March 23 2008
Phase 1 complete!
So what does that mean…? Phase 1 will be pretty barebones unfortunately. It will be an internal release to whoever is interested in testing things out. At this point it will not be possible to add/edit games or arcades, but the functionality of registering, finding arcades close to you or games close to you is in there, as is mapping. Once I get to a good stopping point in phase 2 in the next week or so I’ll probably put it up. If you’re interested in trying out the beta, give me a heads up and I’ll send you the info.
Phase 2 will be a maintenance release. Forms will be spiced up, a little more sharpening of the main focus of the site — that kind of thing. No new functionality will be included for this one, other than the ability to add arcades. Working out a way to edit arcades/games is going to be a little tricky. I don’t want to open it up completely as if it was a wiki, but it shouldn’t be difficult for someone that wants to contribute to do so. Once it’s possible to do the main point of the site, and do it extremely well, I’ll start implementing the “nice-to-haves” like arcade ratings, popular arcades/games and that kind of thing.