Yesterday I tried a plugin I've been meaning to try out for a long time, Steam Sign-in for IPB. It worked without a hitch and I was able to easily figure out how to locate a Steam ID from a forum account, and vice versa. You can sign straight into Leadwerks using your Steam ID, or you can add a Steam ID to your existing account. (See "Edit Profile".)

The gallery, videos, Workshop, and games sections will now correctly link to your Leadwerks profile page. Notice when you click on the author's name, it now navigates to their forum profile page:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=634076765

This also will allow me to add sections in your profile to show all your screenshots, videos, Workshop items, and games. A Steam badge will be shown next to your forum posts that links to your Steam profile.

But wait, there's more we can do with this. Here are some of the ideas I've wanted to try for a long time:

• Display statistics like hours played and boxes created next to your forum posts.
  
• Display your achievements in the forum (and add some more!)
  
• Add achievements for forum posts, blogs, etc.
  
• Add achievements that unlock free custom assets.
  
• Gamify the game creation and learning process. (Quizzes?)
  
• Gain more transparency on how people are actually using the engine.
  

Basically, this allows us to integrate community interaction with the editor usage more closely. I'm not exactly sure how it will work out, but it allows us to try a lot of new ideas in the future.