The new Games by Tim website

Last night, I launched a massive overhaul of the Games by Tim website.






The new Games by Tim website is open source on GitHub. You're more than welcome to peruse the source code here.

Thank you all for motivating me to continue working on Games by Tim. I hope you enjoy the new website!

Well done on the new website Tim. Looks great!

Thanks, John! I liked your idea of placing the project screenshot and download links side by side.

In the future, I hope to add search filters, kind of like how you're categorizing your games.

Nice new site! I'll have to take a look at Gatsby. Is it pretty great, Tim?

Gatsby's great for building websites from the ground up, as you get to code exactly how the site looks like and get speed optimizations tedious to write manually (like code minification and images that load/blur up as you scroll down to them). I also don't need to write code to create project pages and blog posts. I use the the service Forestry to fill in text fields, and Gatsby takes care of the rest. Unlike services like WordPress, Wix, and Squarespace, you don't have to pay a dime to host a Gatsby site, or worry about unwanted ads in a free tier.

Gatsby isn't for everyone though. There's definitely a higher learning curve compared to services where it's not necessary to code. Changes you make to the site don't apply immediately since you have to compile Gatsby sites first (which is what provides the speed optimizations). And since Gatsby sites are static, you'll likely need 3rd party services to add interactive elements like comment threads and forums.

I got started with Gatsby with this YouTube tutorial.