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[connor4312]

Ok, sounds cool

[crusaderdesignproject]

Any chance we could customize our own color themes?

I'd love to use this for Sonic Trilogy Enhanced... seeing as how it fits this kind of thing... with hi scores, top times, achievements, multiplayer... etc,

Also... what about the name Gears... Since Game Maker has a gear for a logo??

Edited by crusaderdesignproject, 17 April 2012 - 06:52 AM.

[ellisvlad]

Hi there guys! to anyone following this project, I am still working on it, but wont be for a month or two because of school exams. I will get right back to it on the 27th of June though

Here is a video of a current feature list, feel free to comment in the video or in this thread of any recommendations you think I should add to the system
https://www.youtube....h?v=qm85o-6w7tA

- Vlad

[TerraFriedSheep]

Hi there guys! to anyone following this project, I am still working on it, but wont be for a month or two because of school exams. I will get right back to it on the 27th of June though

Here is a video of a current feature list, feel free to comment in the video or in this thread of any recommendations you think I should add to the system
https://www.youtube....h?v=qm85o-6w7tA

- Vlad

You zure have made a good start, good luck with your exams and looking forward to seeing what else you're project brings over the summer

[Sharp Pixel Games]

Hello, I've made an account on your site, What I was thinking is if Company's what server's they could rent ones off you? You make a profit and they are getting servers. What do you think?

[Dylan93]

Hi there guys! to anyone following this project, I am still working on it, but wont be for a month or two because of school exams. I will get right back to it on the 27th of June though

Here is a video of a current feature list, feel free to comment in the video or in this thread of any recommendations you think I should add to the system
https://www.youtube....h?v=qm85o-6w7tA

- Vlad

Its a good start.
I guess the website was a quick throw up to test the features ?

[KOOPA]

Hi guys,

I'm Vlad and I'm considering making a Steam like system for game maker. I have experience with this kind of thing, so experience wont be a problem.
I believe i will be able to make a fast steam like system with user accounts, a nice overlay, friends, friend chat, etc.

It will be free for anyone to use, and I may even add revenue sharing if it gets popular (fingers crossed)

For this to work i'm going to ask you guys some questions please put aside 5 mins of your day to answer, i would really appreciate all replies to this topic!

1) Can you think of a name for such a system. I've only thought of Zure. If you like Zure please say so, or if you would rather a different name tell me here
2) Would you be interested in using such a system in your games?
3) color scheme?
4) anything else you want to say or ask I will answer every question

Also, what features would people like to see? I'm thinking, Account, Friends, Cloud data, Auto-Update, what else

Thanks guys :D Vlad

1) I do Have a Name idea how about G-Surge
2) Yes I would be very interested in using this in my games If I can find the website link :D
3) color scheme looks awesome
4) How about the abillity for users to add their own custom features directly to the system without having to bhave every user update the system it just gets automaticly added to like a custom content section :D


Also I had another Idea of Making your sort of framework for the system as well that will make a Game automaticly zure compatible and will not work without zure installed


best of luck with your software


~KOOPA (PixelShub Entertainment)

[ellisvlad]

1) I do Have a Name idea how about G-Surge
2) Yes I would be very interested in using this in my games If I can find the website link :D
3) color scheme looks awesome
4) How about the abillity for users to add their own custom features directly to the system without having to bhave every user update the system it just gets automaticly added to like a custom content section :D


Also I had another Idea of Making your sort of framework for the system as well that will make a Game automaticly zure compatible and will not work without zure installed


best of luck with your software


~KOOPA (PixelShub Entertainment)

Thanks for the reply!

I think I am going to stick with Zure for now for the name. I have already set up all the databases and scripts set up to work with that . Great to hear you would want to use it :D. The website is http://www.mining4games.co.uk/ Although the website is a little rope-y at the moment, basically just setting it all up for the real thing so bugs and glitches are popping up every now and again . Someone already suggested the thing about custom content in a video, I am defiantly going to do it. At release it will likely be just a slab in the overlay that you can customise alot. But a nifty little update feature where the game owner could send some code to be executed to the client or something might come in the future? (all done securely, of course ) I would rather have Zure an extra to a game rather than a necessity, although having an installable client architecture could work . I'll have to see how far I take this system

[Neon00]

I love the idea of Zure, but I seriously hope you know what you're getting into. I'm making a game right now (spent 12 hours on it, less then 1/110th of the way done) and it probably will take a lot of work but no where near as much as this. Also if you want some sponsors and people willing to give you games to put on Zure (if it's like I think it is) Alpha Games is willing to help. Actually if you want I can try to make a top-down shooter that connects through Zure networks for multiplayer but then again, I am thinking in the future. Still if you want any help or games that work with Zure I am willing to help.

[aaabbbccc]

Just some notes

1) Althought Zure sounds fine it's not something everyone would know how to pronounce and is close to Zune. However, I can't think of suggestions for names.

2) Don't let anyone upload any game at anytime. I suggest having a team (which I would gladly be a part of) where people send in their games and we play them. Basically we see

-Is it actually good enough to be on the site. Having games with grey background and no menu etc etc makes the site look more than professional
-Does it mess with your system (malware etc)

and the like.

