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==What is Project Awesome?==
 
==What is Project Awesome?==
 
Occasionally Briess receives an obscene amount of free advertising through Google that never gets used. (They expire in a month, etc.)  Instead of throwing this credit away, why not use it to find newbies and introduce them to Dwarf Fortress?  However, to do that, we need awesome tutorials, awesome evangelism pages, and an awesome front page so newbies don't get confused.
 
Occasionally Briess receives an obscene amount of free advertising through Google that never gets used. (They expire in a month, etc.)  Instead of throwing this credit away, why not use it to find newbies and introduce them to Dwarf Fortress?  However, to do that, we need awesome tutorials, awesome evangelism pages, and an awesome front page so newbies don't get confused.
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* Project coordinators: [[User:Briess|Briess]], [[User:Phantasm|Phantasm]]
  
 
There is a possibility of prizes for Awesome contributions to project Awesome.  We shall see.
 
There is a possibility of prizes for Awesome contributions to project Awesome.  We shall see.
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==Master List of Awesome==
 
==Master List of Awesome==
 
* THEME
 
* THEME
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** Project Awesome needs an awesome theme (graphical, etc) to go with it.
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** Project Awesome needs an awesome theme (graphical, etc) to go with it. We need seasoned web graphical designer for the task if possible.
 
* THE WIKI
 
* THE WIKI
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** Magmawiki project is not dead.  Just slow.  It's not really relevant to Project Awesome.
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*** Unrelated but maybe related, Briess needs to do some server updates and downtime :(
 
 
** We need a revamp of the main page.  Heck, the entire site would be nice.
 
** We need a revamp of the main page.  Heck, the entire site would be nice.
 
** Evangelism page.  We need one. (http://df.zweistein.cz/ is cool!)
 
** Evangelism page.  We need one. (http://df.zweistein.cz/ is cool!)
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** We need overhaul of all important pages and make sure they are updated upto DF 2010 properly.
 
* TUTORIALS
 
* TUTORIALS
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** There are some good tutorials out there, and many outdated ones.
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* NEWBIE KIT (?)
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** YouTube Tutorials
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** Maybe a pregenerated world packaged with DF?  Who knows if this would even be useful or not.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddOiWj1ZZ4 51ppycup's Video Tutorial & Overview of Lazy Newb Pack]
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** (Maybe 2x2 embark, 7 dwarves, pocket sized world, with simple farm setup, simple workshop layout, simple row housing so someone can see how certain things work?) Possibly also have a small area with screwpumps built to pump water back and forth between two small ponds or floodgate + lever to empty lake into river, and lever + 2-3 high pumpstack+water wheel to refill lake?
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** [http://www.youtube.com/user/captnduck#p/u/6/KGBTNPbUvFM Cptnduck's Video Tutorials]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puKq8zjAYCE&feature=channel quill18's Let's Play DF]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/user/upingu Upingu's tutorial]
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** Written Tutorials
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** [[Bentgirder]]
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** [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3334261&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 5ippycup's A Complete Idiot's Guide to DF]
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** [http://www.scribd.com/doc/16071872/The-Complete-and-Utter-Newby-Tutorials The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial]
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* NEWBIE KIT
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** Should be packaged with good tilesets and preconfigured suitable. Including tutorial map & save.
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**[[Lazy Newb Pack]] - Includes pre-configured settings, utilities, tilesets, embark profiles, laptop keybinds. Does not yet include a pre-genned world or save.
 
* PRIZES (?)
 
* PRIZES (?)
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** If this happens, it'll probably be t-shirts, pending Toady's permission.  We would need t-shirt designs that are Awesome.
 
** If this happens, it'll probably be t-shirts, pending Toady's permission.  We would need t-shirt designs that are Awesome.
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===Task coordinating===
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We need to take care every aspect of the project gets some people doing it and of course it is of no use to have 20 people working on small side aspect. One person should act as coordinator of the given task so that there won't be 5 people all doing overlapping things on same issue.
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*Bugs: nicks (2 people max)
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*Tutorials: nicks (at least 5 people?)
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*Newbie DF bundle: [[User:LucasUP|LucasUP]] (1 or 2 more? Need someone to create/manage a good included embark)
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*Wiki overhaul: nicks (at least 3 people)
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*Frontpage theme: [[User:Speed112|Speed112]] (1 seasoned web graphical designer more?)
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*more?
  
 
===Newbie unfriendly bugs===
 
===Newbie unfriendly bugs===
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List of various bugs that are of importance to be fixed to make ideal playing experience for newbies. Fixing of these of course requires support from Toady One. These haven't been much of a priority as seasoned players do not get bothered about most of these bugs, but for newbies fixing of these is a must.
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List of various bugs that are of importance to be fixed to make ideal playing experience for newbies. Fixing of these of course requires support from Toady One. These haven't been much of a priority as seasoned players do not get bothered about most of these bugs, but for newbies fixing of these is a must. So, the task for us it to look for bugs that should be fixed in order to allow newbie friendly introduction to DF 2010.
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We don't need to wait for everything fixed right away. We could keep a list with explanations of all of these bugs and any work-arounds for Newbs to read up on --[[User:LucasUP|LucasUP]] 12:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
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Unfortunately we need to get everything fixed, or at least as much as possible. This is because that giving a list of known bugs and work-arounds for newbies will very easily get them to stray away for good. To get the best possible benefit of the advertising, everything needs to look good. --[[User:Phantasm|Phantasm]] 15:58, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
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*Farming on soil not working
 
*Farming on soil not working
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*Parties never ending
 
 
*Stone considered as metal
 
*Stone considered as metal
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*Indefinite blood
 
 
*Economy not working
 
*Economy not working
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*Dwarves ignore bedrooms and use any bed
 
 
*More?
 
