Nordenfelt Dev Log 18
Posted by hermitCSep 14
Here is the new entry in Nordenfelt‘s weekly development log.
Website Improvement
The Nordenfelt website got some important navigational buttons underneath the logo. It’s good advice to present the most important stuff above the fold.
Further on the page’s content was streamlined to a one-column layout. Now there’s no more distracting content beside the main message.
Google Analytics Code Struggle
Some days ago I became aware that Google now provides asynchronous tracking code. Thus I decided to update and improve all my website tracking. After installing the new code tests showed that event tracking (e.g. showing screenshots or clicking outbound links) is not as reliable as it seems. At one time it works, at another it doesn’t (testing the same link). Until now I could not find an answer for this on the net. Do you have a clue?
Squinting at Porting to Linux
Just out of curiosity I fired up Ubuntu and had a short look on porting Nordenfelt to Linux. The game was built with portability in mind so it should not be that hard to do it. The only problem is that I’m a Linux noob. It would take quite some time to port and test Nordenfelt on this platform. And finally there’s this fine excuse: Wine.
Version 0.5.1 is Coming Soon!
The next version is just around the corner and the corner’s imprint reads:
16th of September
Nordenfelt 0.5.1 will be preorder-only and will include the new equipment shop. Buying and improving your arsenal of weapons will be vital for scoring high.
That’s it for this week. Thanks to all the nice people who already decided to preorder Nordenfelt. You rock!
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Cheers,
Thomas
2 comments
Comment by H. Arnold Jones on September 18, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Wine is a hack, and nobody I know on Linux willingly uses it as a serious way to run anything. Okay, maybe some use TransGaming’s Cedega (now GameTree…?), but those are the crazy people. Wine will probably run just fine under Wine if I’m being honest, but Linux users would love a native port far more. Seriously.
I would be happy to lend some Linux knowledge, build environment setup, and testing if you like.
Comment by hermitC on September 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Never used Wine myself but already had the gut feeling it won’t work as expected. 🙂
I’m quite interested in Linux dev (did some non-medial coding on it several years ago) so I want to give it a try when Nordenfelt’s sales figures tell me to do so. Good to know that you can help me out in this case. I’ll take you up on your offer when it happens.
Thanks!