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New DataRealms.com!
Posted by Data in Cortex Command - April 7th, 2008

New DataRealms.comAs some of you have undoubtedly noticed, we just revealed a completely new version of the Data Realms official website! The new design is courtesy of Michael Heald of Fully Illustrated, who quite clearly did a bang-up job!

There is still more work in store for the site in general, specifically some cleaning up of the forums and dev log – and I don’t just mean the design.. we’re going to be cracking down on flaming and general BS in the comments and threads of both places.

Also – finally – there’s a proper page for Cortex Command itself, which we will be adding more content to as well. Hopefully it will give visitors a better idea of what we’re shooting for with the game than having to decipher an incomplete demo. You can expect a “coming features” section or high level to-do list of some kind soon!

UPDATE: The new flash banner is up now too, for extra wow effect :)
UPDATE2: Flash banner’s effects have been greatly improved!

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93 Responses to “New DataRealms.com!”

  1. Carp - # April 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    Epic winnage. :D

  2. Sixteen - # April 7th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Nice. A bit late though.

  3. Kelas - # April 7th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    Very, very epic indeed Data. A few too many “Download” and “Buy now!” buttons, but, it works!

  4. Lord Tim - # April 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    Woo. Go Datarealms. Looking spiffy.

  5. lmsyhmic - # April 7th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    Awesome!!! Thanks Data! and Michael!

  6. DiviX - # April 7th, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    OMG new Site is awesome!

    Fits so well!

    only the forums left to overhall and thats it!

    thanks Michael Heald.

  7. ChJees - # April 7th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Nice, now a reason to visit the main site except the forums :P .

  8. Tomaster - # April 7th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    Hehe, Data took my advice :D

  9. zacness - # April 8th, 2008 at 12:14 am

    Wo-ho-hoo.
    Now you look like really really rich game peoples.

    News on the GAME update?

  10. Fippe - # April 8th, 2008 at 12:39 am

    That looks great!

  11. Predator King - # April 8th, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Lemme guess, with the new system for the dev log coming, anyone who complains will have their posts deleted and get banned from posting on the dev log?

  12. KamikazeDuck - # April 8th, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Truly beautiful. It’s nice having less GIFs to load now when you’re on a bad internet connection.

  13. Anon - # April 8th, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Lemme guess, this was the last update for a looooong time coming…
    Well then, I’m not gonna check this log again too soon now…
    Goodbye all! C’ya next year or so!

  14. Ghost Bear - # April 8th, 2008 at 2:32 am

    Looks nice. But you’d better make new version!

  15. Data - # April 8th, 2008 at 3:21 am

    Predator, no, constructive criticism is always welcome, especially when it is polite. However, a few people appear to think they have some kind of “right” to post anything on here, when in fact it is a privilege extended by us, the hosts, to you, the visitor.

    In fact, we will be using the “hypothetical real life party” guideline… thus, try to conduct yourself on here as if you were at a real party we were hosting at our place. If some baseline of maturity and respect toward us and other party-goers isn’t maintained, you will be kicked out – simple as that!

    That’s not unreasonable, is it?

  16. atomi - # April 8th, 2008 at 4:16 am

    there just one thing that bothers me. whoa
    thats an epic winnage

  17. rainland - # April 8th, 2008 at 5:37 am

    WOW, that’s cool

  18. Ollieh - # April 8th, 2008 at 5:40 am

    Nice new website!
    Keep up the excellent work Data and others!
    Can’t wait for the next release, meanwhile I try manage… :D

    By the way, the new “coming features” section sounds also great.

  19. war_man333 - # April 8th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    Sweet!
    I love the design!

  20. whitty2 - # April 8th, 2008 at 6:05 am

    its all starting to come together Data
    Great job! :D

  21. hodunt - # April 8th, 2008 at 6:17 am

    Great job…
    I love datarealms!

  22. Alteisen - # April 8th, 2008 at 6:28 am

    About the forums… how exatcly are you going to pull that off? I mean are you gonna come by one a random day and nuke the entire place clean? With new people alot of new bs will come too. And if this game gets very popular, you just will be flooded with it.

