Independant scenario development all but dead?

[Inferis]

I was thinking about a simple but effective system, as described below.

Scenario Teams
Scenario teams could create an "all round" web page, featuring the following info:

• a description of the project
• a list of team members and their functions (and a short "resumé" for each member)
• a gallery of screenshots
• a list of downloads for the scenario (ie installers, read-me's, ...)

(A team can also be just one person, of course)

User Rights
The system would be sporting a login system to administer the scenarios.
The person starting a new scenario team is the "admin" of the team; she can add new team members and and adjust their scenario-rights:

• update the description
• modify team members
• maintain screenshots
• maintain downloads

In addition, each member can update his own "resumé", or resign from the project.

Versioning
The system would also allow to "replace" versions of existing downloads with newer versions (ie when an upgrade takes place); it is of course possible to add new downloads or remove existing files.

That's about it. I'd be happy to develop it; the question is in what scripting-language. I can do ASP with whatever DB behind it, or maybe PHP and MySQL coupled to the vBulletin-DB which would allow us to use the forum logins as authentication service. Dunno. Patric?

Let me know, I probably have forgotten a vital component somewhere.

Edit: Added screenshot gallery

 

[Inferis]

And legacy problems...

It's no problem incorporating the existing information in the current scenario depot in a generated "description" file or even require the new system to include some of the old properties.

The person registered with each scenario in the current depot will become the team admin for the existing scenario (dunno if this will be feasible if we can use the vBulletin auth DB).

"Migrating" the downloadable file from the current scenario depot will also be a piece of cake.

Most of this can be down automatically by running a script on the existing scenario "database" (in whatever form that is).

 

[Languish]

I like your idea's alot... Havard... any comments?

 

[Mad King James]

I know my project isn't independent anymore, but I did do a reasonably popular one-man GC a while back. So if anyone wants some free advice all you need to do is PM me.

 

[Inferis]

You do know that one-man GCs are extremely overrated, as they are currently standing. Right?

 

[Mad King James]

Of course, my gc was extremely overrated, but hey, if people like it that much why not

I have been thinking of taking a stab at a 1 a.d. scenario

 

[unmerged(739)]

Originally posted by Mad King James
Of course, my gc was extremely overrated, but hey, if people like it that much why not

I have been thinking of taking a stab at a 1 a.d. scenario

Gasp! You're not handing over control of the AGC to someone else are you?

 

[Inferis]

Hey, maybe I should start the OGC: the Overrated Grand Campaign.

 

[unmerged(739)]

What would the OGC involve Inferis?

 

[Inferis]

Nothing much, but it would be hyped so much that everybody would love it. Hence, it would be overrated. Maybe after that I can start another project (in Snow King's fine tradition) that's called the VOGC (Very Overrated Grand Campaign) and after that the EOGC (Extremely Overrated Grand Campaign) or even the IOGC (Intensely Overrated Grand Campaign).

 

[unmerged(739)]

Originally posted by Inferis
Maybe after that I can start another project (in Snow King's fine tradition) that's called the VOGC (Very Overrated Grand Campaign) and after that the EOGC (Extremely Overrated Grand Campaign) or even the IOGC (Intensely Overrated Grand Campaign).

Inferis, that's a little below the belt isn't it?

 

[Inferis]

Is it?

If it is, it was never my intention. I thought the focus was on the various OGCs, and not on Snow King. I just thought that it would be a funny note to include, given a few comments in another thread.
What Snow King does with his various projects is his case, and I don't care if he starts another bunch of them. Really. But I do think it is funny that he always "restarts" (I'm a bit like it myself), and this was my way of showing it.

And if that way offends anybody, well... What can I do about it?

 

[unmerged(739)]

Ah, sorry. I must've taken your words out of context.

 

[Inferis]

That's no problem at all.

 

[Mad King James]

I was a tad astonished at how popular my old GC got, I certainly didn't hype it, though I asked for feedback a lot from people who played it. To be honest I started it to just fix a 'couple things' that annoyed me about the GC. Unfortunately the perfectionist in me never let the list of 'couple things' end

And don't worry, I'll still head up the AGC, but nothing quite beats the feeling of charging into a project all alone So yeah one of two things will happen, I'll either pop up months from now with a 1 ad scenario, or I'll abandon it and you'll never hear about it again

 

[unmerged(8451)]

Originally posted by Mad King James
And don't worry, I'll still head up the AGC, but nothing quite beats the feeling of charging into a project all alone So yeah one of two things will happen, I'll either pop up months from now with a 1 ad scenario, or I'll abandon it and you'll never hear about it again

Just like that project to reskin the EU2 engine?

 

[unmerged(739)]

What does 'reskin' mean?

 

[Mad King James]

Originally posted by Captain Krunch
Just like that project to reskin the EU2 engine?

That was one of those things where it seemed like a really good idea at the time until I realized how much work it would be

 

[Languish]

It is still a viable project though MKJ... there was the diplomatic mod released, which though it barely scratched the surface, was a good start.

 

[Mad King James]

Oh yeah definitely I was dreaming of 'themes' like a mongol theme graphic set, or a napoleonic one, etc