*More?
  
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Good DF bundle for newbie friendliness with preconfigures settings, tutorial map & save included etc.
 
Good DF bundle for newbie friendliness with preconfigures settings, tutorial map & save included etc.
 
PDF/Wiki page shortcut list, guide etc?
 
PDF/Wiki page shortcut list, guide etc?
 +
Maybe 2x2 embark, 7 dwarves, pocket sized world, with simple farm setup, simple workshop layout, simple row housing so someone can see how certain things work?) Possibly also have a small area with screwpumps built to pump water back and forth between two small ponds or floodgate + lever to empty lake into river, and lever + 2-3 high pumpstack+water wheel to refill lake?
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===IRC helpers===
 
===IRC helpers===
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* #DwarfFortress @ irc.quakenet.org
 
* #DwarfFortress @ irc.quakenet.org
 
** Briess
 
** Briess
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** Speed112
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** pugi
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** kullervo
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** LucasUP
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** _phil
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* #Bay12games @ irc.newnet.net
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** pugi (just in there, not really active :P)
 
** nick2
 
** nick2
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** kullervo
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** LucasUP
  
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* #Bay12games @ irc.newnet.net
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* #df @ irc.synirc.net
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** nick
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** kullervo
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** nick2
 

Latest revision as of 16:44, 24 October 2010

This is awesome. Project Awesome.

What is Project Awesome?[edit]

Occasionally Briess receives an obscene amount of free advertising through Google that never gets used. (They expire in a month, etc.) Instead of throwing this credit away, why not use it to find newbies and introduce them to Dwarf Fortress? However, to do that, we need awesome tutorials, awesome evangelism pages, and an awesome front page so newbies don't get confused.

There is a possibility of prizes for Awesome contributions to project Awesome. We shall see.

Master List of Awesome[edit]

  • THEME

  

    • Project Awesome needs an awesome theme (graphical, etc) to go with it. We need seasoned web graphical designer for the task if possible.
  • THE WIKI

  

    • We need a revamp of the main page. Heck, the entire site would be nice.
    • Evangelism page. We need one. (http://df.zweistein.cz/ is cool!)
    • We need overhaul of all important pages and make sure they are updated upto DF 2010 properly.
  • TUTORIALS

  

  

    • Should be packaged with good tilesets and preconfigured suitable. Including tutorial map & save.
    • Lazy Newb Pack - Includes pre-configured settings, utilities, tilesets, embark profiles, laptop keybinds. Does not yet include a pre-genned world or save.
  • PRIZES (?)

  

    • If this happens, it'll probably be t-shirts, pending Toady's permission. We would need t-shirt designs that are Awesome.

Task coordinating[edit]

We need to take care every aspect of the project gets some people doing it and of course it is of no use to have 20 people working on small side aspect. One person should act as coordinator of the given task so that there won't be 5 people all doing overlapping things on same issue.

  • Bugs: nicks (2 people max)
  • Tutorials: nicks (at least 5 people?)
  • Newbie DF bundle: LucasUP (1 or 2 more? Need someone to create/manage a good included embark)
  • Wiki overhaul: nicks (at least 3 people)
  • Frontpage theme: Speed112 (1 seasoned web graphical designer more?)
  • more?

Newbie unfriendly bugs[edit]

List of various bugs that are of importance to be fixed to make ideal playing experience for newbies. Fixing of these of course requires support from Toady One. These haven't been much of a priority as seasoned players do not get bothered about most of these bugs, but for newbies fixing of these is a must. So, the task for us it to look for bugs that should be fixed in order to allow newbie friendly introduction to DF 2010.

We don't need to wait for everything fixed right away. We could keep a list with explanations of all of these bugs and any work-arounds for Newbs to read up on --LucasUP 12:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately we need to get everything fixed, or at least as much as possible. This is because that giving a list of known bugs and work-arounds for newbies will very easily get them to stray away for good. To get the best possible benefit of the advertising, everything needs to look good. --Phantasm 15:58, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Farming on soil not working
  • Stone considered as metal
  • Economy not working
  • More?

Tutorials[edit]

Good set of tutorials including some Youtube-videos, wiki tutorials and nice list of important wiki pages.

Newbie DF bundle[edit]

Good DF bundle for newbie friendliness with preconfigures settings, tutorial map & save included etc. PDF/Wiki page shortcut list, guide etc? Maybe 2x2 embark, 7 dwarves, pocket sized world, with simple farm setup, simple workshop layout, simple row housing so someone can see how certain things work?) Possibly also have a small area with screwpumps built to pump water back and forth between two small ponds or floodgate + lever to empty lake into river, and lever + 2-3 high pumpstack+water wheel to refill lake?


IRC helpers[edit]

List of people who are regularly on IRC and are willing to help newbies. This is just to see there are enough people doing this and the list won't be given to newbies pointing out who to PM or anything. So, this is a wakeup call to IRC people so that they know to activate themselves as helpers when the project finishes and advertising starts.

  • #DwarfFortress @ irc.quakenet.org
    • Briess
    • Speed112
    • pugi
    • kullervo
    • LucasUP
    • _phil
  • #Bay12games @ irc.newnet.net
    • pugi (just in there, not really active :P)
    • nick2
    • kullervo
    • LucasUP
  • #df @ irc.synirc.net
    • kullervo
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