This was one of my first experiences developing a website that actually saw heavy use. A friend started the site, and asked that I help with the initial launch. (It was an unfunded hobbyist site at the time). OMGN would initially focus on the Browser-Based Gaming genre, and has widened to become a general game-focused community since I left.

My original involvement was to supply a few design comps, along with other interested friends. The founder rejected the designs, opting to use a design he had created himself. I provided a few skeleton HTML/CSS templates, and helped to move parts of the layout to rely on CSS for styling.

The site was launched with just news posting features, and I argued that it was beneficial to allow site visitors to comment and submit content in order to help build a sense of attachment and community. I prototyped and then integrated a comment database so that registered users could comment on articles. It was a relatively simple system, integrating the existing user and article data, and allowing simple BB code style markup for formatting. Amusingly, the icons I designed for the features have remained in use on the site for three years, surviving a complete rewrite of the codebase, and at least two redesigns.