, but I'm not sure about any others.

Feedback and suggestions would be great :D

 

You'll need a new one, its a different site.

 

Activated you. Not sure what's going on - activation is working for several people.
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Next planned feature:

Allowing users to create 'map lists':
These will simply be a list of references to maps already in the kag stuff system.
When you save the list, a zip file will automatically be generated containing all the maps selected, available for download by anyone viewing the list.

So you'll be able to create and share your favourite map cycles :)

 

I have a buttload of non-kag-related work I've got to do first, unfortunately.
Once I've freed some time up it'll only take me a few hours probably, so... I'll be able to give an estimate once I've figured out when I'll have time :s

 

Yeah that's pretty easy to do.
The main things I need to figure out for that is:
- What different fields are required for sprite/texture packs
- What different categories are approriate for them

And those same two questions can be applied to any other type of content - i.e. mods
The thing about mods that I'm slightly uneasy on is how to best draw the line between different mod types and things like what file types to support, as I'm really hazy on the details of what folks are coming up with in this area.

 

What kind are we talking about now...? The kind most folks are talking about when they say modding is either resource replacement (i.e. textures, sounds, etc.) or game mode mods for servers.
Modifying the libraries is still not allowed... However the idea of moderating them bears some merit so I will bring it up the rest of the team. I would be concerned about it 'opening the floodgates' though.

 

You haven't authenticated your account - did you not receive an email? Once you auth it becomes possible to edit stuff.

 

With the scripting support coming in, I don't think it will be necessary to allow library-altering mods any time soon. Maybe in the future.