Dangerous Dave's Dlog

The number on reason was to get rid of Google Friend Connect, and the javascript dependency associated with it. Instead, I will create a login system for the website which quite possibly could involve a username that could be used on other websites I have or will make in the future. These websites would include my homepage PerilousPete.com (and the blog eventually associated with it) as well as an Open Source website, with the source of games I make for Pointed available for download, so long as you have "purchased" the original game.

At the moment I am working on the layout for the website, with the four main pages mostly done. After that I will get the login system up and running, then the peripheral pages, at which point I will start working on the new feature to be added to Pointed. This feature will allow non-points based games to find their place on the website, allowing a larger range of game types.

This new feature is yet to be named, but it will be similar to PSN Trophies. Actually, the original idea was almost exactly like those. I've never played on the PSN and never knew these trophies existed, instead getting the idea from a mix of Steam achievements, and Desert Dog suggesting awarding PointedPoints to people who finish certain games. Desert Dog and I had discussions and eventually came up with the perfect trophy system (and that's what we called it, trophies) where you had different achievements (like Steam), except they were rated by difficulty. Bronze, Silver and Gold trophies would award you a different amount of Pointed Points. That's right, we invented PSN Trophies several years after the fact. I came across their trophy system and thought "Oh no".

A similar system will still be implemented, however, I would like to somehow make it unique (or seem less like we stole it). So if you have any ideas, please go ahead and suggest them .

-Dave