Pixel Joint Forum: [OPP] File management

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Hi guys

Thanks for the AMAZING support! I would like to claim that the OPP is a huge success!
In less than a month time the community has created a game worthy jungle tileset, and submissions are still coming in every other day! Thank you so much! :D

Since the start I knew that file management would become a problem in the future, but I had not expected it to be an issue so quickly.

I am looking for a solution for the following problems:

Managing files
Easy to view and give a good impression
Easy to download all finished tiles for game programmers
Easy to see which tiles are WIP
Easy to update files and add new ones
Color management
Right now already some colors slightly start to differ from the original DB32 ones. How do we quickly check and fix colors on files?
Update vs extra
How much variety do we want, and in which cases should just a new style be picked? For example with A3um's new ground tiles, I think they can replace mine. How do we make these decisions?
Mini todo
While trying to make a nice mockup I discovered that many tiles were still missing, other tiles could be cut out in a different way to be more flexible. How do we keep track of these kind of mini notes and who would enjoy solving these problems
Does anyone have a suggestion on how we could keep track of what we are doing? Noburo already took the initiative to start a public gDrive which might be a good start but is not yet completely up to date!

Edited by Hapiel - 16 June 2013 at 4:39pm

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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 14 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3263	Topic: [OPP] File management Posted: 16 June 2013 at 12:09pm
	Hi guys Thanks for the AMAZING support! I would like to claim that the OPP is a huge success! In less than a month time the community has created a game worthy jungle tileset, and submissions are still coming in every other day! Thank you so much! :D Since the start I knew that file management would become a problem in the future, but I had not expected it to be an issue so quickly. I am looking for a solution for the following problems: Managing files Easy to view and give a good impression Easy to download all finished tiles for game programmers Easy to see which tiles are WIP Easy to update files and add new ones Color management Right now already some colors slightly start to differ from the original DB32 ones. How do we quickly check and fix colors on files? Update vs extra How much variety do we want, and in which cases should just a new style be picked? For example with A3um's new ground tiles, I think they can replace mine. How do we make these decisions? Mini todo While trying to make a nice mockup I discovered that many tiles were still missing, other tiles could be cut out in a different way to be more flexible. How do we keep track of these kind of mini notes and who would enjoy solving these problems Does anyone have a suggestion on how we could keep track of what we are doing? Noburo already took the initiative to start a public gDrive which might be a good start but is not yet completely up to date! Edited by Hapiel - 16 June 2013 at 4:39pm
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 14 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3263	Posted: 16 June 2013 at 12:15pm
	So for me file management in an easy way is most important now. I have three ideas so far: Setting up a github/sourceforge project. Comes with many add ons, but is manly made for code not art. We'd need a volunteer to work hard and keep those up to date, and special effort needs to be made for it's presentation and giving a good first impression Setting up a wiki I have no experience with this, but it is a mass collaboration tool that allows everyone to edit though you can still restore vandalism easily. Every set would get its own page, its own 'talk page' on which a todo could be handled as well. Easy? I don't know how well a wiki will work for handling media though Building a custom site This could start with just a folder crawler that displays all images which is basically a worse version of the drive, but if someone enjoys a challenge a custom system that allow people to submit, edit, discuss files etc that would be awesome! So far a wiki is my favorite idea. Does anyone have experience with wiki's?
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Noburo Commander Joined: 10 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 279	Posted: 16 June 2013 at 3:27pm
	The link to the Google Drive above is broken. Here is the correct link. Edit: Link removed because system is no longer in place. Edited by Noburo - 13 August 2013 at 12:02pm
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 14 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3263	Posted: 17 June 2013 at 4:14am
	Thanks for the fixed link, I was too lazy to update it before. I will be travelling for the next week from on tomorrow, when I come back I plan to launch a wiki unless another more brilliant idea gets suggested. I see more and more how this would work :)
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