What were the odds that the voiceover guy on Australia Post’s ‘daily’ ads had a cold when he was doing the recording? You’d think they could have postponed it by a week or something.
Monthly archive: March, 2007
This time, a proper mockup of the main game page, which makes it more clear what this game is about. Click it for full-size image. 
- “What’s Authority?”
- It’s the new online game I’m creating: somewhat of a followup to Territory that focuses on and adds new elements to the Territory concept.
- “Yeah, but… what is it?”
- I’ll avoid making any specific comments about it because I can’t be sure what components I will ultimately include. Also, I like being mysterious. With that, I present you a rather stylish mockup of what a section of the game map would look like:
- “Question leading on to further advertising.”
- I’m glad you asked. It may look complex, but it is actually quite simple once you know the rules.
So, stay tuned for Authority.
After Channel 9 (Australia) first showed previews for their upcoming 2007 lineup, I expected this show would have more of a gladiatorial angle—spears, lion pit, that sort of thing. Alas.
This is the first release of Opinionated (the software). Everything you need is included in the zip: edit the variables in connect.php to suit your database, edit the $settings array in start.php to customise the strings, and import the contents of opinionated.sql into a new database.
Note: there is an extra array key you can customise that is not included by default in the source release: submittext. This defines a message displayed on the ’submit’ page: to use it, add something along the lines of
'submittext' => '<p>By submitting this entry, you agree to our rules of use</p>',
to the array definition.
Download
- Source (zip) — 19.6KB
Opinionated is a very simple content submission and rating system.