[Scummvm-devel] GOG-Affiliate program, recent additions to website

Max Horn max at quendi.de
Thu Jan 22 14:18:28 CET 2009


Am 22.01.2009 um 06:38 schrieb Johannes Schickel:

> Paul Gilbert schrieb:
>> About my only concern is the fact that "Buy Supported Games" seems a
>> bit misleading.. since it links directly to the GOG website, it may
>> give people the wrong impression that games like, for example, Simon
>> the Sorcerer 3D are supported. I know the news announcement
>> specifically mentions which games ScummVM supports are available to
>> purchase, but people clicking on the 'Buy Supported Games' may not
>> have seen the news article.
>>
>> Maybe it could link to an intermediate page, like the Where To Buy
>> Games page, which could have it's own copy of the GOG announcement  
>> and
>> a transfer link.
>
> I guess we could ask GOG to make a category "ScummVM supported games"
> now that we have a partnership with them. If they had such a  
> category we
> could maybe just adjust the banner / "Buy Supported Games" to link  
> to a
> page listing only games in that specific category.

Fully agreed. We have in fact already suggested that they at least  
should display for each game whether it uses DOSBox, ScummVM, etc.  
They promised to take a look into this, but have some other priorities  
first.

Cheers,
Max




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