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CreatiVe Souls - New SCV CaS Site Curtain Lifter; A year in the making...
Topic Started: May 21 2011, 01:31 AM (1,129 Views)
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Let's start extra early this time and announce the new and upcoming Soul Calibur V CaS site ahead of time. Tentatively titled "CreatiVe Souls", where the V in creative represents SCV and creative represents the creativity in character creation. This site will focus exclusively on SCV CaS creations and will be promised to be many times larger than the SCIV CaS site "Soul Gateway - Another Stage of History".

This thread will be the official thread to document any updates and news regarding CreatiVe Souls, until it is released. Discussions including suggestions for what you would like to see on the site is additionally welcomed here, and will of course will vastly help determine the final outcome of the site.

Expected returning features:
  • CaS commenting (unlimited).
  • Personal author description per character.
  • High definition screenshots and videos for every character.
  • Lightbox gallery viewer for screenshots.
  • Organized and alphabetical neatness of BWSCIIICG and SG - ASoH.
  • Multi-options for viewing character formula including text and image versions.
  • Direct links to Masterlist and PSN/Live ID from pages.
  • All character customizable fields such as name, style, stage, etc.
  • Integrated shoutbox and latest forums posts.
  • Site searching and navigational map.
  • RSS feed subscription.
  • Daily Periodic Polls.
Expected New Features:

  • Individual profile page for every author.
    • Profile page will display all of the author's characters currently on the site.
    • Profile page will have options to store information about the author, such as about me.
    • Avatar, quote and personal site can be added and customized on profile page.
    • Profile page will have a comment and like area for viewers to thumbs up the author and make comments about them.
  • Like system (replacing 5 star ratings) where viewers can thumbs up a character if they like it, and these thumbs up will be totaled and publicly displayed. There will be no dislike feature, in order to promote more positivity towards creation.
  • Customizable screenshots and videos (no longer will you have to stick with default types).
  • Custom tags are now available to add on all characters, which will be used for site searching.
  • Sharing button where with a simple click can share the character through Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, etc.
  • CaS parts guide will be included as part of the site, to detail and present all individual parts as well as document how to unlock them.
  • Request box integrated as part of Shoubox, so viewers can quickly request characters without having to register and/or log into the forums.
  • Profile field for original characters, that can display information about the character's name, family, age, etc.
  • Text formulas are now integrated directly on character pages instead of being separate text files. Moreover, text formulas will be hidden initially and unlocked by simply clicking a button to expand the content. This way it won't get it in your way of viewing the character page if you prefer not to see it.
  • CaS statistics panel on every page to display all CaS amounts for both Main Library and User Library, as well as the total amounts of both combined.
  • Random CaS feature that will take you to a random CaS on the site.
  • 99.9% uptime.
  • Fast as BWSCIICG, or twice as fast as ASoH.
Expected Changes to Forums:

  • Requests and Submissions will now be made much easier via form. So you will simply fill out a guided form instead of having to write up everything yourself.
Of course, as more details about SCV unfolds and when we obtain the game ourselves more features may be added depending on what's new in store for SCV. This listing is simply the most current and definite features to expect on CreatiVe Souls.



Is this going to be serious this time, and not hugely delayed, given up and scant like Soul Gateway - Another Stage of History?
You can rest assured all attention and effort will go into CreatiVe Souls. So yes, we are serious this time, and we want CreatiVe Souls to be at least successful or moreso than BWSCIIICG. We are additionally aiming for twice amount of content compared to SG - ASoH for CreatiVe Souls.

The major reason SG - ASoH had such a poor and delayed launch date was due to lack of equipment at the time (including console, HD capture device, etc.) and also bad luck concerning purchasing of these. It also didn't help matters that SCIV had a poor and limiting CaS system compared to SCIII. Since the launch date was so severely late, interests of the site began to dramatically sink and thus initiate the lack of content and finally departure. Even though SG - ASoH is back up today with new updates every month, it is still nothing compared to BWSCIIICG in its earlier period (which we are hoping to mimic).

What is the expected date of launch of CreatiVe Souls?
We are hoping to release it within 2 weeks after SCV's official release, with at least 20 characters. Within a month we are hoping to get around 50 total.

How much of the site is finished so far?
At the moment only a small percentage of the site excluding any actual character content. Not surprising since we still have a year to go until SCV is released.

Is that really going to be the site banner graphic?
Most likely not. It is simply a rough draft logo, and will certainly be much better when the actual site is released.

Is the submissions system for CreatiVe Souls going to change?
It will most likely be the same system used by BWSCIIICG and SG - ASoH. However all submissions for CreatiVe Souls will be counted separately from the other two sites. We are also hoping to increase submissions limit to 15 while giving the same amount of points requirements. Also, the first or several submissions will be free.

