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This isnt answering your question but i've got a quick suggestion for you dev wise. Cache those images on your front page, then stitch them together into a big sprite and then use CSS to display the specific image from the sprite. It'll greatly decrease the load time on that page. Ref: http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/
Inline images with data URIs might perform equally well with less hackery.
Yeah it's a mindblow when you realize this. But it's not made of people who spend 6 hours a night watching tv.
There has never been a better time for creators, of all kind.
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Inline images with data URIs might perform equally well with less hackery.
data URIs are not supported on IE. css sprites supported anywhere and quite common.
30% to 70% CTR is nearly impossible. You can only get it in very specific cases. 1.5% CTR is pretty good for Adsense. If you can get it up to 5%, consider yourself lucky.
This isnt answering your question but i've got a quick suggestion for you dev wise. Cache those images on your front page, then stitch them together into a big sprite and then use CSS to display the specific image from the sprite. It'll greatly decrease the load time on that page. Ref: http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/
Thank you very much! I hadn't taken the time to think about load times... but you're absolutely right. I'm going to put it on the list as one of my priorities. I think improving / creating a navigation system where players can find a game by category, tag or genre is a higher priority (though I could be wrong) I'm also hoping to add a game description and * star rating to the mouse over tooltip. I think if users can…
Seems like the last the web needs is another half assed Flash games site.
Congrats on the site and getting started on a project. How are you driving visitors to the site currently?
:D ummm. ycombinator
I read another comment about reddit / stumble / digg / etc... So I'll have to go there next. For today, once I get tag-navigation done (it's looking pretty sweet already) then I guess a reddit submission.
Since I regularly read reddit I'll feel a little more comfortable with the community there. Hopefully they'll be as supportive as HN is :)
I really do feel nervous about making sure people like it, and making sure it's good enough to show off.
Showing work in progress to HN is a bit of a different story because we're all such "doers" around here. I guess I just feel "safer" starting here. (if that makes sense?)
Seems like the last the web needs is another half assed Flash games site.
You can't argue with profit.
(EDIT: for anyone who doesn't get the reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park))
Seems like the last the web needs is another half assed Flash games site.