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Discussion in 'General (Issues, Help, Discussions)' started by Gepeto, Sep 8, 2016.

  1. Gepeto

    Gepeto MekoStudio Architect Staff Member

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    I don't remember how I went to this forum (maybe Google), but as I tried to make some promotion for the game around me, I have discovered that the forum is not referenced from the official website (http://www.mekorama.com/) and not from the game... Only Facebook and twitter are specified

    The problem: it seems that this forum is the only living community of the game. Facebook and Twitter are not up to date for a long time.

    I think it's too bad for the game as the forum shows a real living community but the only link for a new gamer is some outdated social network group.

    What do you think about that?
     
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    nGord Standby Administrator, Retired Moderator Staff Member

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    nGord Standby Administrator, Retired Moderator Staff Member

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    As you mentioned, the official sites have not seen any new content since @Martin Magni announced that he was going off on a much needed vacation. I hope nothing bad happened to him. Although, he was apparently "last seen" on this forum on Tuesday at 12:12 PM.
     
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  4. Gepeto

    Gepeto MekoStudio Architect Staff Member

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    Wow... That's an impressive list... Thanks for sharing! You should have added a section called "Bigest community" :D
    That's maybe very very very long vacations... somewhere out of an Internet access... Seriously, I long to hear from him too.
     
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    Gepeto MekoStudio Architect Staff Member

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    In fact, I understand that some people come to the community with so many levels they have made alone on their equipement... That seemed to be the case of @S. Nagy as of mentionned in this thread. People just don't know there is a living community somewhere: they discover it by chance... or not :(
     
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    I found Mekorama on the App Store, then I searched Google to find more news.
    I found this forum and Uploader.
    I also opened a page on Mekorama on my website, in Italian language. :)
     
  7. nGord

    nGord Standby Administrator, Retired Moderator Staff Member

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    @Martin Magni pinned the following text to the top of the official Mekorama Facebook page: "Someone already asked your question, and I already answered it: http://www.mekorama.com/faq/ (But you're still a beautiful and unique snowflake!)"

    In the FAQ, he listed both this forum and the www.mekorama.net site - which is essentially only a repository site for uploads/downloads - no forum.

    Despite the FAQ and the above message being the first thing people see, the most common comment/question on pretty much every post (including the one above!) is "where can I get more levels?"

    Maybe better for those people not to find this site. :rolleyes:

    So, perhaps, what we could suggest is for @Martin Magni to place a title page in the game with a quick identification of both the four other pages in the game (especially the menu page) and some of the online extensions to the game. Yes, there technically is a fifth page that only has Mekorama.com written on it, but you have to hold that page open in order to read it.
     
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    nGord Standby Administrator, Retired Moderator Staff Member

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    I just found another website (a Facebook group) that seems to be pretty active: https://www.facebook.com/groups/554575428066579/

    I'm not sure what @Martin Magni 's plans are regarding the evolution of the game. He might want anyone and everyone to create new and personal offshoots for the game. Personally, I think he should consider encouraging one big central repository that he controls and can get some official help to curate. I hope the reception to the game by the public met his dreams and that he is not underwhelmed or overwhelmed.
     
  9. Gepeto

    Gepeto MekoStudio Architect Staff Member

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    @nGord that FB group seems really interesting. Well... The only problem is that I'm not really confident in FB so I need to step up on that way... ;)
    Then you're right. Martin should consider a more centralized and controlled repository. In fact I think the concept of the card game has been thought to this but for the rest social networks seems an easier solution :rolleyes: as everywhere... :(
     
  10. nGord

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    I'm not a fan of Facebook either. It might be easier for the lazy majority, but it pales in potential to what a dedicated site like this one can do for the game. I think a serious marketing campaign to direct the future of the game will be needed soon. That, or we all just take the best aspects from each site for ourselves.
     
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    Gepeto MekoStudio Architect Staff Member

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    Wow... a chinese website! Some content seems interesting. We miss an internationalisation system on mekoramaforum.com :)
     
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    No idea what did I just see there.
    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    richardfu_ Retired Moderator and Featured Levels Manager

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    No. I tried once but it was somehow identified as an ad and got removed... Tieba is becoming more tricky now.
     
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    I think @Martin Magni should add some kind of integration with this site. I am finding too complex the level management now... Duplicates? Searching? Alerts about featured level?
     
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    Yeah this is by far the best community hub. I haven't checked the FB mekorama group (don't use Facebook) but the Google+ mekorama group gets a modest amount of activity.

    BTW the link is on the main site but it's in the faq section http://www.mekorama.com/faq/

    Also it would be nice if the game prevents duplicates from being added.
     
  20. nGord

    nGord Standby Administrator, Retired Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks, I have the Google+ link in my list above too. Glad to know that it is active.

    About the duplicates, sure that would be nice if there was a way to search card titles and authors in the app. As it stands now, with nearly a thousand levels in my app, sometimes I need to upload a duplicate temporarily (to check something out) as it is faster to do that than go try to hunt it down by thumbnail alone.
     
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