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Re: Game design wiki

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Post by spoiler »

12907835202 wrote: post #5
lelanthran wrote: post #4

This isn't actually a wiki, now is it? Or are we calling any published document a wiki these days?

I think people use wiki as a synonym for Encyclopedia now. But even that would be wrong in this case.

I think the intent was to be like a wiki/knowledge base, but I agree with your and GPs sentiment though.

Aside: is there a wiki platform for things like these? I know there's fandom wikis which feels like the wrong platform for these sorts of things, and that you can host your own, but sometimes that's just overkill...

Do we have a business idea here (with a free tier, obvs)?

Re: Game design wiki

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Post by readyplayernull »

pabloarteel wrote: post #20

I quite enjoyed "Theory of Fun for Game Design" by Raph Koster. It has many great insights about what we'd call product or design decisions, but it feels like a philosophy book, and you'll also learn stuff that applies to daily life.

For most indie game developers getting resources to keep developing games is a meta-game :)

Re: Game design wiki

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Post by lelanthran »

spoiler wrote: post #21
12907835202 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think people use wiki as a synonym for Encyclopedia now. But even that would be wrong in this case.

I think the intent was to be like a wiki/knowledge base, but I agree with your and GPs sentiment though. Aside: is there a wiki platform for things like these? I know there's fandom wikis which feels like the wrong platform for these sorts of things, and that you can host your own, but sometimes that's just overkill... Do we have a business idea here (with a free tier, obvs)?

> Do we have a business idea here (with a free tier, obvs)?

I don't mind offering one on a cheap VPS, with restrictions on image/video files.

No need to, though: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hosting_services

Re: Game design wiki

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Post by samtho »

spoiler wrote: post #21
12907835202 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think people use wiki as a synonym for Encyclopedia now. But even that would be wrong in this case.

I think the intent was to be like a wiki/knowledge base, but I agree with your and GPs sentiment though. Aside: is there a wiki platform for things like these? I know there's fandom wikis which feels like the wrong platform for these sorts of things, and that you can host your own, but sometimes that's just overkill... Do we have a business idea here (with a free tier, obvs)?

Fandom (and a few others like it) is really what you’re looking for although the adverting on these sites makes it very user hostile. I don’t know if there is a better business model for this other than charging directly. I would probably just do a one-click digital ocean deployment

Re: Game design wiki

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Post by Falkon1313 »

codampa01314 wrote: post #12
lelanthran wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm not very familiar with Notion. Will this be something that is easy to expand with Notion or is this the wrong platform for such things? It's the worst platform for developing a wiki. Closed software, running on proprietary site, with no edits allowed without signing up to the company. It's great for company use, but it's entirely the wrong platform for creating a valuable resource of information on the internet…

Makes total sense. Any alternatives you'd suggest?

dokuwiki is nice. It's a bit different than mediawiki, so you might want to try both and compare to see which you like better.

One of the biggest differences is that Mediawiki is database-backed while dokuwiki is filesystem-backed. Another is that dokuwiki is closer to markdown syntax while mediawiki has its own more complex syntax.

Overall, dokuwiki is notably simpler and easier, but mediawiki might have some more management stuff that could be helpful if the site has lots of activity and needs more moderation.

For a lot of uses, they're pretty comparable and it would come down to preference.

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