Future planned updates
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:00 pm
Figured I'd post something so people don't think UOG is completely abandoned. I don't do much with it and just let it run itself, but I am still around, and keep an eye on it.
So here are some things I have planned for the future, it's not guaranteed they happen but it's just things I have in mind:
- New account and shard management system, which will be tied with the forum's registration system so it's all one account. This is most likely going to happen at some point in 2026. The current system is kind of archaic and was fairly quickly thrown together originally.
- Possibly require registration to vote. Unsure if I want to do this as it might annoy of lot of people but it would make it harder for bot voting, and also make the next part easier to setup.
- Possibly add an API of sorts so that shard owners can reward players who vote for their shard.
- Uploadable banners so that they are hosted by us instead of shard owners. This will also make the page load faster as it doesn't need to do so many separate DNS queries or hang on a site that's down etc.
- Improve graphs. The current graphs are fairly rudimentary, if the poller stops for any reason, when it resumes, it will just continue the graphs where it left off, so there is no guarantee on the X scale being accurate.
- Monetization. This is something that is always a bit of a sensitive topic, but everyone needs to make a living. Currently UOG does not make any money, at all. I do not have ad network or trackers or anything like that on the site, and I really don't like that stuff. This is 100% volunteer. I do want to look at ways to monetize it so that at minimum, it pays for itself. Before I do anything I'll post on various more active communities to get some feedback.
I have many projects on the go right now so I can't guarantee any sort of time line on any of this, but it is in the back of my mind so just felt I should do an update.
So here are some things I have planned for the future, it's not guaranteed they happen but it's just things I have in mind:
- New account and shard management system, which will be tied with the forum's registration system so it's all one account. This is most likely going to happen at some point in 2026. The current system is kind of archaic and was fairly quickly thrown together originally.
- Possibly require registration to vote. Unsure if I want to do this as it might annoy of lot of people but it would make it harder for bot voting, and also make the next part easier to setup.
- Possibly add an API of sorts so that shard owners can reward players who vote for their shard.
- Uploadable banners so that they are hosted by us instead of shard owners. This will also make the page load faster as it doesn't need to do so many separate DNS queries or hang on a site that's down etc.
- Improve graphs. The current graphs are fairly rudimentary, if the poller stops for any reason, when it resumes, it will just continue the graphs where it left off, so there is no guarantee on the X scale being accurate.
- Monetization. This is something that is always a bit of a sensitive topic, but everyone needs to make a living. Currently UOG does not make any money, at all. I do not have ad network or trackers or anything like that on the site, and I really don't like that stuff. This is 100% volunteer. I do want to look at ways to monetize it so that at minimum, it pays for itself. Before I do anything I'll post on various more active communities to get some feedback.
I have many projects on the go right now so I can't guarantee any sort of time line on any of this, but it is in the back of my mind so just felt I should do an update.