Dave Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Sadly due to other commitments and the cost, and effort required to up-keep MWG I have decided to shut it down by the end of April 2024. I have attempted to find a new owner with little success. Logistically there are a few items to tick off which I'll be completing over the following month: Ensure all Marketplace money is paid out, and contact users who have not withdrawn in a considerable time. Even once MWG is closed these funds can be requested through email. Inform all MWG Hosting customers of the shut down of the hosting product at the end of the month, and provide any refunds for those who paid for multiple months. Provide refunds for any account credit that has been deposited. There maybe other items which I'll discover throughout the month. It's been a really fun ride and I've throughly enjoyed running this community, this forum is how I started my journey and my career. With the growth of Discord amongst other mediums of content MWG has seen dwindling activity over the years. However, our good friends at PBBG: http://pbbg.com run a great site, and Discord for all your browser based game needs. If you are interested in taking over MWG, I could be interested in selling it off to an interested member. However, I do not have the time to be an active participant moving forward. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ags_cs4 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 After all thous year its hard to say good bye It was fun to be part of this community, i learned so much from lot of people here Would love to see the community continue to thrive but i guess nothing lasts And I guess we didnt generate that much income from fees from market place to help dave out I was wondering if we can migrate to an open source forum like MyBB to lower the cost of running the community and then we can split the hosting bills between us, instead of losing this part of the internet history to the void 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNG Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) That’s very unfortunate but as a proud member for MWG I am very interested in buying the rights out from you. Please check your DMs in discord. Edited April 7 by MNG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 I've came to an agreement with FoohonPie who owns and runs PBBG who will be taking over the site. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoohonPie Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Hi all 👋 We're working on a transfer plan now. MWG has been a partner for pbbg.com for years, so I'm glad to be able to assist. Specifics are TBD but the forum will stay online for the foreseeable future. The marketplace and hosting will shut down as planned. Your patience is appreciated while we work on a smooth transition! Thank you @Dave for all your work here. 💪 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishraq Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Was certainly a good ride, I agree with @ags_cs4 We should allow it to run and bring back the marketplace at least. There are purchased products and licenses that may need to be downloaded and screenshotted too. 9 hours ago, ags_cs4 said: After all thous year its hard to say good bye It was fun to be part of this community, i learned so much from lot of people here Would love to see the community continue to thrive but i guess nothing lasts And I guess we didnt generate that much income from fees from market place to help dave out I was wondering if we can migrate to an open source forum like MyBB to lower the cost of running the community and then we can split the hosting bills between us, instead of losing this part of the internet history to the void 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ags_cs4 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 7 hours ago, Ishraq said: Was certainly a good ride, I agree with @ags_cs4 We should allow it to run and bring back the marketplace at least. There are purchased products and licenses that may need to be downloaded and screenshotted too. It could have been a collab with more community members, me and @MNG been wanting to take over the community for a while in some shape or form. Maybe add chris and maybe even kyle, we could grow the community to new fields, but its okay im sure @FoohonPie will do a great job But we need to do something about the market place and the licencing as some member bought lot of mod from me and I don't want to lose track of who own what as that's something really important to keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 38 minutes ago, ags_cs4 said: It could have been a collab with more community members, me and @MNG been wanting to take over the community for a while in some shape or form. Maybe add chris and maybe even kyle, we could grow the community to new fields, but its okay im sure @FoohonPie will do a great job But we need to do something about the market place and the licencing as some member bought lot of mod from me and I don't want to lose track of who own what as that's something really important to keep Our strong partnership with PBBG, and the similarities in the communities that ran felt like the better solution for this than continuing to run the forum. Sadly the Invision Community software, the Marketplace and the hosting software and servers all had high costs and maintenance requirements. Alongside this Invision actually deprecated the Marketplace software, thus why it's now offline. We were unable to keep up to date with the software updates due to the deprecations throughout the forum software, and I sadly do not have the time to migrate the forum away (it's a length process). @FoohonPie is wanting to preserve and continue the great communities that exist around PBBG's and text based games, and has a very active Discord and great site with PBBG.com. Forums are kind of lame in 2024, and I fully trust and believe in Foohon to do a great job with the community. See this as an evolution of the community. Depending on Foohon's plans, he could be happy to partner with someone like yourself @ags_cs4 / @MNG and link out to a community ran Marketplace solution. I will warn you the overhead and moderation is lengthy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ags_cs4 