3) Also get a domain name (if you are using zure have zure.com) and sell ad space. For good games have the authors be able to pay to promote there game on the site. It will pay for the domain name.


edit*
just fixed spelling because I was in a rush.

Edited by aaabbbccc, 05 June 2012 - 01:30 AM.

[SIMOX]

"1) Can you think of a name for such a system. I've only thought of Zure. If you like Zure please say so, or if you would rather a different name tell me here
2) Would you be interested in using such a system in your games?
3) color scheme?
4) anything else you want to say or ask I will answer every question "

1) Jodoxu
2) Definetley
3) Like the GMC, grey and green.
4) Great idea, good job, look forward to it.

[icymx]

"1) Can you think of a name for such a system. I've only thought of Zure. If you like Zure please say so, or if you would rather a different name tell me here
2) Would you be interested in using such a system in your games?
3) color scheme?
4) anything else you want to say or ask I will answer every question "

1) Jodoxu
2) Definetley
3) Like the GMC, grey and green.
4) Great idea, good job, look forward to it.

Hey SIMOX, I see that you are new here, and that you put quotation marks around his post to show that you were replying to it. However, on the GMC and most other forums you can easily wrap his post in a more visible type of quote, by doing this:

[quote]Blah blah blah whatever yada yada yada[/quote]

...Which looks like this:

Blah blah blah whatever yada yada yada

You can also add a name and a date to the post. This can be done in two ways, either manually or by pressing the "Quote" button directly underneath his post. To add these manually, give the Quote BBCode attributes (much like in HTML if you know it). That is done like this:

[quote name="ThatGuy" date="14 February 1996 - 7:31 PM"]This is what the quoted text should look like... Lalalalala[/quote]

...And the end result should look like this:

This is what the quoted text should look like... Lalalalala

Hope I helped

Edited by icymx, 07 June 2012 - 12:01 PM.

[ellisvlad]

Lots of posts :D

@Neon00 Thanks, its good to hear you are looking forward to the release. Don't worry, as was explained before, I know what I am throwing myself into, and am willing to give it a go :D. Also, Zure is already accepting entries to reserve game names and test out the web-side of things at the website, so feel free to add your game(s) to the database (Website)

@aaabbbccc Zure is most likely going to stick now, and I really don't mind how it is pronounced I pronounce it (Z-yure). Your second point gave me an idea, kinda branching off of your suggestion, how about each game can have multiple "flags", such as "Moderated", "Untrusted", etc. And you will be able to appeal to get/remove a flag from administrators. Then there would be an option in the games section to filter by flag, by default all games with flags such as "Untrusted", "WIP", "NYP" (Not Yet Playable) would be filtered out. Ill try and make this a working concept tomorrow night. What do you think? As for your third point, I hope to get the domain sorted shortly after release so that Zure is in a stable state once it is at a properly usable stage.

@SIMOX Interesting title, I will consider it. Great to hear you too will want to use Zure. The colour scheme has been set with red and a dark crème as visible on the website (Website). Your a man of few words? Good. Me too. :D

[gmx0]

I signed up!

[aaabbbccc]

@aaabbbccc Zure is most likely going to stick now, and I really don't mind how it is pronounced I pronounce it (Z-yure). Your second point gave me an idea, kinda branching off of your suggestion, how about each game can have multiple "flags", such as "Moderated", "Untrusted", etc. And you will be able to appeal to get/remove a flag from administrators. Then there would be an option in the games section to filter by flag, by default all games with flags such as "Untrusted", "WIP", "NYP" (Not Yet Playable) would be filtered out. Ill try and make this a working concept tomorrow night. What do you think? As for your third point, I hope to get the domain sorted shortly after release so that Zure is in a stable state once it is at a properly usable stage.

I think your flag Idea is cool, however if you really want your site to look professional I don't think it's the right direction to go. I mean, the topic is called "Steam for Game Maker"
and steam does not have an "untrusted" section and such. I know you don't want to be exactly like steam and this is your own project so of course it's all up to you, but I would suggest to have every game tested before it gets uploaded so your site maintains a certain standard. (yoyogames does this too to make sure their is no malware) plus it would require a lot more effort to have a bunch of different sections for whether or not it's tested.

[ellisvlad]

3 Major bits of news:

1) Just over seven days until Zure Alpha release!
2) New Website: http://zure.mining4games.com
3) Alpha will be hosted for 30 days, at the end of July, there may be a week of downtime to fix any bugs/glitches encountered, followed by permanent uptime :D

[gamemakerfun300]

When will the website be back up?

[ellisvlad]

I am restarting the project, as I recently set up a new website, and had to migrate the database to the website's server... unfortunately, it all went wrong...and it would be best just to restart.

http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=551051

[Marvens01]

How about having a party and friend system. Sure, that'll take al ot of time, but THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES!!!

[crusaderdesignproject]

Is this still happening? I'd love to sign up for this if it is...

Also I still maintain that Gears is a much better name.