2009/11/26 Máirín Duffy <mairin@linuxgrrl.com>
Hi folks,

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 16:31 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> So we still have a few screenshots left for the Games Spin. I was
> wondering if anyone is interested in helping fill the gaps - we are very
> close to full coverage.

We are done. I just checked in the last of the games images and we now
have complete coverage. You rock. 127 games. This may be the most
complete set of free game screenshots around. Congrats!

Right now it's just a flat page, and takes a long time to load. I'd like
to design it such that maybe the games could be browsed slide-show style
by category. Does anyone have ideas for how we could make the most of
these screenshots so they are easier to browse?

Thanks,
~m

 
I did a few very rough mock ups of an idea i had for this, my idea would be to create a ajax browser for the screen shots. Due to the number of individual pictures it would benefit greatly from the ajax model.

Here you can see a general idea, I have the svg laid on top of a screen shot of the spins site, be warned I am an awful speller :) 
http://fedora.splictionary.com/browser.png

A rough idea of how the full bio of the game would be displayed, other additions would be linking to developer sites and such.
http://fedora.splictionary.com/game_bio.png

And for category browsing, I think it would be a great place for the agreed persona to show its gamer side.
http://fedora.splictionary.com/category.png

These are very rough cut examples and some of the features (such as star ratings and such) may or may not be beneficial to the games spin site.

Feedback would be very welcomed.

James