Scuttlesoft.com Feedback

[JerryF]

Hello all,

I little while back I created Scuttlesoft.com to focus on more family oriented games, but I've kind of neglected it since I released my first game under it's name. I've since released another (a space shooter based off of an earlier game I made.) I'm working on going back over the web site, and both games trying to make improvements where I can. I already have a list of things I plan on doing, but I'd like to get some advice/ideas/criticism on the website and/or Bandits Big Adventure and Project Zeus.

The URL is located here http://www.scuttlesoft.com

Thanks,

JerryF

[GameStudioD]

Improvements to the site can be made quickly and easily:

* Choose a color scheme for the site. Blue and white doesnt jive with your red/blue/gray logo.

* Redo the logo. It looks like you applied some 'shop filters and that's what you ended up with.

* Left justify. Try not to center too many things, this makes the site look amateurish.

* Add more content. Support page, company info, more info about the games, reasons to buy, etc.

* Bullet points on the benefits of purchasing your game.

* Big buy, try buttons instead of 'click here' text links.

* When adding new stuff, keep everything above the fold. So people wont have to 'fish' for info using the scroll bar.

Dan

[oNyx]

What he said... and use graphics in the right size. Using big images and scaling em down by setting their widh/height is a waste of bandwidth (and of course it looks pretty ugly).

[JerryF]

Thanks for the suggestions for the website. You're right about the logo, it's just some text with a filter applied (GIMP, not PS Pro though.) I'll probably need to go through several iterations before I get anything I like.

[JerryF]

Ok, I've done some work on my website, trying to implement as many of the suggestions as I could, and here's what I have so far:

http://www.scuttlesoft.com/newindex.html

Thanks.

[GameStudioD]

The improvments are great. Now, from the homepage (and without scrolling) a user can get support, buy, download, see a screenshot, and find out how to get more info.

For the visual part, take a look at http://www.coolhomepages.com for 'inspiration'. Also, http://www.retro64.com and http://www.winterwolves.com both do a pretty good job at being usable and they look good too.