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Thanks for the update, @Dave. It's understandable now. Actually i had no idea they deprecated Marketplace software, that will be quiet challenging to find a replacement for it, i guess we can move the gl section to @Dayo engine website if he want ofc But we will have to code that part from scratch, we can even use gl as base as i already got something close to that on my portfolio website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 17 minutes ago, ags_cs4 said: Thanks for the update, @Dave. It's understandable now. Actually i had no idea they deprecated Marketplace software, that will be quiet challenging to find a replacement for it, i guess we can move the gl section to @Dayo engine website if he want ofc But we will have to code that part from scratch, we can even use gl as base as i already got something close to that on my portfolio website. There's actually a lot of off the shelf e-commerce solutions which can do this for you, for instance Bagisto (Laravel) and Magento: https://webkul.com/blog/top-5-open-source-marketplace-software/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ags_cs4 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 True that might be good too, will wait and see the others what they think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishraq Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 22 minutes ago, ags_cs4 said: True that might be good too, will wait and see the others what they think Yep, I think the platform isn't the issue but rather the list of purchases, proof etc is the issue now. Sellers won't know who to give updates too and buyers didn't manage to screenshot their proof or download latest versions etc. @Dave Is there a way to provide a dump of the forum posts so we can try the lengthy process ourselves? We can try move the posts to an open source forum? Reason being is there are many topics and posts that hold valuable information that could help everyone in their journey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albenski253 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 The area you are attempting to access is currently offline. Please try again later. WOW so people that bought files dont get to the end of the month to download and save our files to hard drives. Just shut it down on us like that WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 42 minutes ago, Albenski253 said: The area you are attempting to access is currently offline. Please try again later. WOW so people that bought files dont get to the end of the month to download and save our files to hard drives. Just shut it down on us like that WOW This was an oversight, we don't intend to restrict you from your purchases. We'll come up with a solution. @Albenski253 the marketplace is restored, and I've found a way to disable new purchases (which was the reason I disabled it). So you're able to download your purchases as required. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uridium Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Sad to see you go but Delighted the site is still open 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uridium Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 FoohonPie your name is disturbing not sure why but it is hope your hearts content is with MWG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Fyi; I'm going to still build games and be around the community, just the overhead of running the forum wasn't feasible. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ags_cs4 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 41 minutes ago, Uridium said: FoohonPie your name is disturbing not sure why but it is hope your hearts content is with MWG lol dont worry i'v been part of PBBG community and his own game for years and he's a great guy tho im angry @FoohonPie, been a while since the last PBBG podcast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Your efforts to keep it alive till now are much appreciated. I have been with this forum/community since the CE days (as mostly a silent reader) and seeing it go for good would have been great loss. I am glad the space has found some fresh hands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 22 minutes ago, SHAD said: Your efforts to keep it alive till now are much appreciated. I have been with this forum/community since the CE days (as mostly a silent reader) and seeing it go for good would have been great loss. I am glad the space has found some fresh hands. Appreciate the kind words! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockwood Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Hope this journey never endup 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushmellow Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 What if I want to buy a mccode v2 code? Where can I buy it in a near future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 22 minutes ago, Mushmellow said: What if I want to buy a mccode v2 code? Where can I buy it in a near future? I’m considering options on how to keep Mccode available 😌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushmellow Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 8 minutes ago, Dave said: I’m considering options on how to keep Mccode available 😌 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRB Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 4/18/2024 at 5:34 AM, Dave said: I’m considering options on how to keep Mccode available 😌 Does it even really make money from new sales? I have no mods in a market to monetise this, but if the money from the engine is not that much, at least not enough to motivate you to want to bother, would you not be better off making it open source, potentially? Since you DO have mods available for sale (unless you removed them from everywhere), it would possibly (since you could direct link from the GH readme) link back to wherever becomes the new mod site home. Not sure what your financial investment is there, or whether it's even yours to make the call on - figured the free entry to the market may help bring some life to stuff again. But, what do I know? Just an old man these days. It's crazy to think I've been around these boards for 18 years. 18. damn. years. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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