comment(19) Demonstration of NEW features coming to the site!
Posted by Dazz - March 22, 2025 5:56 PM
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WE WERE LIVE ON TWITCH!

Petie and I took to Twitch to show off new features coming to the Resource sites. At the time of writing, we are prepping to go live, but by the time you read this, we are ((not live anymore)). We ran over all the new features coming to the site live, but now that we are done, we have edited the stream into a more concise video for people to review.

We are so excited to finally show you what we have spent this past year dedicating our efforts towards, and give everyone a better understanding of why we have done so. We will be taking feedback on our Discord server, so be sure to hop in there to have a conversation, or you can leave a comment on this update!

Apologies for the lack of time to give individual people shoutouts, but there's a huge volume of sheets in this update! It is still unbelievable to me that we can even get to this level of sheets being uploaded to the site in a single week, which we are able to moderate and approve in that same period. We've had contributions for retro and modern, by users old and new. It is truly an honour to receive you all, and I'm sure everyone will love what's now available this week!
Contributors: 83
125scratch, Aecheritt, AerospaceCoot35, Alice Margatroid Kaikidan, AlphaBlue1011, ArtoMeister, ATKOtter, Barack Obama, BigHungryMode, BillyTGAoBaM, blueberrymuffin, BryanJo97527502, Cactus_DaNn_Jr., Chaoanaya, danikk04, DarkWolf, Deathbringer, Depressed Mario, Doc Melonhead, DogToon64, Domobot, Falconpunch, Franketepoke2, FridayFunkGaming291, Fristi, geometricentric, GlacialSiren484, GreenLuigi19, Greiga Master, HammondEggs, HylianFox, Jdaster64, Jermungandr, JJ314, JonGandee, kanji_talk, Keenfan1990, Kiphub21, Kittybags, Kohei32, Locke_gb7, Love-de-Nick, Magma MK-II, malevka1, Matheus123, Max Ward, MetallicK2MK, MistaMan, Modata, Models124717, MollyChan, necoarcfan99, NeoMametchi, Nunzio92, Otomecake, Paraemon, Patchworks, Penguin140, Poké-Brother, Rabbid4240, Ragey, Redtarp, Reese Rivers, RonaTheRTD, SamButSam, Samevi, Sea Rover Sanguine, skorpio, Spanish Pirate, speedykuro, SquigRattlehead, TengaiDenjin, TeridaxXD001, Ton, Trekeln, true, UlticraftMTT, UltraHype97, Unoriginality, VGrKnoise, Ya Block, Yousurname, zorrpu
Customs: 28
Bobenny, BrowNa0042, Dinoshi 64, Dolphman, Dr.Nootviri, Eggroll27, FieryExplosion, hansungkee, HylianFox, Its-A-Me_Austin, Justin3009, MarioFanGamer, MollyChan, Nikog266, PGE, Pixel9Bit, RandomPolygonal, saidFayad5, Someone N Knuckles, Spacemodo, Spikey-Valentine, Tamashi, The_Eggo55, Tydany, UlticraftMTT, Ya Block, yiey20, yunslove
Assets in this update: 1,288arrow_right
arrow_right [60] Custom / Edited
arrow_right [10] 3DS
arrow_right [1] Arcade
arrow_right [17] Browser Games
arrow_right [2] Dreamcast
arrow_right [23] DS / DSi
arrow_right [9] Game Boy / GBC
arrow_right [6] Game Boy Advance
arrow_right [3] Game Gear
arrow_right [9] LCD Handhelds
arrow_right [2] Lynx
arrow_right [550] Mobile
arrow_right [37] MS-DOS
arrow_right [20] MSX2
arrow_right [25] NES
arrow_right [1] Nintendo 64
arrow_right [1] Nintendo Switch
arrow_right [358] PC / Computer
arrow_right [10] PlayStation
arrow_right [8] PlayStation 2
arrow_right [15] PlayStation 3
arrow_right [17] PlayStation Vita
arrow_right [28] PSP
arrow_right [1] Sega 32X
arrow_right [22] Sega Genesis
arrow_right [15] SNES
arrow_right [9] TurboGrafx-16
arrow_right [29] Wii

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Just watched this [and by "this", I mean the YouTube rundown] and I think the changes are pretty good though there's some things I feel are odd.

My Thoughts:

I feel the other sites going under the Spriters Resource website feels kind of odd, and I'm pretty sure that it is possible to do shared cookies across multiple different domains (alas Google websites and some other places.)

