Originally Posted by
Ele
I don't know about that. Community consultation on projects like this can only be a positive thing. I've said this before to Gynx, when we were working on the clan rework. If you're the government and you're planning on implementing some big project that'll affect the community, then the first thing you do (after developing a draft proposal) is to go to the town hall and see what everyone thinks of it. You don't have to implement every change that the people suggest, but you can get an idea of their general concerns and of what they like about the proposal. I was shut down by Gynx at the time because he strongly felt that this consultation process should be conducted after it's already been implemented - like a beta stage. I think that's short-sighted though, since there's absolutely no harm done in getting the community's opinion on it while it's still a draft. In addition, the more that someone is involved in developing a project, the more satisfaction they'll feel with the end results. Discussing the drafts of big community projects with the community can only be a beneficial thing if handled properly.
I certainly understand where youre coming from, and the analogy yoube used is a good one, the differmece between the 2 scenarios however is that going to the town hall in itself provides a barrier, so you have to be genuinely interested to give an input. Perhaps contacting people who have shown an interest in the topic to find their opinion would be a good move. But if that was done it would have to be done privately and secretely so people didnt get offended that the were not contacted, as they were interested too.
Originally Posted by
deprav
Just a thought, I've been closely following the development of a game called Project Zomboid, and when the dev team had to work some multiplayer issues and steam integration, but all the team was busy on something else, they hired help from General Arcade as an "outsider" developer.
It helped them a lot, especially for the steam integration, maybe something along those lines could be done for the development of a matchmaking system you'd explain beforehand. But then again, it's just a thought ^^
This would certainly be very cool, unfortunately this isdefinitely a hampa decision and not something the GM team can have any bearing on