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I feel strongly this page: https://defold.com/showcase/ https://defold.com/showcase/ should have screenshots not artwork. All the artwork tells me is that they

I feel strongly this page: https://defold.com/showcase/ https://defold.com/showcase/ should have screenshots not artwork. All the artwork tells me is that they employ someone who can draw. I don't care about that.

jay_kyburz 6y ago
Screenshots are not going to tell you anything more. You should go get the game from the app store and see them running.
- andybak 6y ago
  Of course they are going to tell me something more. They will tell me what the actual game looks like.
  - hypertele-Xii 6y ago
    ...Which will only tell you that they employ someone who can draw. Which you don't care about.
britzl 6y ago
Great feedback! Thanks. You should be able to click on any of the games to get to a store page or similar where you can see screenshots of each game.
- andybak 6y ago
  That's missing the point. I first have to decide whether I want to click on one and if so which one I want to click on. The illustrations don't help me decide. They don't even particularly encourage me to click. I'm sure if you came to it cold you'd see what I mean. Great illustrations aren't a rare commodity on the web - people want to know what the actual game will look like.
  - britzl 6y ago
    Sure, I get what you are saying, and yes, perhaps we should also include screenshots. I'll see what we can do. But keep in mind that the showcase page isn't there to sell the games. It is there to show that professional games have been released using Defold. And to show to that you can be productive and release games when you use Defold. Screenshots or illustrations does not matter in this case. Neither says anything about the quality of the engine. And we opted for illustrations as that works better on a showcase page.
    - gnarbarian 6y ago
      I get your position, but I also expected that "showcase" was going to be showcasing your engine or at least features of your engine.
      - britzl 6y ago
        This is a very good point! Looking at our top menu items again I can see how it looks for a new visitor. * Product (https://defold.com/product/ https://defold.com/product/) lists engine features. This should probably be renamed Features. * Showcase (https://defold.com/showcase/ https://defold.com/showcase/) shows games made with Defold. It is not so much a showcase for specific engine features but rather a showcase of different kinds of games that has been made with Defold. Perhaps we should rename it to Games. As a side-note regarding games: We will start posting developer case-studies in a few weeks. These case-studies will show both the games and the features of the engine as well as clever solutions to problems and how Defold has helped the creators while developing their games.
kennethkl 6y ago
to each their own. i personally like direction they took. it's minimal and gives more of a teaser. like a movie poster or game box art. I'd find adding screenshots everywhere is a little too much towards a specific niche detail

jay_kyburz 6y ago

Screenshots are not going to tell you anything more. You should go get the game from the app store and see them running.

andybak 6y ago
Of course they are going to tell me something more. They will tell me what the actual game looks like.
- hypertele-Xii 6y ago
  ...Which will only tell you that they employ someone who can draw. Which you don't care about.

britzl 6y ago

Great feedback! Thanks. You should be able to click on any of the games to get to a store page or similar where you can see screenshots of each game.

andybak 6y ago
That's missing the point. I first have to decide whether I want to click on one and if so which one I want to click on. The illustrations don't help me decide. They don't even particularly encourage me to click. I'm sure if you came to it cold you'd see what I mean. Great illustrations aren't a rare commodity on the web - people want to know what the actual game will look like.
- britzl 6y ago
  Sure, I get what you are saying, and yes, perhaps we should also include screenshots. I'll see what we can do. But keep in mind that the showcase page isn't there to sell the games. It is there to show that professional games have been released using Defold. And to show to that you can be productive and release games when you use Defold. Screenshots or illustrations does not matter in this case. Neither says anything about the quality of the engine. And we opted for illustrations as that works better on a showcase page.
  - gnarbarian 6y ago
    I get your position, but I also expected that "showcase" was going to be showcasing your engine or at least features of your engine.
    - britzl 6y ago
      This is a very good point! Looking at our top menu items again I can see how it looks for a new visitor. * Product (https://defold.com/product/ https://defold.com/product/) lists engine features. This should probably be renamed Features. * Showcase (https://defold.com/showcase/ https://defold.com/showcase/) shows games made with Defold. It is not so much a showcase for specific engine features but rather a showcase of different kinds of games that has been made with Defold. Perhaps we should rename it to Games. As a side-note regarding games: We will start posting developer case-studies in a few weeks. These case-studies will show both the games and the features of the engine as well as clever solutions to problems and how Defold has helped the creators while developing their games.

kennethkl 6y ago

to each their own. i personally like direction they took. it's minimal and gives more of a teaser. like a movie poster or game box art. I'd find adding screenshots everywhere is a little too much towards a specific niche detail