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Developer Diary, Part 1 (07/02/2009 00:39) |
If you have managed to find your way to this blog, you probably already know that we are working on a rather large update to ManagerLeague. You might also know that so far we have been pretty reluctant to give out any information about what we are doing, and some even wonder if we are doing anything at all. The thought that we do not, puts quite a smile on my face (-:
The only tidbits of information we have revealed are some bits of the new graphics you can expect. You'll find those in Coach Mac's blog here and here.
I am now going to explain what we will attempt to do with the update we are working on, and what we hope to accomplish. As expected, I'll use sneaky marketing-hype and buzzwords, so don't belive a word I am writing in the list below (-:
- It is very important to us to give ManagerLeague a proper facelift, and try to make it look like something DESIGNED, not jotted down by a coder (which it actually was!).
The main reason here is to help us attract players who prefer to look at something that is not only functional, but also ESTETHICALLY (buzzword!) pleasing (read: "darned pretty!").
We also wanted to take away the feeling of a "webpage" and move more towards "a game", which means a lot more AJAX (buzzword!) functionality, a more responsive GUI (buzzword!), and an alltogether better experience.
- We also wish to make ManagerLeague "less painfull" to play. Not "easier" as such, but we wish to implement some features that can help avoid some very repetitive tasks in the game. I actually planned to tell you a bit more on this point now, but due to certain problems we have had with the development in this case, I had better not, yet.
- We also wanted to make information more available, and more naturally tied into the game. Some of the more experience players here would not belive the amount of relatively simple questions admins deals with every day. And I still have not had a single Sunday without the classic "Hi admin! Something is wrong with the game! My stadium upgrade has not moved at all today, and my team isn't playing any matches. Please fix this as soon as possible!" waiting for me in my inbox...And not just one...Bottom line is, we need more information, better information, placed in better locations.
I have decided to reveal one more little thing today, which is basically another piece of graphics (work in progress mind you, but a genuine screenshot), but also one that hints at a new feature. If you look closely at the "tooltip", you will see it doesn't say "contact-list", but something slightly different. And there is a difference.
I will leave it up to you to use your imagination a bit here, but it is something that will certainly strengthen the relationship between friends in ManagerLeague, and make it much easier
Oh, and I don't need feedback on the fact that the drop-down and the button are not styled properly, thank you, I already know :)
I will leave it at this for now, and return with Part II of the Developer Diary next Friday. Until then!
Oh, and did I ever mention that we recommend using either Firefox, Opera or Safari? Anything but Internet Explorer actually! If you use IE6, the "new ML" will be pretty much unplayable! Time to upgrade!
- Spinner |
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