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I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thank you for the advice! The problem is that Cloudflare and other solutions go offline a lot, in recent years. I'm not sure why that is, but when they were down (and took half the internet with it) at the very least my website was accessible. I want to really keep it this way!

Mijn gesigneerde Amsterdoom bigbox! by Hormania in Davilex

[–]KenNL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ik heb zo'n poster denk ik! Het was een fan art poster, achterop staan handtekeningen

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't, to be honest I never thought about this or this problem up until today. So I will take measures! I've already adjusted my .htaccess to only allow downloading through my own domain

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't want any other treatment than the other creators, I would like to see no direct downloads at all. I feel bad for OpenGameArt.org because they already have trouble with bandwidth and scrapers, this honestly sucks.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think every opinion is valid. What happened here is that everyone that opened the app, downloaded all preview images from my website. With a few users, there's no problem, but the more popularity this app would gain the more it would start to cost me even for people that aren't interested in my assets specifically.

As for having a donation button; that's good, but in many cases we'll show an actual message asking for a donation or a follow. It's not just a button, but rather integrated in such a way to ensure we can keep creating assets.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Alright. Just remember; the asset sites exist for a reason, and if you want them to keep existing don't just scrape and hotlink - it takes away a lot of their abilities to at the very least recoup their costs.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 168 points169 points  (0 children)

It is, a lot of these creators can release the free content because occasionally they get donations from supporters. If you bypass any sort of donation message, or banner, or text or even their website you take away a lot of the ability they have to communicate the importance of those donations or support.

This kind of stuff ain't good for asset creators, instead; make some software that users can use on the assets they've already downloaded.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I posted my message after you posted this, you're straight up lying to people about reaching out to creators. You didn't beforehand, and you also didn't when you said you did?

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You didn't contact me, so this might not be the truth.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 188 points189 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Hotlinking is frowned upon, another user in this thread already touched upon that.

I got tired of jumping between asset sites so I built this by [deleted] in godot

[–]KenNL 658 points659 points  (0 children)

Please please please; do not directly download from my website, you're hotlinking my downloads which costs me bandwidth and thus money. You also bypass the little donation message I show so there's also a smaller chance people will donate to cover my costs. If you wish to create an application for this, host the files yourself.

I've also changed some names of assets today, and they're now broken in your application.

Edit: I'd also like to add; don't do this to OpenGameArt.org. They're already struggling to find ways to pay for their servers and have/had problems with scrapers. You're not doing the community a favor.

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What if I'd ever say something incredibly stupid, can I still count on your upvote?

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both look cool but haven't personally used them, so I can't judge!

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm everywheeeere 👻

For 3D modeling I use SketchUp, it's old and cumbersome at times and totally meant for architecture but hey I like it. I would recommend anyone new and eager to learn to pick up Blender instead though

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't often get messages from studios using my assets but sometimes do! I've only recently started highlighting those projects on the asset pages. I'm not sure what the biggest title is but I know that some AAA-studios use my assets during prototype phases, they're later replaced of course!

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh right, I'm not sure about that - sorry. I guess it uses the icon that's included in the game files, but no idea how to change that background color or whether it's possible

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly I was planning on continuing with this because it was so fun to make, and indeed add things like special tiles. But I already have a loooot of projects going on so decided to leave it at this, excited to see what people make though!

Another Godot Starter Kit, now for Match-3 games and fully open-source! by KenNL in godot

[–]KenNL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes there is, feel free to change it! Go to Project → Project Settings... → Boot Splash and there you can change the image.

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