Help us advertise

[Sjoerd]

We want to start advertising for the games again. Unfortunately we can't use our old banners. That's why we're asking you to help us by creating new banners.

Each set that we end up using will be rewarded with a duke to a person of your choosing (can be yourself).

Terms:

• A set consists of three ads:
  • a wide skyscraper (160x600) or skyscraper (120x600);
    
  • a medium rectangle (300x250) or large rectangle (336x280) and;
    
  • a leaderboard (728x90) or full banner (468x60)
• You can use JPEG, PNG, (animated) GIF or Flash designs. For Flash designs, make sure they follow Google's guidelines for Flash ads: http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bi ... type=image
• All file sizes should be below 50 KB.
• You can share designs within a set.
• You can send multiple sets. For each set we end up using you will get one duke, which you can give to anyone (including yourself).
• If we use only one ad, that counts as using the whole set.
• You can send us a set by sending them in an email to info@delftgames.com or by replying here.
• You can only use content that's free to use for commercial purposes. To check this, you have to tell us where your content comes from.
• You grant Delft Games an exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use the banners as it sees fit (including modifications).
• The sets we end up using will be chosen by us. We will not entertain discussions about why sets are or aren't chosen.

Update 2010-05-05 1322h:
I received a question about the usage of Wikipedia materials that are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. My answer:

You can use those, however, be mindful of "invariant sections". Those are rarely used, but they're not allowed to be changed if they are used.

A lot of material on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons is in the public domain (can be used without restrictions) and the Creative Commons license (if it allows remixing and commercial use, you can use it).

You can also use Flickr's advanced search to find material with a Creative Commons license that allows commercial use and modifications. You can also use images already on our site.

Links to stuff mentioned above:

• http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Well, I guess you know where to find Wikipedia and our sites

Update 2010-07-11 1052h:
I used http://whatfontis.com/ to analyse the TLK font. Best match it had was Plakat Fraktur, a free font. Downloadable from (amongst others): http://www.fonts4free.net/show-font.php ... +To+Render

[locket]

thx sjoerd.

[Blitzkrieg]

so, not going to post the 23 sites I gave u guys in-game for us to vote for tlk on? :p

Its simple, and effective :p Just 1 click per site :p

[coolmaddy]

w00t

[Kanzler]

Thanks for finally taking aim at the problem instead of the symptoms!

I'm not much good with graphic design, but I'll see what I can do over the next week.

so, not going to post the 23 sites I gave u guys in-game for us to vote for tlk on? :p

Its simple, and effective :p Just 1 click per site :p

Those sites are next to useless. I'd guess that the majority of traffic isn't even human.

[Sjoerd]

so, not going to post the 23 sites I gave u guys in-game for us to vote for tlk on? :p

Its simple, and effective :p Just 1 click per site :p

Still considering that. We need some code and (mostly) a reward system that doesn't upset the balance of the game too much, while still being attractive.

[Sjoerd]

Thanks for finally taking aim at the problem instead of the symptoms!

I'm not much good with graphic design, but I'll see what I can do over the next week.

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what you can come up with!

[Blitzkrieg]

Well Sjored, I would gladly dedicate about 5 minutes of my time daily to keep the game alive(without the point system). Those perks I mentioned were just for the greedy bastards

I'm just glad you guys are taking action now, before it's too late

Btw, do you want an official Purple_Haze stickman banner? :p I'm sure I could bake myself retarded enough until the lines aren't even straight

[locket]

hmm sjoerd... perhaps something like a merchant item worth a certain amount... wine or something? Good but not a game changer?

[Wonderbra]

It would make lowrank pvp even easier :p 250k a day is a decent amount, early age ranking would be even faster too.

A certain amount of free spy reports, or 'super spy reports' perhaps. Instead of having to do a spy report 5 times in order to get a decent idea of what the other player has make it fill out totally or fill in more gaps orso. Comes in handy for mvm's, faster pvp'ing,... also if you're outta money which happens a lot at lowerrank you have to ask less people to spy for you :p

I'm happy to spend 5 minutes a day of my time if this gets more players to the game, I don't really need IG advantages since I won't be playing for a decent amount of time anyway :p but suppose for less active players the IG advantages can be helpfull a nice bonus.

[King_gilo]

spy reports aren't that interesting for new players.

[Blitzkrieg]

Or something like the rocket penguin and such. It would just require a certain amount of votes within 24 hours to keep it, and you could only have 1 at a time. Personally, I'd like to see some ancient greek units in the game, so maybe a Hopilite, or a charioteer instead of the penguin. And for KnC you could use a Thrime, and give it to the navy players. It would be basically be the transport ship between the Large, and the War Galleon. And would use about the same wind statistics as the small Spanish galley. I dunno, I just like throwing out random idea's

[Wonderbra]

PINGUINS!!!! not stupid greek units :p

go play gtlk then orso :p


But erm, is it the goal to give the new players gifts for voting on tlk on various sites? It's more like something for all players, no?

[dondreu]

Beter start a good "spam" marketing SEO campagne, know how to make links and good content in other forums gives you direct good trafic. Adwords is mostly empty your wallet:p

[Sciz]

i've posted about the game on several different forums several times (mostly when i was still playing) and indirectly i maybe got 50 players to start or so, but many have quit i think

i dont even know why i posted this message. Good luck with this though!