New projects section created by Durda dan

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New projects section created by Durda dan
by Banshaku on 2009-10-30 (#51887)
Someone added to the wiki a section about the current active projects for the nesdev community.

I think it's a great idea. This way we can find more easily who is working on what. This is a lot easier than trying to find through the forum.

I already added one of my project there. I invite everyone to do the same since it's a nice initiative.
Re: New projects section created by Durda dan
by MetalSlime on 2009-11-02 (#51946)
Banshaku wrote:
Someone added to the wiki a section about the current active projects for the nesdev community.

I think it's a great idea. This way we can find more easily who is working on what. This is a lot easier than trying to find through the forum.

I already added one of my project there. I invite everyone to do the same since it's a nice initiative.


Yeah, this is a great idea. I'll post my projects as soon as I get some free time.

by Sivak on 2009-11-02 (#51981)
Er, should I make pages for my projects?

by Banshaku on 2009-11-03 (#51985)
Yes, that's the point. Everybody can make their own page. That will make it easier to find more information about the currently made home brew. I think it's a simple but good idea so I went first and made my own page as an example but people don't have to follow my format.

by GradualGames on 2009-11-04 (#52093)
Great idea. I don't think I was aware of miau's platformer til now. Looks really nice miau! I love the castlevania 2 reference, lol. :) I've been a bit shy of saying anything about my project yet, but maybe I will put an entry in there and make an announcement here when it is ready.

by Sivak on 2009-11-05 (#52127)
I'll work on some pages for my stuff.

I wonder if I should talk about the actual cart releases or the games themselves. The main reason being is that my first two games are on a combo cart.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52149)
I think there is no made in stone rules so a page for each game would be fine.

by tepples on 2009-11-05 (#52156)
You'll probably get a lot more people asking for upload permissions.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52158)
Yes, I'm aware of that. I will be more than happy to do it. The 3 admin can do it anytime thought, we just have to figure out a system for it. I'm just very picky about security so I will have to endure the consequence ;)

People that wants picture in their project page, just PM me and I will upload the files in the wiki.

by Sivak on 2009-11-05 (#52161)
Banshaku wrote:
People that wants picture in their project page, just PM me and I will upload the files in the wiki.


Can't upload privileges just be given to people on a person by person basis?

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52163)
This is one possibility I'm thinking too. I was going to write that in the previous message but forgot about it.

Ok then. I will add access to upload pictures to people that made their personal project page on the wiki already (Sivak, Miau, Durda Dan). Any future project, people just request me by PM and I will take care of adding you to the upload group.

Since it's based on a trust system, if there is any abuse of it, I will first remove access to the abuser. If the abuse become too much, I will revert back to the original procedure (i.e. admin only can upload) but I will be surprised that I will have to do that. The nesdev community is usually not like that.

Edit:

Sivak, Miau and Durda dan can now upload pictures on the wiki.

by miau on 2009-11-05 (#52164)
Zero wrote:
Great idea. I don't think I was aware of miau's platformer til now. Looks really nice miau! I love the castlevania 2 reference, lol. :) I've been a bit shy of saying anything about my project yet, but maybe I will put an entry in there and make an announcement here when it is ready.

Thanks!
Not telling about your project until it's 100% finished? Aw, now I'm curious. ;) Nah, nevermind, I actually wanted to do the same for my project, but it didn't work out for long.

Nevertheless, I hope more people will add their projects. That wiki page really was a cool idea.

Banshaku wrote:
People that wants picture in their project page, just PM me and I will upload the files in the wiki.

Will do that.

EDIT:
Banshaku wrote:
Edit:

Sivak, Miau and Durda dan can now upload pictures on the wiki.

Oh, even better. Thanks, Banshaku.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52165)
miau wrote:
Nevertheless, I hope more people will add their projects. That wiki page really was a cool idea.


