A Facebook game with enhanced user experience and wider audience with intuitive interface, robust design and social media integration.

1. HSTC1110
A FACEBOOK GAME LIKE SCRABBLE WITH THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGE OF POKER
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3. A FACEBOOK GAME LIKE SCRABBLE WITH THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF POKER
Situation Challenge
A startup company in social gaming domain developed a unique game that Make the game robust for multi-user scenarios and monitor for
combines word creation and scoring with the competitive and frequent crashes
psychological aspects of Poker Integrate game with Facebook to leverage social media features
The game needed a revamp for creating a better appeal for the audience and monetize the game app
Create an attractive and engaging UI and judiciously use limited
screen size of Facebook Apps page while ensuring all key
Harbinger Solution features of the game are visible on screen
Identified the defect causing frequent crashes in game and the Modification of game logic to bring higher accuracy in the
application’s code was appropriately modified. Team also conducted the monetary calculations in the game play
testing of all possible scenarios in the game using dedicated machines
and dummy/model users. Technologies & Tools
Implemented Facebook APIs in the game. This enabled features like chips
buying options, addition of social features like inviting friends, display of FLEX
news and notification on wall and a dashboard listing friends, their status LUA
and high scores. Facebook SDK
Conducted a user experience test with subjects ranging from novices to MySQL
experts. The outcome was an attractive and intuitive UI making optimal use
C & PHP
of real estate. The team also integrated background sounds for various
user interactions and this gave an engaging experience to the player.
Improved the game logic to ensure proper pot distribution, precise division
of chips in the main pots and side pots among players
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Benefits BOTTOM LINE
All scenarios and interactions of game ran smoothly and seamlessly with large number of Enhanced user experience and wider audience
concurrent players with intuitive interface, robust design and
Facebook integration resulted in higher popularity of the game and also opened up a social media integration.
revenue channel for the client
The client was able to provide an engaging and addictive gaming experience to players
with the help of a well designed and intuitive UI
Improved game logic leading to fair and precise pot distribution of chips to the players
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