Jawaker Launches Facebook Connect Application

Ever since we launched our initial Facebook Application, we thought we needed to create something more viral for Jawaker. When we learnt of Facebook Connect, we thought that it would be the perfect fit for Jawaker and would give our users more functionality and benefit. Quite simply, a registered user would "connect" his Facebook and Jawaker accounts and give us permission to publish information on their news feed. The user is then asked to invite his Facebook friends that are not currently on Jawaker to join and play cards with him. The user will earn 10 tokens for every friend that signs up, and the friend will get 10 bonus tokens for signing up this way.

The nice thing about connecting your Facebook and Jawaker accounts will be that you will be able to publish your Jawaker achievements directly on Facebook, you will be able to see a more relevant Jawaker rank between your Facebook friends and you will eventually be able to locate your Facebook friends on Jawaker when they are online!

Three New Games: Tarneeb Syrian 41, Sbeetiya And Leekha

We launched three new games on Jawaker today, furthering our commitement to provide the widest range of multiplayer card games in the region. Tarneeb Syrian 41 is a variation of the popular Tarneeb. Sbeetiya is a regional variant of the game Hearts, and Leekha is a popular Lebanese card game that is similar to Sbeetiya. Enjoy!

Tarneeb Egyptian Is Launched

We are proud to announce the launch of yet another game. Tarneeb Egyptian, a variation on the popular game Tarneeb, was launched today. Tarneeb Egyptian differs from regular Tarneeb in that it requires players to choose the Tarneeb suit during bidding rather than after, and each suit has a different "power". Enjoy!

Trix And Trix Complex Partner Are Launched

Based on popular demand, we have launched the partnership versions of Trix and Trix Complex. These games are almost exactly the same as the non-partnership versions, except that the two players sitting opposite each other play as a team and their scores are added to each other.

Jawaker Launches First Competition

Today we launched our first online competition that will run until August 9 2009. Quite simply, any player on Jawaker can join the competition and play his entire Kingdom of Trix against the computer. The player with the highest score by August 9 2009 will win an iPod Touch. To enter the competition, the player must pay competition fees of 0.4JD, payable in stages of 0.2JD each and payable by sending an SMS to a predetermined short code. The SMS will automatically unlock the game and open up the competition for the player. This competition is only available in Jordan and as a Trix competition, however we plan to extend this platform to all Arab countries and to all games on our site.

One additional "twist" is that players are allowed to re-deal their cards up to a maximum of 3 times during the course of one entry. However, they must pay tokens (which are earned for free while playing on Jawaker) to re-deal the cards. This is synergistic with our core revenue model of selling ads on the back of cards, because it drives players to play more and earn more tokens and thus giving Jawaker an opportunity to sell more ads.