Facebook currently has over 40 million registered users and according to an article I read they are growing at 2.4% a month which would be a huge chance to draw new customers/players into Graal and introduce new developers and players into the PC version of graal.
Has anyone considered creating it as a facebook application and then utilizing the payment methods that Facebook offers that other social games use like the ever so popular 'Farmville' and 'CafeWorld'. Using facebooks api you can make it more interactive by pulling information from facebook and using it in game. I just think that creating a good flash version of Graal that is open to many more users would draw in a lot more revenue because I know quite a few people who spend money on applications like Farmville and other facebook applications. Maybe it could possibly bring in more money than you are currently getting from the iPhone Graal application. I know there used to be a flash version of Graal on the main site but I also know that it required you to have Graal already installed on your hard drive so I'm highly doubtful that that could be modified to work with facebook. I'm on facebook no matter where I go I always find an excuse to get on it and so is just about everyone I know.
Seriously, you have ****-all for content and you're not exactly pulling in new developer talent, angling for prestigious titles should be your last concern.
I like your idea though, it's something I've thought about myself.
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Seriously, you have ****-all for content and you're not exactly pulling in new developer talent, angling for prestigious titles should be your last concern.
That's actually a really good idea, there's already a Flash (?) applet for it on the website. It'd be pretty cool if you could link both the client and Flash version to Facebook so you could eventually post updates from the client (reaching milestones, whatever).
I was more or less suggesting making an application like farmville which you actually play on facebook that can interact with the standalone client players, it would look like graal and be exactly like it just directly on facebook.
That's actually a really good idea, there's already a Flash (?) applet for it on the website. It'd be pretty cool if you could link both the client and Flash version to Facebook so you could eventually post updates from the client (reaching milestones, whatever).
The "browser" Graal installs the actual Graal client onto your computer. I don't think this would be very suitable for Facebook.
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Originally Posted by Loriel
Seriously, you have ****-all for content and you're not exactly pulling in new developer talent, angling for prestigious titles should be your last concern.
It is a really good idea and could be a great opportunity to attract new players to Graal. We would have to see how feasible it would be to make a flash version out of it. If I am not wrong there used to be a Java version floating around, so it can most probably be achieved.
Stefan would basically have to rewrite the entire game engine as a Java applet (I'm not sure what language the iPhone app is written in, so that may not actually be very difficult).
Seems excessive, though.
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Facebook applications have more regular players than Graal iPhone does. I searched facebook for a mmo like Graal for about an hour before I made this post just to have something to compare it to and I couldn't find one. And graal is by far much better and more addicting than those other facebook games.
I would like to see stefan or certain server managers advertise (if it is allowed) on facebook and ask for possible future staff to help work on servers, maybe show samples of the graphics and let people know "this is the quality we are looking for" and you may draw people to help out or give ideas at the very least.
Seeing that there is much more than just an iphone graal, you will get more people to play graal kingdoms, PC classic and even get bomy islands finished a bit faster.
http://developers.facebook.com/credits this could be used to buy in game gelats and I know a lot of people who pay for stupid applications like farmville so I sure Graal would be a big hit.
I actually like the idea of graal as a facebook application. For what we know. Graal is a online chat where you do random things to let players be happy. It's a casual game... GUESS WHAT FACEBOOK GAMES ARE PEOPLE. In a business point of view this would be a gold mine.
Skip to... 1:25 in the video to see what I am trying to say (I will say yeah... to the females possibly here, The before playing image kind of shows it off but this is a video about Video games and the female audience.) This shows my point at the point I said to play the video from. Feel free to watch the whole video for it is pretty good.
Warning to Younger Audience: A bit racy for some.
One more note. If you've seen farmvile, the graphics are not up to par. If facebook app lovers saw the fun in this kind of game as a chat and an "adventure" for the casual player eye you guys could make a bundle.
tl;dr version: Cubical has the right idea I'm just going into more detail and the video shows how it is a valid argument as to why it should be considered.
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