Cybele Dev Thread
InfoI have two reasons for making this thread, well actually three. First, to tell everyone Cybele is back in development. Second, people can keep up with the development with it until release. Third, to get feedback from you guys. What did you hate, like, want in the old Cybele? You can request new features, you know, just feedback in general. I've already got several ideas for Cybele. I'm going to create both a Windows executable and a web version. Windows will be first. One more thing, I want this program to be flawless when released. There will be private betas so I can achieve this. While in beta state, this will leave the program possibly unstable, the database basically opened, and all resources will be temporary, which hopefully you can see why it'll be private.
Keep track of more updates and stuff at Cybele's twitters.
CybeleDatabase
ImprovementsThese are the planned improvements from the older version.
- Better updating system. The version will no longer be stored in a text file. That was silly of me. Instead it will be stored in the program itself. Updates will not be forced upon you, they will always be optional. However, you may be missing out on some minor fixes and new features. In some cases, updates will be forced. If there is need for fixing a major bug, I'm going to implement a new feature that will lock down the program until the update is released. This will prevent from people exploiting the bug. When locked down, the program will show a message and shut down.
- Better design. It will have a custom UI thats similar to Office 2007.
- Engine and Resource handling. This is probably the part I'm really going to put extra work into. Before, the only supported engines were RMXP & RMVX. On top of that, not all resources were implemented for both engines. (I think the only missing resource were audio ones) Due to how I'm going to redo this engine, I'll easily be able to add new engines and resource types without hassle. And when adding new resources, you won't be limited to just one file. You'll be able to add up to 5-10 files. This was requested by legacyblade and the option is there in case you have sets of characters or you need to add the autotiles with your tileset. NO MORE DATABASE RESETS! There have been numerous times where the database was reset and all resources will be lost. I'll be keeping several backups of the database to prevent this from happening again.
Features
- Synced with twitter. When new members sign up or resources get uploaded, a tweet gets sent to Cybele's twitter.
ScreenshotsSome awesome shiny screenshots of the new version.
Layout
Database (Showing passwords get encrypted)
Community FeedbackAll ideas and feedback from you guys will be here.
While the improvements list is short, it will expand as I start gathering and organizing my ideas onto paper.