I think so too. It may give a little boost to people that make some home brew project by giving them some exposure through the wiki. It's a lot easier now to find about a specific project than trying to search through the archive of the nesdev BBS. It was a simple but very good idea.

by Sivak on 2009-11-05 (#52166)
Cool. I have done so. I also created template:Clr for the wiki. It'll basically put in the appropriate line breaking when you have several images and text beside them. I used it on Mystic Pillars' page if you want to see it.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52167)
@Sivak:
Yes, I saw it while you where editing your page ;) I was editing a few things here and there. There is only one thing thought not related to CLR. On the mystic pillar page, the * for list items doesn't show at all. I don't know if it's an HTML bug with my browser or what.

By the way, the project page is not limited to software only: I encourage people with hardware project, commercial or not, to make a page about it. This mean the Powerpak, nes on FPGA, etc. The wiki project section is for any kind of nes project, any.

by Sivak on 2009-11-05 (#52168)
I've gone ahead and added in the page about my 2-in-1. I feel it was just better done that way.

Perhaps I could make a page about the Adventures of Bass 2, my rom hack. Hehe.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52170)
Go ahead, I encourage any project related to nes to be posted there.

by Sivak on 2009-11-05 (#52172)
I'm wondering if a page should be made up for Neotoxin in the demos... I know there exist a few roms of it out there, although some seem to vary.

Another one that comes to mind is that Painguin game, although that one didn't work on the real hardware.

by Banshaku on 2009-11-05 (#52174)
Yes, if someone can make a page for them or the original author that would be nice. I saw you already made a page for someone else project so this is good stuff.

I like the trivia section you added to your project page ;) If more trivia about other home brew could be written that would be interesting.

by GradualGames on 2009-11-06 (#52213)
miau wrote:
Thanks!
Not telling about your project until it's 100% finished? Aw, now I'm curious. ;) Nah, nevermind, I actually wanted to do the same for my project, but it didn't work out for long.


I actually only meant when a demo is ready. That should only be a few months away I'm hoping...we'll see how it goes. This project beats all my previous projects in the areas of: time spent on it, consistent schedule for working on it, % complete, etc. So I don't want to screw it up and jinx myself :D

by GradualGames on 2009-11-06 (#52214)
Sivak wrote:
I'm wondering if a page should be made up for Neotoxin in the demos... I know there exist a few roms of it out there, although some seem to vary.

Another one that comes to mind is that Painguin game, although that one didn't work on the real hardware.


It seems all those Bob Rost class games including Sack of Flour: Heart of Gold only work in JNes, and FCE and its variants, that I have tried. Some of them were cute/cool concepts for games. I think it'd be neat if someone rom-hacked the crap out of one of those or provided a patch so it would work on real hardware (which may be a complex task, especially if they have a huge amount of stuff in their vblank for example). Who's gonna do that though? =)

*edit* That Neotoxin demo was amazing! Too bad that game never got finished.

by NESHomebrew on 2009-11-06 (#52215)
Sivak wrote:
I'm wondering if a page should be made up for Neotoxin in the demos... I know there exist a few roms of it out there, although some seem to vary.

Another one that comes to mind is that Painguin game, although that one didn't work on the real hardware.


The Painguin game was made by a student attending the class of Bob Rost. http://bobrost.com/nes/. He wrote the qbasic game maker. This site has all his students projects, including his own (Sack of Flour) which actually seems like an OK game.

I wish they had these types of classes at my school....

by Sivak on 2009-11-19 (#52799)
I had one curiosity thought... Should images of the actual carts be added into the respective games' pages?

by Banshaku on 2009-11-19 (#52803)
Anything that contribute to the project entry page should be fine. I guess as long that is doesn't infringe any copyrights it should be fine. It could be an issue for my current project ^^;;

by Jeroen on 2009-11-28 (#53181)
Hehe, i'll add pung balls of steel once I got more time ;-) http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messag ... adid=10861
Cool idea guys :-)