What will happen to BaneWolf's Soul Calibur III CaS Guide and Soul Gateway - Another Stage of History when CreatiVe Souls it released, will there still be updates for them?
Both sites will remain the same, and both sites will continue to be updated at a lower rate, since most of the attention and focus will on CreatiVe Souls.



CreatiVe Souls is hiring future helpers.
If you are interested in helping CreatiVe Souls in any manner, or even wish to join the team, we are welcomed to have you with us!

Even simple tasks such as writing up formulas and checking site for bugs can have a big impact on how fast updates go and improve the quality of the site.

We usually will award site helpers and those on the team with more free characters of their own to the site. Depending on how well the site goes, there may be also daily payouts. However understand most help receive will be out of kindness and willingness to help build an amazing site for SCV CaS.



Got any comments, suggestions, anything you want added to the site? Please post a reply in this thread!
Edited by C.T, Feb 7 2012, 08:51 AM.
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I'm so deadbolted to this project :r

My personal issues with this update are:
  • You will need to take the lead, C.T. Even if SCV has a preorder option, those stuffs won't probably ship to me until at least 2 weeks. Add several days for me to collect all stuffs.
  • My current TV card can only capture up to 1080i. I probably won't be able to capture high motion picture in 1080p (there are so few games in my inventory to try 1080i)

Move on to my suggestion:
Since capturing might span on several people, we need to check for image output for consistency (unless it is not an issue). Currently, after upgrading my TV card's capturing software, the image quality has increased, enabling use of HDMI Full Range, thus resulting in richer color than my previous shots.
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Since SCIV's character creation wasn't as in-depth as SCIII's, and that hurt the site before, what if SCV's has issues as well? Will that cause any problems with the plans?
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Since SCIV's character creation wasn't as in-depth as SCIII's, and that hurt the site before, what if SCV's has issues as well? Will that cause any problems with the plans?
this is assuming that they learn their lesson from SCIV and create an expanded CaS system instead of a simplified one. we'll just have to wait and see.
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This all sounds great! Can't wait to give it a whirl but sadly we all have to! :lol:

Couple of questions.

1) This form that your working on; is that going to mimic the style of the standard character bios for the past couple of games, with fields for Blood Type, Relatives and so on?

2) I'm curious about the profile page; what's that about?

3) Do we get another 15 slots specifically for SCV or does that figure include SCIV & SCIII Cas?

4) Ignore that last question; I just saw that you've already answered it!

5) I'm possibly interested in helping out but that would depend entirely upon how much time I can devote to the project! I had thought I might be able to handle the fan fictions as I'm not particularly tech-savvy as it were... (you might have noticed) but given the almost complete lack of interest in that aspect of CaS at least on the other two sites this all might be premature. One way forward may be making posting fanfics more "worthwhile" as it were, such as rewarding people with more slots or something.

6) Are you going to be using the AIO system for CreatiVe? If you are that could be a problem for me as my AIO still isn't working... :wacko: Or do you have another system in mind as CreatiVe will be a different site?

That's about all I can think of right now; I'll post again if more ideas or questions come to mind. Hugely excited! With any luck the CaS system will be much better in SCV than it was in SCIV but as Kristof said, we'll just have to wait and see...

Until next time.

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Way too early lol. I'm super excited and pumped about the site though cause I know I'm going to get SCV and the CaS mode will hopefully be awesome.
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After ignoring this thread for some time, I'll go ahead and answer all the questions thus far:
Perseonn Balthasaar
 
You will need to take the lead, C.T. Even if SCV has a preorder option, those stuffs won't probably ship to me until at least 2 weeks. Add several days for me to collect all stuffs.
Since the CaS site projects has been solely personal projects with optional aides from helpers, it's not a major issue whether or not I'm the only one working on it or in the lead. I expected you to have some delays on getting SCV and everything ready, so it's absolutely fine that I have to do all the work in the beginning. I had good faith that you will return and help make this project a collaboration project ala BWSCIIICG + SG - ASoH, so that was why I indicated there will be a team instead of just me working on the site.

Perseonn Balthasaar
 
My current TV card can only capture up to 1080i. I probably won't be able to capture high motion picture in 1080p (there are so few games in my inventory to try 1080i)
1080p is bottleneck and unnecessary. I doubt SCV will even offer 1080p. The screenshots and videos will be in 720p. I never say anywhere in the post about 1080p.

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Move on to my suggestion:
Since capturing might span on several people, we need to check for image output for consistency (unless it is not an issue). Currently, after upgrading my TV card's capturing software, the image quality has increased, enabling use of HDMI Full Range, thus resulting in richer color than my previous shots.
Of course that's to be expected, we can discuss this later onwards in Site Associates Zone.

