From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26204 invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2004 23:23:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26169 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2004 23:23:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.168.181) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 13 Nov 2004 23:23:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@67.123.175.195 with plain) by smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2004 23:23:20 -0000 Subject: Re: Publicity Test Run From: Lincoln Peters To: Elijah Meeks Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: <20041105213752.45701.qmail@web13123.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041105213752.45701.qmail@web13123.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1100388220.15874.77.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:55:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01409.txt.bz2 On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 13:37, Elijah Meeks wrote: > To that end, I > think we should tidy up the In Progress/Release list > of games that show up when you start a new game, so > that it puts the engine's best foot forward. My > initial votes go for the Standard Game, the various > Advanced Games, my own AWLS, Opal and Star Fleet > Battles, the Civ port and Galaxy 2. I'm not too > familiar with the rest, but I think it'd be good to > stabilize Bellum Aeternum and Wreckreation, because > these are current projects, and I would be happy to > lend a hand, if there's anything I can do. Perhaps a better system for categorizing games, both by genre and development stage, would go a long way here. Something like this updated version of my proposed GTK+-based "Welcome" screen (which could be mimicked to the same effect with TclTk or ParaGUI): http://homepage.mac.com/lmpeters/welcome2.png --- Lincoln Peters "... an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite often picturesque liar." -- Mark Twain