Articles by David

(ENGLISH VERSION HERE)

Il sito Playyoo è stato ideato in maniera semplice ed innovativa in modo da rendere i giochi ancora più divertenti e facili da trovare. La Vetrina Giochi è stata pensata apposta per facilitare l’accesso a tutti i giochi disponibili.

La Vetrina Giochi è infatti una rassegna di tutti i giochi che Playoo ha scelto per te, in base alle tue preferenze e alla compatibilità con il tuo telefono. I giochi non compatibili col tuo modello di cellulare non verranno visualizzati nella vetrina.

Puoi accedere alla Vetrina Giochi sia da sito web, che dal tuo cellulare. Da web trovi tutti i giochi in vetrina nella sezione in alto ad ogni pagina:

Sul tuo cellulare vedrai invece una pagina dedicata ad ogni gioco, nello stesso ordine presente nella vetrina su web:

Man mano che giochi, la Vetrina ti proporrà sempre nuovi giochi. In fondo se ti è piaciuto un gioco, ti farà piacere scoprirne anche di nuovi. Playyoo ruota tutto attorno a giochi semplici e innovativi, al tuo puro divertimento senza troppi pensieri!

Giochi recenti

E se ti piacciono sempre i soliti giochi… ti basta cliccare “Mostra solo giochi recenti” (da web) o “Vedi giochi recenti” (da cellulare), ed avrai il gioco che vuoi sempre sotto mano.

Giochi preferiti

E se un gioco ti ha entusiasmato e vuoi tenerlo sempre a portata di mano, ti basta un click per aggiungerlo ai preferiti. Puoi trovarlo semplicimente cliccando “Mostra solo i miei preferiti” (da web) o “Vedi preferiti” (da cellulare).

Bookmark Giochi

Puoi anche usare “Aggiungi a preferiti” per segnare i nuovi giochi che scopri mentre navighi sul web e a cui vorresti poi giocare sul tuo cellulare. Usa il menu a tendina laterale ciccando sull’icona del gioco per aggiungerlo ai tuoi preferiti, o rimuoverlo se cambi idea.

(PER LA VERSIONE ITALIANO, CLICCA QUI)

We recently introduced a feature which allows you to tell somebody else about a game you played and liked on Playyoo. This article shows you how to use it.

1. Sending a game

After you finish a game, and submit the score, you will come to the standard Playyoo “scorecard” section, which is included in all downloaded games. Once the connection with Playyoo has been established, and the data is updated, you will see the main menu. One of the options on the main menu is “send to a friend”:

If you select this option, you will move to the the Send To a Friend screen:

Here you must enter your friend’s phone number, and if you like, you can add a short message. We’re sorry, but for now you have to enter the phone number, you can’t look it up. We don’t have access to your contacts list, and if you think about, you’ll probably agree that that is just as well. However, we are working on an update which will make things a little easier.

You also need to enter the full phone number, including the international code. So, if you friend’s number is 0787 987654321, and she’s in the UK, you’ll need to enter 44787987654321.

After you’ve entered the phone number, and maybe a message, you can click on the Send button, and Playyoo will do the rest.

2. Receiving a game

Ok, let’s be honest here: we don’t actually send the game. We actually send a text message with a link to the game, on your behalf. One reason we do this is that your friend may well have a different phone model to you, and this requires us to package the game differently. Here is how the message looks:

When the message is opened, you can see the link. Accessing the link works a bit differently on various phones. On this Sony Ericsson K850i, it is simply a question of scrolling down to the link, which is then highlighted, and clicking:

The game page is then loaded:

And finally, you friend can play the game:

At the end of the game, your friend is invited to join Playyoo (if she’s not already a member) and add her score - and explore the rest of Playyoo at her leisure!

This is just the beginning. We’re working on some cool new stuff which will allow to track what happens with your sent games, and set up responses and challenges to keep things interesting. Oh, and the tiny little bugs which might just possibly get in your way … well, hopefully we know about them all, and we’re currently making sure they get well and truly squashed.

(PER LA VERSIONE ITALIANO, CLICCA QUI)

We designed Playyoo with a couple of basic concepts in mind, to make mobile games more fun and more accessible. The Game Stream is designed to address the “accessible part”.

The Game Stream is a list of games which Playyoo thinks will interest you, and will work on your phone. Games which will not work on your phone will never appear in your Game Stream.

You can see the Game Stream both on the web, and on your phone. On the web, it is the strip running across the top of each page:

On your phone, each page shows 1 game, ordered in the Game Stream order:

As you play games, they are removed from your Game Stream. The basic idea here is that you’ll probably enjoy the game, but you’ll want to move on to the next one. Playyoo is about casual games, having fun, not deep core gaming (not that we’ve got any problem with that!)

Recently Played Games

Of course, you might actually want to play the game again. No problem - all you need to do is click “Only Show Your Recently Played Games” (web) or “See Recently Played” (mobile), and there it is.

Favourite Games

And if you really, really like the game, and want to keep it bookmarked, close to hand for the next time ? Easy - just click on add to favorites, and you’re done. You can find it just by clicking on “Only Show Your Favourites” (web) or “See Only Favourites” (mobile).

Bookmarking games

You can also use your favourites to mark games you discover while browsing the web site, and would like to play on your phone. You can simply use the flyout menu on the game icon to add it to your favourites - or remove it if you change your mind.

We’re very please to welcome the 12,000 14,000 new members who signed up last night as the result of the first of a series of joint SMS campaigns with 3 Italia.

We’d also like to apologise for a period of downtime between 20:15 and 20:45 CET, where unfortunately our servers, unaccustomed to being kept up working late, decided to blow a fuse. They’ve promised us it will not happen again.

We’re very pleased to announce the latest update to Playyoo today. There’s a whole host of new stuff, some of which is under the hood, but quite a few changes on the surface too.

The most obvious thing is that we have revamped the game scorecards. We’ll talk about these changes in detail in later posts, but for now here are a few screenshots of what you’ll see the next time you download a game.

We’ve tried to make things a bit more robust - for example, if you’re playing a game on a train, and the train goes into a tunnel, and you lose the signal, well now you won’t lose that amazing high score you just notched up. Instead, you’ll be told that there was a communication failure and be given a chance to try again. So, no more stories about scoring 27-million-points-but-it-wasn’t-saved!

We’ve also introduced a menu, so finding the elusive ratings and comments section is now a bit easier. We’ve also added the ability to send the game you’re playing to a friend. Just enter the person’s mobile phone number, and Playyoo will send a message on your behalf with a link to the game.

You may also encounter the “unsupported phone” page, if Playyoo does not know about your phone. But now, hopefully, you’ll only ever encounter it once. Our updated phone detection system can run a test to see if your phone supports Flash Lite, and if it does, it will remember this, and immediately give you full access to your account.

There’s a lot to say about the details, and there’s more stuff coming, some of it very soon. So, stay tuned, and we hope you have fun with Playyoo.