    So what im aiming for right now, is just let the moderators do their jobs in keeping the forums clean with a slight nazi grip, but keep yourself mostly developing the game to a shape that it would be much more major.

    Right now CC lacks alot and that lack needs filling.
    The forums are just a funny experimental aquarium.

    Btw besides that, is the cortexcommand.com gonna get a mods section where we or you could load the mods to?

  23. Octyl - # April 8th, 2008 at 6:53 am

    Awesome new page. Much more… sophisticated than four GIFs and a few links. Also, If taking care of the forums more means you being on the forums more, than sweet!

  24. koniferus - # April 8th, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Awesome DATA! Looking forward to the fire extinguisher. A lot of us can’t stand the flame wars. Makes the community look like a bunch of 13 year old fat kids.

  25. Tea - # April 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    FrontPage seems to be gone.

  26. zalo - # April 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Thats awesome! This game is really evolving!

  27. AzMiLion - # April 8th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    Site’s looking awesome data, good to hear that you’ll be cracking down on idiots in the devlog.

  28. Vash - # April 8th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    I really like it Data,now thatit looks even better more people wil lgive it a try and hopefully buy it..And as a lot of us here think,more funds = POssibly more stff than first planned

  29. Turunen45 - # April 8th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    I LOVE the new look! i hope we see new content like concept arts and stuff soon. (and maybe a new version of CC *WINK* WINK*)

  30. Tomaster - # April 8th, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Wanna tell us which Idiots here will be eliminated? Also, if there is the position of moderator for the devlog, can I apply for that position??

  31. Walrus - # April 8th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Good job DATA, new front page looks awesome!

  32. Lapsus - # April 8th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Hey Data, I’m loving the new site design.
    FullyIllustrated does good work! :D

    I’m glad to hear that there’s a reform coming, a bit of a crackdown. Looks like I learned about cortex command just in time to see some big things set in motion.

    Thanks for the fun that I’ve gotten out of the game so far, I’ll definetly be buying it in the near future.

  33. Carl - # April 8th, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Love the new look and so fourth… The “coming features” thing is just brilliant. It’s all good. I feel a lot better now that the devlog will be cleansed and that there has been numerous devlog updates.

    Keep up the great work. Cheers.

  34. Kurrus - # April 8th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Nice.

  35. Hiro - # April 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    Whoo extremely professional looking. Gj.

  36. The Adviser - # April 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    two words
    Twuy Bwutiful

  37. Flying pigs - # April 8th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Damn this is nice gj.

  38. KeroroCanti - # April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    WOW!!! This is AMAZING! The site looks so cool now! Aw man, it seems like higher forces are trying to get me back to being a frequent member of the DR community. 2 Dev log updates in 2 days, this new site design, the Gone With A Blast Wave comic guy playing this game from a pic and comment I saw on the site… Ironically, I got into the comic from THIS site! XD But I still have yet to buy the full game, but rest assured Data, I’ll be buying the special DR one with the higher price!
    TL,DR? Then… Coincidences bring KC back to DR, KC gonna buy the more expensive version of CC.
    XP

  39. KeroroCanti - # April 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Sorry for the double post, but the Dev Log page needs that bar at the top the other pages have that lets you go back to other sections.
    (hm, seems I forgot to put a . before the com for my website… Oh well.)

  40. Azukki - # April 8th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    Very nice.

    But still, the site is about an incomplete game, so I wouldn’t prioritize it too highly in comparison to some other things.

    That was definitely not hinting towards impatience regarding b21.

  41. rebirth12345 - # April 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    Um…..
    I like the new website.
    But when i saw the front page news, it STILL says that CC is the game of the month, even though that was the last post

  42. Sixteen - # April 8th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Well, this is not really game news, not it wouldn’t qualify to be there. But it’s still an update, and that’s all that counts.

  43. Electroclan - # April 8th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    What do you have in mind for the forums? Total redo of the current staff + rules?

  44. Foaboegik - # April 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    Damn the DRL is HAWT Raep compared to the old one!

