Re: [GD-General] Online collaboration site?

[Thatcher U. <tu...@tu...>]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Jason Bay wrote:
>
> I'm working on a little game with a few other people who are not in
> my town, and I'm wondering if there are any web sites that would
> assist in remote artist/developer collaboration, and storage of game
> assets.
>
> I'm thinking it would need to have remote storage (hard drive
> space), some sort of rudimentary source control system, and document
> tracking features. Basically, a central point that would serve as a
> hub to store design docs, code files, art assests, schedules, etc.
>
> It seems like there's got to be something out there, but I haven't
> had any luck finding it after quite a bit of searching. Any ideas?

Sounds like you're describing SourceForge (http://www.sourceforge.net).

Maybe you're not making an open-source game though.  You could always
pay sourceforge to host your closed source project, although I suspect
that's not very cheap.

What I've done in the past is set up CVS and some simple web-based
file-sharing on a web-hosting account, or even a home server.

I think sourceforge is by far the easiest of the above options though.
Server administration is a PITA on the 'net; you have to stay on your
toes to keep on top of security.

-T