Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Jawaker Is Born

The concept of Jawaker stems from one of those basic ideas that many people think about, yet no one actually implements. Card games are a big part of many social circles in the Arab world, yet for some reason there is no existing community for people to play card games with each other online. It was this realization that brought about the light bulb moment that eventually turned into Jawaker.

We built the application over six months of brainstorming, coding, design and branding; simplifying and enhancing the gameplay and user experience every step of the way. It was a combination of determination to provide great gameplay for users and the thrill of overcoming a challenge that made us decide to build the application using JavaScript instead of having a downloadable or Flash-based game.

I may have been there to help with some ideas and I surely contributed my fair share of Lighthouse tickets :) but the Jawaker application is the result of the hard work, long hours and unparalleled talent of the Boundless development team that built it. They should be proud of the fact that they built such a creative and entrepreneurial website for the entire Arab world to enjoy.