  45. brinlarden - # April 9th, 2008 at 3:48 am

    that looks….O_O AWESOME

  46. XDevil - # April 9th, 2008 at 10:23 am

    nice ;)
    it looks realy good!…
    RÄÄÄSPÄÄÄCKT :P dude…

  47. Slowpoke. - # April 9th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    First post. Looks really good.

  48. Tomaster - # April 9th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Nice flash banner, but it looks slightly fake.

  49. robolee - # April 9th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    I personally don’t like the banner

  50. The Adviser - # April 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    I think the banner looks pretty good. could of used some in game clips, but oh well :D .

  51. Azukki - # April 9th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Honestly I don’t think much of the banner. It’s just still images from the intro with some parallax scrolling and some gradients.

    It started off pretty good with robopope, but then the bad rocket exhaust effects, the not-so-subtle explosions from space, and ended with the worst looking part, the coalition firing. The shiny logo was good though.

    In-game clips of the sort of thing in the epic moments thread, that’s what I would think that you would want to show, to gain the interest of the sort of person that would like CC in it’s present state. Speaking of which…

  52. Ollieh - # April 9th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    I like the flash banner, better than no flash banner.

  53. Tomaster - # April 9th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    I agree with Azukki, you should take some of the clips from the forum in the epic moments thread, and make them into a flash banner, if that is possible, preferably ones that show off the physics and demolition capabilities.

  54. Data - # April 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Azukki, I agree the effects weren’t what they could’ve been, and they have updated. Hit shift+f5 to see latest version. I’ll be tweaking them more soon!

    Might look into integrating some gif anims, but it’s not what the banner is supposed to be.. just soemthing to get the initial wow factor going on first site hit. Besides, there’s gifs right underneath, randomly selected. Speaking of, if anyone wants to submit addtional 110×110px gifs for that area, emails links to contact@datarealms.com.

  55. Pedobear - # April 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Very sexy site, the best indie game site I’ve seen so far. Good luck on the next build, I’m sure it will be great.

  56. Azukki - # April 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    Yeah, it looks a good deal better now.
    I think it was mostly that front-most guy firing that made it look bad before.
    If I remember correctly, he was shooting his shotgun/grenade launcher/whatever like a machine gun with a bad looking muzzle flash, while completely inanimate?

    Campaign sounds like it’ll be great, especially if we encounter another faction soon. White bots seem to be the most developed faction that aren’t yet in game play, so maybe them?

  57. Ollieh - # April 10th, 2008 at 12:56 am

    Even better now!
    New faction or few of them would be awesome. :)

    Next release gonna take weeks or months? Just approx.

  58. The Adviser - # April 10th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Now that is a very good banner. Now for the net line of business.

    GIMME BUILD 21 NOW PLOX!!!!1!1!!!!!1!!!1!!

    Just kidding, but my hope of it coming out within a month have been restored.

  59. Fooby - # April 10th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Just a few words because I want to get playing Cortex..

    UN
    FREAKING
    BELIEVABLE!!

    I absolutely love it! Great Job!
    Also, I am also waiting so patiently for this new build. :D

  60. rebirth12345 - # April 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    Now the banner does not load.
    And I have the latest flash player.

  61. Data - # April 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    rebirth.. o rly? try ctrl+f5
    Let me know if still no go

  62. rebirth12345 - # April 10th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Still no go

  63. Tomaster - # April 10th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    Just wondering, what did you do to update it?

  64. The Adviser - # April 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    he made it look more polished, and got rid of some unnecessary stuff.

  65. Tomaster - # April 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    Oh, ok, still think he should have some epic gifs in there

  66. udm - # April 11th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Good work there Data! Keep it up!

  67. KarvaBopi - # April 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    :O

  68. Tomaster - # April 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    What?

  69. robolee - # April 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I see it has improved again, it looks great now (though I still think there are too many explosions on the planet and they are too big)

  70. Tomaster - # April 12th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    @Robolee
    LOL, post 69, but yea, i agree with robolee

  71. rainland - # April 13th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    improve the game, not the web site.

