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tyrberg
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 13:34:02 #

I have just created my first game, "The twelve Jewish tribes", and did set a tag on it (ok, more than one). The tag was "bible". But when I do search after bible I do not see my game at all. Isn´t that what a tag is supposed to do? make you find the game when you search after the tag?

I do also have a question about the map for my game. The size of the map did change when I did upload. Can I prevent it in some way?

And is it possible to find those nice empty maps in any special place? It was hard for me to find any empty maps and I do not know if I will need to make them all by myself. There will be some under the same theme as my first map "bible" when I have found maps.

Thanks!
Tyrberg

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niklas
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 14:35:12 #

You can see the most popular tags in the tags cloud to the left on the Games-page. How you do a search for a specific tag I don't know, anyone?

The maximum resolution for a background is 700 (width) x 550 (height). If your background is larger than that it is shrinked to that size without keeping the proportions. The easiest way to get around this is to shrink the image yourself before using it. Think about leaving room for the title and the clue box in the upper right corner.


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niklas
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 14:48:52 #

What I meant with the last sentence was that you shouldn't have any vital information in that area, not that there shouldn't be any background there.

I hope this helps.


tyrberg
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 14:55:47 #

Then I have understood how I shall fix my map. Thanks!

But what does the search-engine search for if it ain´t tags?


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David
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 15:07:33 #

It currently just searches the titles.
Search is an area that will be improved.


tyrberg
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 15:11:17 #

If it does just search the title I do ad a undertitle to my game so will it be fully searchable.
Thanks


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tickman
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Question about maps and tags

Post Information Posted: 2008-08-19 20:07:02 #

Tyrberg:

Welcome to PurposeGames. I hope you like it here.

Yeah, the tag thing is still not where it should be, but David is always improving the site. It just keeps getting better, and glitches and problems like that get fixed eventually. Just remember, he's only one guy, doing this sort of as a hobby aside from his real life. He does good work, but has to prioritize.

Niklas has given you good advice. Great thing, that. He's made more games than you can shake a stick at, so he knows a lot. Pay attention to him if you pay attention to anyone.

Blank maps? Well, that's a problem. Sometimes you find nice, blank maps. But usually (for me, anyway) I have to go through and laboriously delete text from the map. That can take hours for a complicated map, if I want the erasures to be (relatively) invisible.

But see Wikipedia.org for a good source. And their sister project Wikimedia (links to that at the bottom of Wikipedia main page). Lots of good material there.

And you've done exactly the right thing here. If you have problems or questions, post them on the community page. (What old-timers here still call "The Forum").

Your question will be seen and someone will at least try to help you.

Good Luck, and Good Games.



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