Thursday, December 17, 2009

Experimental Features on Jawaker

We are very proud to announce one of our most "structured" deploys. Today we launched two feature sets in an experimental fashion. First, let us tell you about the feature sets.

Profile View
Our new design for Jawaker was based on building for the future. Part of that forward thinking was to make way for versatile and flexible functionality on the game table. We did this through the introduction of "layers" or "views". We initially had only one view, the "Game View", which allowed players to see information related to the game itself. The "Profile View" now allows players to see information about other players, including details about their rank, membership date, tokens and country. It is important to note that the game is fully playable in each and every view by design.

Admin View
This view allows every player to see who the game administrator is and also allows players to change their seat during the game in order to play with a preferred partner. Game administrators can also change the game parameters, such as time to play and game name, during the game. In addition, Game admins are able to kick any player out of the game (and thus banning them from that particular game) at any time.

The great thing about this new feature launch is that it will be opened up on a feature-by-feature basis to a select set of players. We will ask these players to provide us with their feedback and improve each feature set based on player feedback. We are particularly proud of this approach to adding new features, as it marks an important milestone in our goal to host a top-tier professional website.

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