I feel one of the things I just don't like about the new UI is the fonts. More-so the big font (that looks kinda NES-like. 7:25) Like, it isn't a bad font on its own, but I feel it just looks odd, especially with the older fonts remaining on some things as well as the outline(?) on it.

I also feel like having the latest comments on the right is an odd choice too. Like, while I don't hate it, I feel it could've been something better. Especially since the video states that there's a new "Favorite" feature, I feel that could've been utilized too. I feel the latest submissions make sense to be included since people mainly go onto here for the archives (as far as I know)

Extra Thoughts

So there's light mode, dark mode, and classic/"salmon" mode, but is there a possibility for more themes in the future? Like other default site themes or one a user can make for themselves? (I know it's a bit of a stretch, especially the third part, but it's worth asking.)

Comments are being given the ability to reply to others, but will there be more? For example, could there be a more efficient way to use formatting codes? Like maybe some buttons for bold text and italics and whatnot.

And looking at the video and some of the websites. Will there be an old version of the colors on those sites too like how the TSR website will have the salmon colors as an option? (I'm not sure if the colors are different due to dark mode or not, but if they're changed regardless, then this is what my question is for.)

Closing

All of this aside, this is pretty good, even if it will take time to get used to. (Like the info being on the bottom instead of top of an image.)
If I were to make a serious suggestion, I would suggest like a "Related Links" section for game pages/submissions. Say if someone puts sheets/models for a remaster of a game yet feels the necessity to say put the URL* to the original game. Or if someone were to upload a custom and then refer to say a game that they referenced. Or two pages that get mixed up.
(*URL as in anywhere on this website).
Just a thought. Anyway I should be doing a school assignment, ciao!
SIG7Pro Apr 1, 2025 11:22 PM
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@inflames14
It's a real game that was revealed in yesterday's Nintendo Direct, and it will be released next year.
Its-A-Me_Austin Mar 28, 2025 9:36 PM
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@Its-A-Me_Austin what you know about rolling down in the deep
MadeKillaSam Mar 28, 2025 5:56 AM
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@Its-A-Me_Austin: What? Is it a fan game or something?
In Flames Mar 28, 2025 5:46 AM
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What y'all know about Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
Its-A-Me_Austin Mar 28, 2025 1:46 AM
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This is great, I'm currently renaming various sounds for ease of access.
Keep this is up, it's genuinely amazing.
MG12 Mar 27, 2025 5:36 PM
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You're doing an amazing job! I really liked that preview
Kendotlibero Mar 25, 2025 11:41 AM
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esta buenisimo, pero haganlo en español tambien
LuzRoja29 Mar 25, 2025 2:57 AM
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Oh shit they added the 3D Model viewer! And also you can play sounds via the website itself i think
MadeKillaSam Mar 24, 2025 4:50 AM
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Amazing work on the new update, it's everything I was hoping for!
In Flames Mar 24, 2025 2:39 AM
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YES! All these new features are great improvements, loving the new site layout colors too. It's a great evolution to TSR that I'm excited to see roll out.
Pik Mar 23, 2025 10:44 PM
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@Dazz I just gotta say you guys ROCK. This is one of the best gaming sites there is and you guys do so much to promote game preservation and encourage new artists. I'm so thrilled for the new site, it can't get here fast enough!
HylianFox Mar 23, 2025 8:42 PM
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I've updated the post with a video showing the new features coming to the site.
Dazz Administrators Mar 23, 2025 8:06 PM
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Dang it, I missed the livestream...
ForeheadDavidPC Mar 23, 2025 4:19 PM
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That was really cool, blimey

Also it was finally neat to see what you really look like after years of knowing you by the classic big sprites with the hat, lol
Doc von Schmeltwick Mar 22, 2025 10:46 PM
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A proposal: take the Nitro Ads from the space next to "Recently Uploaded Sheets", put the stream there.
As it currently is, the player window is taking a bit too much space.
Tsukiyomaru0 Mar 22, 2025 10:21 PM
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Oh man, I still have the old icon template for back when you had to submit the entire icon.
I also remember when you had to submit on the forum, and couldn't just submit directly to the game/console. Pretty sure I started submitting back in like 2008, maybe sooner.
HylianFox Mar 22, 2025 7:12 PM
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same, i used to come here for sprites, now i come here to give sprites
FridayFunkGaming291 Mar 22, 2025 6:22 PM
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"It's not gonna be like Facebook" well yeah you guys aren't nearly as incompetent as Zuck

"I like it when people are 'You don't have what I want to see, so I'm gonna add it myself'."
amen, that's been my philosophy when contributing.
HylianFox Mar 22, 2025 6:06 PM