Rick Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Just went out to the LE forums on steam. I always forget to check these and it seems it gets decent action. I wonder if there is a way to have those posts automatically post here and our answers to them post on steam automatically? The Steam forums suck so bad, it would be nice if there was a way to do this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipforeveryone Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Total agree, sometime I check out Leadwerks forums on steam and see many questions from that community but I am too lazy to get in there everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggrorJorn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I honestly wouldn't bother. The forums on steam are very limited in functionality and people are better of posting their question on werkspace. The activity on steam is an average post every 2 days or so. I'd rather see Josh spending his time on Leadwerks itself. I do wonder if people who buy the engine are aware of the werkspace forum. Most people that ask questions via youtube haven't even bothered to check leadwerks.com. Perhaps Josh can send out some kind of welcome email for every user that purchases the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper2259 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I check the steam forums almost daily because im always on steam anyways and honestly i rarely see a post, and when there are posts its usually along the lines of "can this engine make this kind of game" rather than any specific questions of needing help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I actually considered making that our main forum when we first went on Steam, but I found they don't support attachments, and all topics beyond the most recent 300 are automatically pruned. Steam did replace other parts of our community, including the gallery and downloads sections. Our website is using much less IPB features now than in the past. It seems like a very small minority of users ever even create an account here, yet there are always like 200 guests lurking. It's also really weird that people seem to go to YouTube first for tutorials, despite the giant menu in the header that says "Tutorials". In the future, a starting interface similar to Visual Studio that shows a list of recent topics, Workshop items, and news might be a way to channel people into the community. I also added a big "Sign in with Steam" button on the home page, but I don't know yet what effect this has had. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 I always go to youtube first if I'm trying to learn something new. I prefer seeing video of a person working in the tool than reading. I really prefer short, 2 min or so, videos of how to do 1-2 specific things. Flying through tutorials gives a nice sense of accomplishment and you can always go back to a specific video if you forgot something and it won't waste 10 mins or your time. Maybe a series like that would be helpful with LE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggrorJorn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I really prefer short, 2 min or so, videos of how to do 1-2 specific things. Flying through tutorials gives a nice sense of accomplishment and you can always go back to a specific video if you forgot something and it won't waste 10 mins or your time. Maybe a series like that would be helpful with LE. Once the new UI is out, I want to somehing exactly like that. Short videos demonstrating a very single topic. This makes it easier to replace a video once a feature in Leadwerks becomes deprecated or changed so that the video tutorials no longer works properply. @Josh, when someone buys Leadwerks on Steam, do you or can you send them a custom welcome email? I never seen that with other steam games or software so that might not be possible. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Once the new UI is out, I want to somehing exactly like that. Short videos demonstrating a very single topic. This makes it easier to replace a video once a feature in Leadwerks becomes deprecated or changed so that the video tutorials no longer works properply. @Josh, when someone buys Leadwerks on Steam, do you or can you send them a custom welcome email? I never seen that with other steam games or software so that might not be possible. I don't get their email address, unfortunately. I could add a sign up for the mailing list link on the welcome page or something like that. The analytics will be great, but it's a one-way communication process. I'm thinking a lot about "user engagement" and this was recommended to me by someone very smart in the industry. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 The editor is where it's at for that. It's what everyone uses more than anything else. It needs to be more alive. Live notifications on posts done here (opt in/out of course). Maybe even possibly be able to post here from the editor. Stuff like that to make the editor just more part of the community since the editor is the one thing all people who use LE have in common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggrorJorn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Maybe a feed or twitter integration to Joshs blog inside the editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Something like this, except not ugly. 2 Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooMAGE Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Now I wanna play a game called Super Turbo Demon Slayer Quote My Leadwerks games! https://ragingmages.itch.io/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper2259 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I always go to youtube first if I'm trying to learn something new. I prefer seeing video of a person working in the tool than reading. I really prefer short, 2 min or so, videos of how to do 1-2 specific things. Flying through tutorials gives a nice sense of accomplishment and you can always go back to a specific video if you forgot something and it won't waste 10 mins or your time. Maybe a series like that would be helpful with LE. agree 100%, youtube is the first place i think most people would look and there isn't any substitution for a good youtube tutorial series, text tutorials are great and all but i find videos are so much easier to grasp and learn from. Once the new UI is out, I want to somehing exactly like that. Short videos demonstrating a very single topic. This makes it easier to replace a video once a feature in Leadwerks becomes deprecated or changed so that the video tutorials no longer works properply. can't wait to see these tutorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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