Hi guys,
after the discussion there: Editor: jMonkeyBuilder - #745 by nehon
I decided to rename the project to more friendly name.
I want to see all options from this community and then to make a final poll to choose the final new name.
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To me, āJME Editorā implies some official status or at least would conflict with anything ever done in the core project.
I think āJME Asset Editorā while suffering from a similar genericness is also selling the tool short.
My understanding is that you do a lot more than just edit an asset. You can build entire scenes, configure effects, shaders, etcā¦ probably you will add even more stuff someday: entity system component editors, whatever. Something more towards Unity I guess.
So I think you should find a name that is distinct (and doesnāt return anything on google if you want instant SEO).
I donāt have any strong suggestions, though. Where did āsabrā come from? That seems like a good place to start.
Ahahā¦ well, I just tried extrapolating it to a real word āsabreā which is kind of coolā¦ but unfortunately itās well represented on google already, especially jsabre returns a few gazillion hits.
So I recommend something even cleverer. (cleverness left as an exercise for the reader)
You can call it something like āJamoā JAvaMOnkey. You can build several interesting abbreviation-anagrams using Java and monkey
Like this:
Jamo editor
Jakey editor (not sure if this appropriate xd )
Mova editor
or so.
Or go with something entirely newā¦like If you want to refer to the background, you can call it Nova engine
This depends on āwhat exactly you want to have in the endā
Cryengine - name of crytek corporation
UnrealEditor - same story
Unity - main idea āwork together on high variety of projects 2d or 3dā to unite
GIMP - abbreviation of GNU Image Manipulation Program
Blender - Personal idea of Ton
UPBGE - UP Blender Game Engine āTo bring BGE to next levelā
GODOT - bacause of Waiting for Godot - Wikipedia (personal wish of creators)
I suggest you to follow simple rules:
Make it to be easy to read and memorize. SaBr is hard to read in some languages this name has 2 stop points in A-B transition and B-R transition. It can be easily fixed by adding additional āinbetween vowelā like Sabre (Š”Š°Š±Š»Ń) It have strong meaning, it is easy-to-read and it consists your abbriviation and even abbriviation of engine: SA(sha)BR(ui)E(ngine)
Second rule:
Make it unique. Sabre - is interesting, but google search will always find wrong things. So, you should find ideas like MonSabre for MonkeySABRE, but it little bit grotesque.
Third rule:
Dont make it funny. You need nice and strong name with one meaning for every presentations in future.
Soā¦ there are many different possibilities.
Call it after JME and your name:
Jamo editor
Mova editor
Sabre
Monsabre
When Iām lost for a JME related name, one of the first places I hit is the list of planet of the apes charactersā¦ while sheās not an ape, there is a character called Nova in the original movies.
Aside: thatās where the name for Zay-ES comes fromā¦ though I didnāt need to look that one up as I already had it in mind from the start.
Remove the āEditorā part IMO. Find a simple name. I like Sabre too, it sounds coolā¦ but since itās your nick name Iād understand it feels weird to you.
Yes, and a company just called āSabreā. And itās the technology of airline bookings or something so youāll see āsabre dev toolsā and āsabre web servicesā all over the internet.
Itās a horrible name to use for online presence, unfortunately.
Yes, but given that Sabre doesnāt at all describe anythingā¦ better to have a āstupidly mashed togetherā name than one that returns a million hits for any related query one is likely to make.
Well the best kind of SEO would probably include jmonkey in the editor name, but that would indicate endorsement. So itās up to you guys to decide I guess.
And as a random point of reference, Galen or Zira (both planet of the apes namesā¦ get itā¦ monkey engine)ā¦ have no software-related hits on google at all. JGalen and JZira are even more sparse.
So (as an example) if you could come up with a nice backcronym (Backronym - Wikipedia) for one of those then they would work just as well as anything else. (Or even without oneā¦ just declare it the name and publicize it. Youād have to do that anyway no matter what you pick.)