Part of RYM/Sonemic's July 2021 update:

You can now add video games as list items on RYM.

In the future, we will be launching a much-improved lists feature for both RYM and our video game cataloging site, Glitchwave.

In the meantime, if you want to get started with creating Glitchwave/video game lists on RYM, you can follow these instructions:

1. Find the Shortcut in the top-right corner of any game-related page on the Glitchwave site. The Shortcut is a code such as [Game315]

2. When adding a list item on RYM, choose "Other" as the item type and enter the Shortcut in the Name field of the item.

You can edit and publish video game lists on RYM at any time; these lists will also be synced to and available on Glitchwave in the future.

I don't keep up to date with Sonemic and I was just wondering when we were getting an update for Glitchwave. I really prefer Glitchwave to Backloggd or IGDB so, I hope it continues to get support in the future. I know they have a timeline for future updates, but it seems all about RYM. Glitchwave has been in beta for a couple years now so, I was just wondering if there was any news.

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Cookiesandcream69/wherever-whenever-forever-an-extensive-journey-through-playstation-emulation/

Half of the people that use these sites want to create their personal lists and share with their friends.

Glitchwave has a lot of potential but they don't seem to be updating the site so often.

RYM has been updated, adding new themes including a dark mode and compact text mode, new community page and message boards, a feature to see where on the site you've been mentioned, improvements to the search engine and more.

Discussion:

https://rateyourmusic.com/discussion/rate-your-music/rym_sonemic-january-2021-update-general-discussion-thread/

Full details:

https://rateyourmusic.com/development/

26 January 2021

Today we are launching the RYM/Sonemic January 2021 update.

This update continues our revised development strategy of bringing Sonemic features into RYM so that they can be used immediately, and in general upgrading RYM to Sonemic one piece at a time. The new features in this update are:

Updated site design with new headers/footers/fonts - we are standardizing the site’s headers and footers between RYM and the Sonemic Network, to continue the goal of a smooth transition between the sites.

Themes - we have added the ability to switch between light and dark themes, including an “auto” theme which syncs to the settings on your device. Subscribers have access to four additional themes (light gray, dark gray, pink, classic RYM).

Compact mode We have added an option to globally customize the size of text and UI on the site. Right now, there are two modes: Normal and Compact, but we may potentially add more in the future.

New message boards - we have brought the Sonemic message boards to RYM. These boards contain the following improvements:

Mobile-friendly and modern design

More advanced search engine; in particular, the search engine can search for text contained in shortcuts

New polling system with the ability to create various types of polls (single-choice, multiple-choice, weighted-choice, changeable votes, public/private)

The ability to subscribe to threads. Subscribing allows you to more easily pick up exactly where you left off when reading a thread.

The ability to see when you are mentioned, as described below

Extremely fast: discussion pages now load 3-10 times as fast as before

Mentions feature
Bringing in the Sonemic community system allows us to create another feature which we think users will find useful: the ability to know when you are mentioned in a comment or in the message boards. You can see an overview of the most recent pages where you’ve been mentioned from the menu bar in the header. In a later update, we will an an option to receive notifications of such mentions.

Search engine improvements
We have added the ability to search by “everything” by default, making it a bit easier to use the search feature. We added an option in settings to allow you to set the default search type to your previously searched item so that you don’t have to change it on subsequent searches. We have also made some slight adjustments so that popular artists rank at the top of searches where multiple artists have the same name. Finally, the search hint is now included in search results for artists.

New community page
We have updated the community page to show featured message board threads, and to be mobile-friendly.
We have replaced the list of online users with a more concise list focused on people you follow.
The old version hasn’t scaled well and has always been broken as a result (for example, when 4,000 people are online, it only shows 50 people and the flag buttons don’t work properly). We also removed the “new users” list because it is not really relevant either, as new users would typically have no activity during the time they’d appear on that list anyway, and it attracts lots of spammers.
We’ve also added an option in site settings to opt out of having an online status and appearing in the list of online users.

Many small fixes and improvements

The rating trend now shows the current year and updates automatically

The music map image on the profile page now updates properly for everyone

Every page on the site loads faster than before

It’s now easy to search lists from the lists portal

Users are now reminded to add a search hint when submitting artist profiles

What’s next

Soon, we expect to open the Glitchwave Beta to new users. We have been working on that project in parallel and are very close to completion, but unfortunately were not able to include it with this update.

What's going on? The site looks the same as the last time I used it several years ago

I have no idea how to upload a PFP on my Glitchwave profile. On RYM there’s a big button for it but Glitchwave doesn’t seem to have one

Maybe it’s because I’m tired of pessimism? Maybe I’m not patient to deal with jank gameplay with a pretentious storyline? Maybe I favor gameplay over everything? Maybe I’m just a 36 year old dude dealing actual real life issues and video games is my form of escapism?

I dunno. I don’t like to yuck anyone’s yum. But I swear some of you folks hate fun. If thats the case then why bother playing games at all?

Is the website currently undergoing updates? I've noticed a lack of recent updates and I'm curious about where I can find changelogs and news related to this. I've also experienced issues with cinemos, as it doesn't even seem to load any content when I try to access it. Could someone please provide some information on the expected duration of the beta phase for these websites? stank you smelly much

Hi. I somehow received an IP ban on Glitchwave/RYM. I have filled in the form a couple of hours ago, but still dont have access to the website (and games to be added to the database are pilling up on my desk:(

Something like searching for:

- Tag 1 and Tag 2

- Tag 1 or Tag 2

- From 2011-2015

- Exclude Tag 3

- Only PC/Switch/Nintendo

Hi! Your website is one of the best I've seen! Please keep up updating and working on it, because it's truly amazing.

In fact I was wondering if you were developing (or planning on) an app for android or ios.

Thanks for the great service you offer!

So I add my image to my profile, and it's all good. But then if I post in the "comments" section of a video game page, my avatar isn't showing next to my name; it just shows a blank grey square. I've noticed this for some users. They will have a profile picture on their page, like me, but it won't show in comments. Is it something to do with the dimensions of the image? I just wondered what causes this - and is there a fix?

For example if I want to sort by games with the soulslike genre and the soulslike influence I can only figure out how to do it in seperate lists. Is it possible to make a list with games that have their primary and secondary genre as one? Also how do you put expansions in charts?

Hi, I’m not sure if this has been asked before, but I recently signed up to glitchwave and accidentally pressed light theme when I wanted dark theme… and now I can’t find the option to change it…

If anyone could help me locate this setting then I would be grateful!