Homepage Layout Thoughts
I like coding, but I am terrible at design. As you can see 🤣. The homepage has been on my mind for quite a while now. The other day I had an awesome idea. A FartDump styled terminal that simply outputs recent game scores from the database. We already have the high scores on the game pages, but it would be fun to have them outputting to the homepage as well.
With the terminal in place it could turn into much more later, like another way to submit secrets even. The sky would be the limit. The only problem would be that for the casual user, which is most of the traffic here, it would be a pain point to figure out how to use it.
I mocked up a crude html/CSS layout to see what it would look like by putting it where the cartoon characters are now next to the secret submit form and it looked worse than the cartoon characters.
In fact, over the last few months, I've mocked up several new homepage layouts as the current one just doesn't feel right. But, time and time again, they all feel worse than what I currently have up.
I'm sort of combining styles now. FartDump is a mix I like to call "Cartoon-Brutalismtm." Maybe I need to cruise the web a bit deeper for some inspiration. If you have some ideas for the homepage.... Let Me Know!