Hey guys, I am an indie games developer who makes games in BGE and UE4.
I’m also a web programmer with experience creating bespoke content management systems.
I wanted to let you know that I’m working on a games publishing/distribution site made specifically for indie/pro games made with UE4/UDK.
I would like to make it a fairly dynamic site. So plenty of discussion/comments sections for ease of communication between players and developers. Most likely Facebook integration.
I’m creating the entire system from scratch, so it’s completely bespoke for the community.
It’s in an early stage of planning. Just mapping out the structure of the site.
One of my main goals, is to try and maintain the look and feel, quality and community found with Epic products. I’d like to approach somebody who works for Epic games so I can maintain the same high quality standards. Keeping that high level of standards for both the developers and the end users is a high priority.
Planned features:
Public gallery,searchable by common attributes (genre, theme, game type, platform etc).
Developer specific pages. So if you have more than one game, you can have your own “store front” where you can share a link to your own games page
Analytic’s - Private dashboard for developers to see statistics about their games or to make edits.
In terms of a business model, I’m not too sure at this point in time. The main cost really is server storage for game files/photos etc.
Anyway, as mentioned, this is very, very early! I would love to hear your thoughts though! Even if they are crushing, best to get it out at the early stages before I get too committed! I will outreach when the time is right, but if anybody who works for epic who is reading this forum who could advise me on my notes about about the consistent look and feel, I’d love to hear from you. I certainly don’t want to do anything without correct permissions!
Update
Website has now been made publicly available!
Upload your games now!
Website: buy-ue4-games.com
Facebook: buy-ue4-games
**Interested in helping? **
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If you are a competent PHP/MySql programmer and would like to contribute, please get in touch! Especially if you are skilled with security!
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CSS designers welcome! This will be very far down the road though! In typical programmer fashion, my design skills are not amazing!
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ANY community feedback from you guys is important and a massive help!
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I could benefit with games or demo’s you don’t mind being published for free, to be used as test dummies during testing stages.