Website Updates/News

[mgnade]

Hey everybody,

I'm creating this thread to centralize all IndieGameStand website updates, news, etc.

First up, I want to say Happy 2 Month Birthday to us! We are so happy to all the indie game fans out there and our incredible user base for helping us launch a successful service. We also want to thank all the incredible indie games and game developers that we've featured so far. As always, please keep letting us know how we can better our site and service. It may take us awhile but we're always working on new things.

The IndieGameStand staff has grown by 1 Matt Canj this month. You may have noticed him in the forums since that's his job as our new community manager and marketing guru. He's a great guy and hardcore PC gamer. We also have a Steam Group now: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/indiegamestand. We hope to schedule some steam play sessions in the future.

Finally, we have our promotional widgets complete. There are some great ones that show the current game on sale, sale numbers and the time left... and we have some random funny meme type ads. Pick what you like, we really appreciate any linkage you can give us! http://indiegamestand.com/external/

[mgnade]

We've got our community manager making quick videos about each game deal for us. The youtube channel is up: http://www.youtube.com/user/indiegamestand

[mgnade]

Some small updates this week:
- we uploaded new graphics for our social media at the top of the page
- we now link to our youtube channel
- we have removed the Twitch.TV section UNLESS someone is live streaming, so now it will only appear if the game is included in Twitch's database and if someone is currently streaming.

[mgnade]

Special thanks to our community for getting these groups started and going:

Community Links:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IndieGameStand
http://www.desura.com/groups/indie-game-stand-community/

Website Updates:
- Developers can now send email notification when a new file is uploaded/updated
- Added more email options under account settings for Game Updates and Developer promotional emails

In Progress:
- New Checkout Page
- Feature Bonus Content on Frontpage
- Enable Steam/Desura keys for bonus games
- T-Shirts for top contributors

[mgnade]

We pushed out a huge update earlier this week. Updates included:

New Homepage:
- Left Sidebar to display all bonus games and content
- Right Sidebar showing off top contributors prize (T-shirt etc)
- Highlights and crowns for prize winners in the statistics

New Checkout Page:
- Beautifully designed / takes up the whole page
- Enhanced slider showing off thumbnails of everything you're unlocking as you pay more