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Looking at the frontpage, I was quite suprised that it isn't mentioned at all that the Armagetron Advanced is a game . Although News is fun to read for people who are familiar with the game, imho it's much more important to tell people who are new to the game what the game is about, or that Armagetron AD IS a game. Even a small tagline like freeciv has ('Freeciv is a multiplayer strategy game, released under the GNU General Public License.') could help alot.
And sure, there is an about page, but the subject of the website should become clear on the frontpage.
What i would suggest is on top of the News, a small piece of text describing what Armagetronad is all about, maybe screenshot thumbnails or two and a link which lets you download the right version. (like on the firefox site?)
Just my two cents.
And sure, there is an about page, but the subject of the website should become clear on the frontpage.
What i would suggest is on top of the News, a small piece of text describing what Armagetronad is all about, maybe screenshot thumbnails or two and a link which lets you download the right version. (like on the firefox site?)
Just my two cents.
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More accurate, but less classy. I'd stick with the first version. A multiplayer game without singleplayer component would be a "pure multiplayer" game, IHMO.
Would it hurt to give a slightly longer summary in a paragraph where you clarify this ("AI opponents are available for those lonely hours without network access")?
Would it hurt to give a slightly longer summary in a paragraph where you clarify this ("AI opponents are available for those lonely hours without network access")?
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Isn't that what the huge about page is for? I'll try and come up with something with a bit more beef though I guess...Lucifer wrote:My own experience marketing websites tells me that much more content is preferred. Long paragraphs with good, descriptive headings... But always to the point. So don't worry about getting too long, just don't get boring, and it'll be fine.
Armagetron is a multiplayer game in 3d that attempts to emulate and expand on the lightcycle sequence from the movie Tron. It's an old school arcade game slung into the 21st century. Highlights include a customizable playing arena, HUD, unqiue graphics, and AI bots. For the more advanced player there are new game modes and a wide variety of physics settings to tweak as well.
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I'll add a Download Now! then. Save this for the next redesign of the website .Lucifer wrote:I've always thought websites were backwards, at least open source websites. I thought the front page should be the really large about page and that it should link to news and downloads, but so many open source projects do it the other way around. Weird. Or am I the weird one?