It's been a while since we had an update. I'll try to make these more of a monthly thing from now on since that seems to be a reasonable cadence.
Reputation RecalculationThe reputation recalculation previously mentioned has not happened yet. No good reason other than it's been a lower …
We're approaching the time when reputation for all members will be re-indexed.
As has previously been described, in our previous system reputation had a fuzzy definition. While a member could earn reputation through the usual up/d…
Do you have a personal or company blog that you like to update? Are you looking for an easy way to reach a wider developer audience? Maybe you're copying your posts to your GameDev.net Blog?
Good news. We know a lot of developers like to have their own blog space, but we also know th…
The GameDev.net Game Jobs board is back online at https://www.gamedev.net/jobs. You can access it in the menu through Careers -> Game Jobs -> Browse, where you can view the job listings and find a career in games doing what you love. You can also search the board with the site sear…
It's been a busy few days. We upgraded the GameDev.net software and servers this weekend, and while there are plenty of problems to still fix the whole process has exceeded expectations.
What's new?Quite a bit is new, actually. It wasn't just a software and server move. It was also an …
On June 15, 1999 - 18 years ago today - our band of developers and "webmasters" launched GameDev.net.
Here's the story:[quote]
GameDev.net has a rather interesting history. Starting from a conversation between Dave Astle of Sweet.Oblivion and Mike Tanczos of Game Programming 99, the idea to join forc…
Did you know that GameDev.net will celebrate its 18th year of operation on June 15?
It's also roughly when we plan to go live with the upgrade. Here's the latest:
Contractor Ads and GDNet+
We are going to change the Freelancer / Contractor advertising section to be a GDNet+ benefit. So instead of bein…
It's been a couple weeks since the last update, but work on the upgrade has continued slowly and methodically. You don't want to rush these things - we're implementing the changes, converting data, then checking it again, writing scripts to ensure a fast reload if something gets messed up after we …
We are very pleased to announce that GameDev.net has partnered with CRC Press to offer all current and future GDNet+ members a discount for online purchases through the CRC Press store. Discount levels of 10%, 15%, and 20% are available for each GDNet+ tier.
CRC Press is a global publisher of scienc…
Reputation.
This is a tricky subject.
The site upgrade - by nature of the upgrade - is going to introduce changes to our reputation system. There is no stopping the change. The current reputation system is custom-made and is not portable to the upgrade. This doesn't mean we couldn't port it, but it's…