  72. The Adviser - # April 13th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Jeez let him work on it Rainland. Besides when the mob of 12 year olds hits this place presentation is everything! Besides we have waited a few months for it so I think we can wait some more. Also if you say “But we deserve…” then I say that you payed for a KEY that will open almost any build that needs one not the finished product which might never come.

  73. Foaboegik - # April 13th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    He does whatever he wants, so run back home and get pushed off
    the sofa!

  74. Skateorama - # April 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Looks great, a huge improvment!

  75. Purple - # April 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Data would you happen to know how door scanners work?

  76. Ghost Bear - # April 14th, 2008 at 2:38 am

    Flash looks nice, but higher framerate would be nice (or it’s just works slow on me). Also explosions on planet looks very childish. Cortex Command logo moving though dark isn’t nice too imo.

    Also html code done very professionally, i like it alot!

  77. rainland - # April 14th, 2008 at 10:02 am

    ok ok.. maybe i was a little rude but data could make the next build now and we won’t need anything in a month so he can make the site in peace.

  78. Jack73hRipper - # April 15th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    lol ghost
    get a new comp
    i run full frames on multiplayer :)

  79. Tomaster - # April 15th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    I just translated this on Gizoogle.
    http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.datarealms.com%2Fdevlog%2F
    LOL

  80. The Adviser - # April 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Now that is funny.

  81. koniferus - # April 16th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    F-U-Double-Lizzy Illustrated!! that was great!

  82. PacificV2 - # April 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Yeah the new site is goodlooking and all – but it has been months since we’ve heard cortex command news. I _did_ think Data would do a good (read better) job with keeping the userbase up to date in terms of development (I for one wouldn’t say no to news or screenshots, or just knowing what the heck you’ve been doing) since we’re actually paying him for an incomplete version, but seeing the current lack of news I’m wondering, is Data just enjoying his newfound “fortune” made from selling licenses or is he actively working on the game? Without updates I’m really unsure.

    Bottom line: News. Real ones. Where are they again?

  83. robolee - # April 17th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    hahaha:
    “There were a series of IRL distractions, but we is back on track n tha excit’n times will def be pick’n up again n shit!”

    lols

  84. robolee - # April 17th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    even better:
    title:”Hustla fo` Cortex Command”
    “Eventually we wiznill probably add this functionality ta tha gizzle itself, but this is bootylicious in tha mean tizzle . Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this.. Poser spendin’ta him if you find tha too` useful!”

  85. Azukki - # April 17th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    Those ‘exciting times’ sure are stealthy…

  86. nckomodo - # April 17th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    @Data:15

    You mean we should get drunk and smoke pot before posting?

  87. Shade - # April 18th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    In regard to post 15 :

    It’s also a privilege to let us buy unfinished work ^^
    Don’t forget that also work’s for both :)
    Think about the day were dev. didn’t relied on updates and internet. Software had to be ready before being sell (i’m kinda miss those time, there was less buggy stuff too).

    I was about to buy a 360 Game joystick just for Cortex Command but now… Not ! I didn’t launch the game since the last update can you believe that ?

    It’s not a really complainings.
    Don’t forget that selling stuff also require to be close to your customer.

    Good luck, really :)

  88. The Adviser - # April 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    I think he means something along the lines of an old english party(you know with the guys that go “toodle pip”)or is at least closer to his party than your idea is, and where did everyone go?

  89. Tomaster - # April 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    I dunno, no one is posting anymore, which is good, I suppose, this isn’t a cesspit anymore.

  90. The Adviser - # April 18th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    I liked the quality(notice I didn’t say what kind of quality) discussions we had :( :( :( .

  91. Pedobear - # April 19th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    ^Lol jk…

    And Tomaster, I prefer pornolizer
    http://www.pornolize.com/pornolize4?lang=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.datarealms.com%2Fdevlog%2F

  92. thor - # April 19th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    wow. finally.

  93. gismo93 - # May 1st, 2008 at 5:14 am

    yea sure looks epic

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