TerminusEst13
 
Since SCIV's character creation wasn't as in-depth as SCIII's, and that hurt the site before, what if SCV's has issues as well? Will that cause any problems with the plans?
Hopefully not. As far as I can tell most of problems existed due to lateness coupled with fading interests. The only reason I brought SCIV's CaS system up was because it was particularly difficult creating cameos. For SCV if the CaS system remains pale, more originals will be created to counter the problem. Consider it a well lesson learnt.

I will answer Wolfman's questions on the next post shortly.
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1) This form that your working on; is that going to mimic the style of the standard character bios for the past couple of games, with fields for Blood Type, Relatives and so on?
The biography/story section will remain the same, simply a giant textbox to put whatever you feel like putting. With that being said, no there won't be fields for blood type, relatives, etc; as these are optional bits because a lot of authors don't want to put all this extra information in.

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2) I'm curious about the profile page; what's that about?
I pretty much explained it in first post. It will be a individual page for every author that presents all their characters currently on the site, along with a commenting and rating area. If you're still confused, you can think of it as your masterlist, but part of the site with only characters on the site + more features. Also if you used something like YouTube, think of it as your YouTube channel.

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5) I'm possibly interested in helping out but that would depend entirely upon how much time I can devote to the project! I had thought I might be able to handle the fan fictions as I'm not particularly tech-savvy as it were... (you might have noticed) but given the almost complete lack of interest in that aspect of CaS at least on the other two sites this all might be premature. One way forward may be making posting fanfics more "worthwhile" as it were, such as rewarding people with more slots or something.
There are no fan fictions section on the site planned, unless you meant biography/story. Doesn't mean that it's not a possibility however. The most requested aides are basically tasks such as posting submissions lists, rewriting formulas, bug checking, graphic design, files uploaders, etc. If you're interested in doing any of these, then you're welcomed to the team.

Wolfman
 
6) Are you going to be using the AIO system for CreatiVe? If you are that could be a problem for me as my AIO still isn't working... :wacko: Or do you have another system in mind as CreatiVe will be a different site?
We tested other systems and it seems AIO is the only viable option for now. So yes AIO will remain, however the emphasis on making it easier for newbies to use will be much improved in the upcoming.
Got anything else to say? Post them! And thank you for all the feedback thus far. Here's hoping this project will be the best out of the three. :)
Edited by C.T, May 30 2011, 07:46 AM.
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So happy my idea about profile page got accepted somehow. :D

The site sounds pretty awesome I'm so preodering SCV when it becomes available.
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Soul Calibur V is still very far away from release, however work and ideas are constantly being carried out for CreatiVe Souls.

Some more new features that will be introduced in CreatiVe Souls:
  • Tag System - Authors of all characters can now add custom tags to their characters, which will be used for site searching.
  • Like System - Instead of the traditional 5 star ratings system, CreatiVe Souls will switch fully to a facebook style Like system. Viewers can thumbs up a character if they like it, and these thumbs up will be totaled and publicly displayed. There will be no dislike feature, in order to promote more positivity towards creation.
  • CaS Sharing - Viewers can share any of their characters through Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, etc. by simply clicking on a simple button.
  • CaS Parts Guide - A CaS parts guide will be included as part of CreatiVe Souls, that details every individual CaS part as well as document how to unlock them. This will be a constant work in progress, even after the website is publicly launched.
  • Custom Avatar, Quote and Personal Website for Profile Pages - Users have the choice to select a custom avatar, quote and personal website in their profile page for public display.
  • Lightbox Gallery System - Screenshots will launch in a seemliness gallery viewer that won't leave your current window. This is similar to what you can expect in the next Soul Gateway - Another Stage of History update.
  • Profile Field for Original Characters - Original characters will now have in addition to Biography/Story a Profile field that can display information about their name, family, age, etc.
  • Integrated Text Formulas - Text formulas are now integrated directly on character pages instead of being separate text files. Moreover, text formulas will be hidden initially and unlocked by simply clicking a button to expand the content. This way it won't get it in your way of viewing the character page if you prefer not to see it.
  • CaS Statistics Panel - There will be an additional panel on every page to display all CaS amounts for both Main Library and User Library, as well as the total amounts of both combined.
Alright, I won't spoil too much, so just stay tuned as more information as well as features are revealed. :)
Edited by C.T, Jul 7 2011, 08:14 PM.
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CaS sharing is definately the best feature so faar as it allows most people to display their CaS on Faceook, and additionally get more and more people to Soul Gateway! :D

BTW C.T, I hope you come out with some way to make costumes more visible. Perhaps a character's avatar followed by their costume.

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I admit this new site for SCV is looking pretty darn good, based on the features anyways. I'll definitely be submitting some characters to the site in the future! :yes:
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