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[Terrified Virus]

If you switch skin to mobile version, it reverts back to origninal.

[GPro]

Thanks a lot guys, the new skin loads MUCH faster, the older one was slower while loading

[Sven]

Is it April 1st already?

[TheSnidr]

Now that I'm used to it, the new skin isn't bad at all.
However, there's a bug when deleting status updates - I've tried to delete a status update from my profile for days, but it keeps popping back!
I don't know if this is related to the new skin, but I didn't experience it with the old one.
The status update in question is the "Uploaded a vid of what my..."

[Osmium]

Can somebody tell me in which font is "GameMaker Community" written in? I mean this:



EDIT: I found it, its "Paytone One".

Edited by ShadowRaptor, 22 August 2011 - 11:29 AM.

[Yal]

I personally think that "Yoyo Games New (Import)" is a bit confusing name, where "YYG Black" or "YYG Ninja" would instantly convey its meaning... And the drop-down list is placed quite non-visible. If I'd known it was possible to change to the old theme, I'd gone and looked in my Settings\Forum Settings page first.

Anyway; on a rainy day (such as today), this new theme is quite delicious. Any light on the screen, though, ruins readability a bit.

[borut]

I liked the oldschool one more

[tsa05]

Thank you, YYG, for allowing us to switch to the YYG theme, instead of the YYG Dark theme.

I understand your desire to match this site up with the massive overhaul done to the YYG site, but the dark look was uninviting, and the Paytone One font was very much a poor choice for small text such as user names. I don't agree with the redesign of your main site (I feel that you've dashed away the game-sharing community you spent several years building in favour of a corporate-feeling, *very* content-lite, unfriendly theme), but I understand that you may be looking to take your company in a new direction.

The GMC has always been separate from the YYG site (and most GMC members deliberately chose to remain here rather than migrate to the YYG forums) as a community for the users and the makers, not for towing the company line. That split is, I feel, what makes it entirely OK for YYG to move to a corporate, non-community-driven main site. We still have this forum to turn to. So, you can imagine my concern when I see this site being overhauled to the current stylistic trends of the main site.

I do wish that the YYG Theme was still the primary one--it's easier to read. But thanks for giving us the choice, at least. I hope that it will help in keeping the rather incredible community of developers coming back here.

[xanthom]

Thank you, YYG, for allowing us to switch to the YYG theme, instead of the YYG Dark theme.

I understand your desire to match this site up with the massive overhaul done to the YYG site, but the dark look was uninviting, and the Paytone One font was very much a poor choice for small text such as user names. I don't agree with the redesign of your main site (I feel that you've dashed away the game-sharing community you spent several years building in favour of a corporate-feeling, *very* content-lite, unfriendly theme), but I understand that you may be looking to take your company in a new direction.

The GMC has always been separate from the YYG site (and most GMC members deliberately chose to remain here rather than migrate to the YYG forums) as a community for the users and the makers, not for towing the company line. That split is, I feel, what makes it entirely OK for YYG to move to a corporate, non-community-driven main site. We still have this forum to turn to. So, you can imagine my concern when I see this site being overhauled to the current stylistic trends of the main site.

I do wish that the YYG Theme was still the primary one--it's easier to read. But thanks for giving us the choice, at least. I hope that it will help in keeping the rather incredible community of developers coming back here.

Corporate look? If anything the old theme had a more corporate look, but in a good, "professional" way.

Besides the new look, the new site doesn't really have much of interest when compared to the sandbox, which contains a huge selection of interesting games. I think the sandbox should be incorporated into the main website in a more noticeable way.

Other suggestions that others have reiterated:
- change the font
- revamp the program logos
- redesign the site (no cheesy rotating logos please)
- put more interesting content on the site
- incorporate the sandbox into the main site to a higher degree
- add additional promotional tools for sandbox users - I thought this was going to happen
- rename and rebrand "Game Maker"

Remember that the site rankings for YoYoGames.com are dropping fast. Do something about it!

Edited by xanthom, 26 August 2011 - 04:17 PM.

