I expect to hit 250,000 hits this week,(on this incarnation 8 months or so) which is pretty amazing for a site that began as a playground more than anything.
Botlove 0.3 coming along, this time around I am going to develop on live space at Botlove interactive web design denver colorado. I basically finished the intro section, I decided I would integrate a lightweight intro into the first 7-8 seconds of the users visit rather than having no intro, or having a seperate intro which is often a turnoff to users. After some style tuning i took out the neon coloring 'glowing' on the pixel icons and chose a subtler drop shadow to make them stand out a bit more. Also went with a more straight forward menu idea, that will have all menu options available immediately with a clear label over each and a clear symbol (icon) to show the purpose of the main category. A submenu system will show the subcats clearly above the main with a simple line showing under which heading you are navigating. Second only to usability is aesthetic and I believe the new look of the web site promotes a very comfortable user experience while having an attractive and modern flash look. Of coarse the most important aspect of all is selling the web design services to a potential client which is where the portfolio and samples will hopefully come in. Next on the agenda is how to display my work, which I have some good ideas on I believe.
Since deciding to create my Flash Design and Development business, I have learned alot about design. Initially my focus was too far into the playful aspects of flash, and the actionscript, but with time my designer's eye has started to tune, and hopefully it will continue to get even better in the future.
I am always happy to interrupt personal projects for professional freelance work so dont be afraid to write for a free quote. quikbot@gmail.com.