I'd like to have something on the Gamevault that gives the user a different opportunity for browsing games than using a list. Therefore I introduce the quick start button!
currently you can find the test page here: http://the-gamevault.com/quick.php
So, how does it work? It's pretty simple as it is now. The script takes every checked box and find a match in the file databases. Then it adds all the "good" games up in a string and takes a random game, which I'll redirect to with some Javascript.
But I have bigger plans! Currently the game database runs on a couple of simple text files, because my old host was without mySQL databases. When I get that database converted to SQL, I'll implent the quick start system as it really should be!
It should work like a clickable matrixsystem, where you can click everywhere in this square to get a game. Also, I plan to add a rating parameter which means you should could specify that you only want games with a rating better than 4 etc. This combined with the current system with game genres should provide a nice quick start where users quickly can get what they want.
Now I just need to convert to whole database to mySQL, and I don't really know the SQL language yet...
The site it's all about: The Gamevault
Enjoy.
Monday, September 28, 2009
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