Hi, I've installed the HPO game on a local computer for testing and dev purposes, so I can give you feedback on the HPO installation process, and the game itself.
I could have created some bugs on launchpad bugtracker or uservoice, but I think the core team is more used to that (sorry for the extra work). I don't feel compfortable yet. The following list contains only problems, but of course, the 'serious game' concept is great! Anyway, it's alpha test :) Long life to Farsides! farsides websites ================= * I'm lost: too many websites. It's complicated to know where to find informations between the wiki, the blog, the uservoice, the tracker, etc. * this could be fixed on an exhausitve wiki page. wiki farsides ============= * design ugly * ubuntu footer => why ? * dead links : * http://farsides.com/wiki/UML_Schema => dead link inside * lot of obsolete content server install ============== http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~hackit/hackit/trunk/annotate/head%3A/INSTALL * This is a text file, but it is displayed on LP as code (colored syntax), this is maybe configurable on LP. * lacks php-pear dep * deprecation warning: root@farsides-dev:~# pear install DB_DataObject WARNING: "pear/DB" is deprecated in favor of "pear/MDB2" * lines 34 should be moved after the 29 * typo on line : # apt-get install php5-xdebug php5-cli php5-sqlite php5-db php5-cli I guess you mean "php5-dbg" instead of "php5-db" wich is as no installation candidate. The code base * big repos (600Mo) => bzr: out of memorys \ Fetching revisions:Inserting stream:Estimate 10255/10582 Use -Dmem_dump to dump memory to a file. => the initial bzr branch dures 12H : this is long, and we should be aware of that before starting the initial cloning. demo mission feedback ===================== First visitor screening: * some .png files are too big in term of memory : earth is 2mo, target is 600Ko. * "go to the agencie remote desktop" should be bigger than the rest as we want the player ton click on it First chat with EagleEye: * This guy as really big problems with the keyboard ! Could we reduce the number of keyboard failures he does ? This is quickly boring * unclear sentence: "What does the message mean and where was he when he sent it?". The "he" refers to the missing agent, but in the previous sentence we spoke about a painter. Should be split in 2 questions: "What does the message mean? where was _the agent_ when he sent it?" Some link 404 not found (firebug detected): * http://proxy.hackit.farsides-dev/images/srpr/nav_logo27.png * some external_js Tools window: * Mistake in sentence: "This tab provides you with information about…" should be "provides you informations". Hacking mini-game: * some js errors detected by firebug Login/create account window: * From the tools windows, clicking on "login", the login pops, but at the bottom layer. So it is hidden by the other windows , preventing the user to log in. This shloud be at the top layer instead, or better in a window like the chat/tools/browser window. * The font for "register" / "cancel" is too small. * I don't like the leetspeak as default content, it's unclear and makes me feel nerdy whereas I'm a gentleman. * The fields should have a label around, and not only default value inside: "email:, "password:", like normal forms on standard websites. email configuration ==================== * hardcoded emails are sent (vlad@...), whereas everything should be in the config.php file. -- PM _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/
