Thread:Gemspinner019/@comment-188432-20140516192152/@comment-34534226-20140521005753

Oh my, you've given me quite a lot. I'll do my best on answering everything.

That's okay. Like I said, I don't mind if other fonts have to be used instead of the two that I mentioned.

Take as much time as you need to create a mock-up. I'm in no hurry or anything, so I don't want to make you feel like it has to be completed as soon as possible. When it comes to these kinds of things, I personally prefer quality over quantity. :)

Wow! I didn't know there was so much more to the "DYK" section. Although dividing the facts into different categories is a very neat idea, I would like to go with the option of making the section one general bundle of facts. A few other wikis I've noticed that do this sort of thing with their "DYK" sections are the Super Mario Wiki, the Official Team Fortress Wiki, and The Cutting Room Floor, so I would like to do this with the Bejeweled Wiki. Oh, and don't worry, I can come up with many different facts for the section. :)

Hmmmm... I never thought about the idea of the home page telling a story. But that is a really neat concept. I'm not sure if I could think an actual story for the Bejeweled Wiki, but I think I can answer your other questions about this:


 * What makes the Bejeweled series so much fun is their simplistic gameplay. Even though they're all tile-matching puzzle games, they feature different styles of gameplay (such as creating poker hands, excavating treasures, solving various puzzles, etc.) that can appeal to various kinds of people. In other words, there's a way to play Bejeweled for just about everyone.
 * Something that I really like about the Bejeweled series is the different themes. Although there is no real theme with the first game, Bejeweled 2 introduced an outer space theme with beautiful alien-like landscape backgrounds. The outer space theme was also used in Bejeweled Twist. Bejeweled Blitz later introduced a new mystical fantasy theme, which was also carried over to Bejeweled 3. Both themes make you feel like you're in a different realm or something, which really make the games look extraordinary.
 * The Bejeweled series also feature some of the best graphics and music that I've heard and seen in video games. It's slightly difficult to explain exactly, but they really add to the overall experience of the games. If you're interested, you can listen to the official Bejeweled 3 soundtrack here:.

As for things for the home page, I do have a few ideas in mind:


 * I would like to make the "welcome to the wiki" section noticeable. A neat feature with the Bejeweled series is that when you start-up a game and reach the main menu, you are greeted by a voice that says "Welcome to [insert name of Bejeweled game]." I want to reflect this in some way with the "welcome" section of home page so that it makes visitors/users feel welcomed. The section doesn't have to be extremely fancy or anything, but something that looks inviting.
 * The Bejeweled series has very decorative box arts, with all of them having a blue gem shining brightly that really makes the cover appealing. With this in mind, perhaps gems could be used to decorate the home page (I'm not talking about littering the home page with gems, of course). I was able to obtain graphics of the gems used in almost all the games and even the blue gem that's displayed on the Bejeweled 3 box art, so maybe they could be used in some way. If you interested, I can send you copies of the graphics via e-mail or a different way that you prefer.
 * Here's an idea that I got from the Donkey King Wiki and Halo Nation: for the "navigation" section on their home pages, they have images displayed that take you to different pages that correspond to the images. I would like to do something like this with the Bejeweled Wiki, if possible.

I apologize if I didn't answer your questions completely. The whole "home page telling a story" concept is new to me, but I'm willing to further work with you to meet desired results.

Heh, that's okay, don't worry about the spelling/grammar errors. :)

By the way, I'm very sorry if my replies have been a little late; I recently started summer classes for college and I'm also working on a few projects.

Gemspinner019 (talk) 00:57, May 21, 2014 (UTC)Gemspinner019