Video Game Website

grease · #1 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 06:14 AM

Sins of a Solar Empire

Hello. We are just about to launch our first title and I wanted to get some fresh eyes on the site and get a report on the flow of the site. Can you navigate easily? Which areas do you get hung up? Is the sites intent clear, intriguing?

Sins of a Solar Empire

Thanks!

davebarnes · #2 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 12:36 PM

It took over 45 seconds to load for me.
Forty-five seconds of blank "waiting for" screen and then 3 seconds of actual loading.

grease · #3 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 03:32 PM

What are the target wait times these days?
I can recall 20 seconds back in 2003 when I was more active in the forum.
I suppose I should also mention that our target audience will have above average gamer systems to be able to play the game.

southplatte · #4 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 04:29 PM

I agree with Dave - I am sitting on a T1 line and it was nearly a minute before I had anything but a white screen, and to be honest with you, the site doesn't seem so complex that it should take that long to load. You either have some horrid optimization on graphics/scripts or an exceptionally slow server connection that needs to be remedied straight away. Going from the home page to the game play page was another nearly 30 second wait. I understand and realize that broadband speeds can now trump a T1 speed if they are running good and the local users grid is not overloaded - but it still is highly sluggish compared to Blizzard's sites (WoW, Diablo etc) and other gaming sites.

I am using a 2.7gzh, 1gb ram dell latitude laptop, but honestly that has nothing to do with load time in the sense that abover average gamer systems will be used - unless you are loading some sort of application that uses the local processing and such of the end user system.

Overall, I like the layout/design, is typical of a gaming site, but if it fits the game and portrays the game well, then it is probably doing its job.

You do have quite a bit of javascript, not only included but inline, but I rather expected that given the type of site it is.

grease · #5 (**permalink**) 01-30-2008, 03:13 AM

Thanks guys! We'll have to take an optimization pass

johngroup · #6 (**permalink**) 01-30-2008, 09:49 PM

Fairly long load time, rt col link list bolds on FAQ.

dimareli · #7 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 03:25 AM

It is loading very fast from Greece, no more than 7-10 seconds

I think it is an Easy navigation