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Co-Op Matchmaking (test version launched)

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DrHouse

So I was thinking about playing some co-op, so I took a look at what games I have. I found the perfect game to play co-op and have some fun, but then I realized it was an old game. I opened the game, but I got what I was expecting: nobody was playing it.

And it's logic. An old game doesn't have so many users as a new game. But I'm sure that there's someone in my situation that isn't playing it for the save reason as me, he can't find anyone to play it.

Sure, I could post in a thousand forums expecting someone in my situation reads it.

I can't find any site that lets you do that. I would do a site like that myself, but I don't have money to pay a server -.-
So seeing that you already have steamgifts.com steamtrades.com and steamgamrsales.com I think you could make a steammatchmaking.com or something xD

Just a suggestion.
What do you think?

Little mock-up of how the game pages could look like

EDIT: I have a working pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha here http://coopmatchmaking.net16.net. Please, feel free to use it or contance me to add more games. Still very early version. Steam OpenID login coming, along with many other things.

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frostyasice

just ask the steam forums or these forums and people will tell you

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DrHouse

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=31841840

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DougDoug

Out of curiosity, what game was it?

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DrHouse

Half-Life Decay

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moldydonut

honestly not a half bad idea... giving dead games a breath of life

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Ingall

+1

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DoubleQuarterPounder

Ghost Recon seemed to be dead with me, I had to install Xfire to find servers, and even then all the servers were in Brazil

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Haurid

I'm from Brazil :P

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adamofgreyskull

He probably just meant it was bad due to high pings ;)

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NurEinSpitzname

I approve this as I still enjoy a lot of my old games. They don't get bad just because there are new ones out there ...

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Baxxow

The subreddit r/Playdate is made just for that! :D

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DrHouse

Might try that. Still somewhat more messy that the idea I had in mind.
I was thinking something like selecting a game from a list and then seeing the posts of people willing to play the said game. But I'll give it a try. Better than nothing.

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Baxxow

Yup, try it. As you said, better than nothing.

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Baxxow

Reddit is the best community there is, in my opinion. But okay.

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Dawginsane

Sounds like a great idea!

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DougDoug

+1
Lets do it, get some activity out of the games we giveaway, and sometimes win!

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Haurid

I agree with this, it isn't a bad ideia.

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vidmavidma

Shank 2 is dead too... :(

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ninza

Old stuff

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DrHouse

News:

  • Now the front page shows a little number in the game's image to show how many people is willing to play it.
  • Post date moved.
  • Permalink moved.
  • Delete button now only shows on your own posts.
  • Added permalinks so you can share your post where you want.
  • Buttons to share this link in common social networks coming.
  • Improved speed by caching content.
  • Added social buttons to the main page.
  • Added a "my posts" page. It should show only your posts. The link is in the top right corner.
  • Added a link at the top right corner to log out.
  • The main page now has a list in the bottom part. Clicking any game's logo will make a search for that game to see who is willing to play it.
  • Now every post has a time stamp.
  • New games added.
  • Now you can delete your own posts.
  • Added links to Rules and Legal notice.
  • Added avatars and profile links to posts and main page.
  • Created official Steam group
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tr4656

I probably can help code this if you need another person.

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DrHouse

Thanks, but this is a learning project. I prefer coding everything by myself. I'll keep your offer in mind in case I change my mind.

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Evildave3

There is a programme that does this already call Evolve at https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome its quite new and includes lot of other features too.

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DrHouse

My web doesn't need to download any software. Plus "other features"? That's because they're different products for different needing.

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ErrEff

Hey, this is a cool idea.

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TreadLife

Good efforts, thanks. Joined your group.

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SoapNukeZ

Woah. This is pretty awesome.

Wish I could help you out but I have no knowledge of coding so far.

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theSiNiSTAR

Great idea!

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tenshi1985

Wonderful idea, if there is anything i could help with (except coding...) just pm ^^

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misterhaan

cool idea! how are you deciding which games to show? it might be nice to grab a player's games list and hide games they don't have. i also noticed at least one co-op game i have wasn't on the list.

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DrHouse

There are just 30 games, so I just show them all. it's not a so long list, and it's sorted alphabetically. Can't be that hard to find the game you want to play.
Maybe in the future I'll remove from the list the games you don't have. But that would still leave mods and non-steam games.

What game you have isn't on the list? I'll add it asap.

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ninza

theres been like 3 of these already

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DrHouse

So you want a nobel prize? I do this for learning web programming, why do you care what do I do or what i don't?

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ninza

sorry i meant the threads

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Tiny

This is a nice idea. Good luck with it, DrHouse. Joined the group.

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DrHouse

Thanks a lot :D

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