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New Feature: Game Statistics

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Have you ever wondered how players actually play your game? Are they getting stuck at checkpoints, getting lost and confused, or are they having a smooth ride? Set your mind at ease and create better games by accessing a variety of game statistics directly from your game’s poster! Check out the screenshots below to see a sample of what to expect.

 

Feature Location

 

Game Overview

 

Instance Statistics

 

Checkpoint Statistics

Development Updates: 13th June - 7th July

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Moved development updates from the original page to this post. All future updates will be separate posts.
Friday, 13th June, 2008
  • Game Notes, changed max characters from 160 to 320.
  • Game Ratings - Comment, changed max characters from 100 to 300.
  • Game Builder - Design, MS Word special characters are now stripped or convert to plain text (only angled quotes, angled double quotes and hyphens/dashes are converted).
Friday, 15th June, 2008
  • Forum, re-enabled bbcode styling hints.
  • Game Builder - Design - Tips and Tricks, described checkpoint logic in more detail.
  • Game Poster - Join Game, described SMS play in more detail.
  • Edit Profile, described Mobile Confirmation in more detail.
Thursday, 19th June, 2008
  • Message List - View Game Invitation, added View Game Poster button.
Saturday, 21st June, 2008
  • The City, replaced Newest Citizens with Billboard updates. Displays latest random activity.
Sunday, 22nd June, 2008
  • General, emails sent to Hotmail addresses should now get through.
Monday, 23rd June, 2008
  • Game Builder, fixed bug where editing a game seems to reset its Start/End Times.
  • Game Builder - Design, clarified checkpoint logic rules in Quick Tips.
  • The City - Billboard, added scrollbar and increased feed size.
Thursday, 26th June, 2008
  • Game Builder, added the option to edit a game live without disrupting play.
Friday, 27th June, 2008
  • User Profile - Notices, changed max characters from 100 to 300.
  • General - Character Counts, changed to display a negative count for exactness.
  • Game Builder, fixed Firefox bug where games with lots of data don’t load properly.
Monday, 30th June, 2008
  • Message List - Create Message, limited HTML tags and multiple recipients enabled.
Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008
  • Header - User Summary, added unread messages count.
Monday, 7th July, 2008
  • User Profile, added link to message user.
  • Game Poster, added link to message builder.