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« on: September 17, 2013, 02:59:53 AM »

Hello fellow devs  Gentleman

I've began working on a database of all video games, codenamed "Gam Lnk".
http://gamlnk.com/

It's purpose is to be the IMDB of video games. Containing all games, dev teams, media outlets, publishers, devs (individuals), and characters.

It's still in early stages, but I'd appreciate feedback and would love suggestions.

Something that might be of great value to indie developers is the Media Outlets section. I had planned to build a list of all media outlets to contact about my game (in sig) when it reached alpha/began a Kickstarter. The last was to be orderable by "reach" (facebook fans, twitter followers, youtube subs, website visitors). While building this list in a spreadsheet I decided to put my php skills to use and make it a database. I'll keep you informed of how that grows into a useful tool.
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2013, 04:35:57 AM »

Why would this be better than IndieDB for indies or any big game database for AAA games?
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2013, 06:02:06 AM »

It looks very poor atm, are game entries just their names?
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2013, 09:10:45 AM »

I've been working on the Media Outlets list http://gamlnk.com/media

I've added 'Reach', a calculation of a site's reach to gamers.
The current calculation for Reach is:
((10000000 - Alexa Rank) / 35)
+ Facebook Likes
+ Twitter Followers
+ YouTube Subscribers
= Total Reach
I'd love ideas to improve this.

This list could be used by indies to create a list of websites to contact about their Kickstarter or release.
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