[IceMetalPunk]

Other suggestions that others have reiterated:
- change the font
- revamp the program logos
- redesign the site (no cheesy rotating logos please)
- put more interesting content on the site
- incorporate the sandbox into the main site to a higher degree
- add additional promotional tools for sandbox users - I thought this was going to happen
- rename and rebrand "Game Maker"

So you're saying..."start from scratch"?

An why in the multiverse would anyone suggest Game Maker be renamed? There's already word-of-mouth spread around the world about Game Maker. Imagine how hard it would be to find Game Maker if it was suddenly renamed to, i.e., GameDev.

-IMP

Edited by IceMetalPunk, 26 August 2011 - 09:52 PM.

[Fuzzle]

Let's change the name of Game Maker to "Incessantly Complaining", so the GMC's new name will be "Incessantly Complaining Community". It's alliterative and everything!

The theme is quite nice. Good show, chaps.

[IceMetalPunk]

Or even the "Incessantly Complaining Universe", so it'd be the ICU

-IMP

[Yal]

Why no call it "the Immature Maker Place", or IMP for short?

EDIT: (And that abbreviation is not meant as an insult, more like a tribute, since I figure it would be pretty fun to have the same abbreviation as the forums since you would feel like you're in charge of it all. Just wanted to clarify that)

Edited by Yal, 30 August 2011 - 07:10 AM.

[Catelf]

I find no problem with the new look.
I liked it almost instantly.
I think the "Light on Dark" studies referred to is really a question of getting used to, and since a lot is too used to "dark on light", the experience problems with "Dark on Light".
However.
There is one exception to that, i think it was NPT (Paul Toast) that mentioned colour blindness, that in his case makes red and blue invisible on the grey background.

This is not to be taken ... lightly ... (any pun is NOT intended).

As for the "not professional" talk:
I've seen "professional".
Everyone wants to be "professional".
To me, seeing site after site trying to be "professional", even sites that frankly doesn't have to .... is just boring.
It is even so boring, that it sometimes feels like a horde of corporate hogs is running through the net.

I congratulate GMC for thinking outside of the corporate (boar) box, and try something else.

...... But then, i'm no "high-brainer" so ... well at least, this is my opinion.

Edited by Catelf, 30 August 2011 - 10:57 AM.

[IceMetalPunk]

Why no call it "the Immature Maker Place", or IMP for short?

EDIT: (And that abbreviation is not meant as an insult, more like a tribute, since I figure it would be pretty fun to have the same abbreviation as the forums since you would feel like you're in charge of it all. Just wanted to clarify that)

Nah, that wouldn't be good. Then people would be complaining that "IMP's skin is terrible, all black and green", and I'd feel like some sort of charbroiled Invader Zim .

Back on topic, though, I've been sticking with the old skin just out of preference. At the same time, if/when we lose that option, I don't think I'd mind using the new skin. It's very different, yes, but it's not terrible at all.

-IMP

[NakedPaulToast]

Problem just appeared with the new skin.

When mouse-overing your member name in the upper right, the "My settings / My Content / Messenger / etc" menu appears under the Search input field. Now when you move the mouse to any of the menu items, the menu disappears as soon as it is above the Search input field, making it impossible to use any of the menu items.

Problem exists in IE9, but not FireFox 6.

[ParodyKnaveBob]

I notice a different color is used for read folders now. Yay! $:^ J Thanks for the improvement, YYG, and for listening.

Regards, $:^ ]

[sneaky666]

I am used to the new theme now, dark themes makes me feel like .

[2L2Q]

I wasn't on here before the new skin but I looked at the old skin from the drop-down and I like it better. I guess I just like lighter backgrounds or something because I don't know why I like it better but I just do. But the dark one isn't so bad I guess if I had to use it I would.

[Mordi]

Any reason to why you removed the default theme from the drop-down list? I guess it's because of the top-menu and banner?

As a side note, this skin from some years ago was ace! --> GMC in 2008

Edited by Mordi, 01 September 2011 - 04:54 PM.