Facebook Integration

Hi all,

This is something I've suggested myself in the past, and after a long chat with Dromer/Ka last night about it I thought I'd take the time to post it here.

Has any consideration been made to integrating the facebook API into Warsow? I've not had chance to look into it myself, but I'm sure it's possible. It may have already been considered and discarded, or it might be planned in a future release. I don't know.

As a programmer myself I how annoying/easy it is to suggest yet *another* feature for a game that has too many ideas and not enough coders, but I really do think this will have a bigger impact on drawing new players than any other method.

"Warsow: Player just planted 5 bombs!"
"Warsow: Player just captured 6 enemy flags on Crizis CTF Server!"
"Warsow: PlayerX just scored a triple frag on Crizis DM Server!"
"Warsow: Player is on FIRE!"
"Warsow: Player won 6 duel games today!"
"Warsow: PlayerX just beat PlayerY (11-8) on Crizis Duel Server!"
"Warsow: ClanX just beat ClanY (11-8) on Crizis CA Server!"
"Warsow: Player is ranked #1 on Crizis Duel Server!"
"Warsow: Player just set a new time of 34:02.1 on wsr1 on Crizis Race Server!"

There are stats available for the servers, so you could embed links in these messages. I know that there will soon be a player/clan matchmaking service, and again this could link directly to some page with those stats.

Let me know what people think to this. Remember that facebook updates are available on browsers, mobile hardware, games consoles, tv and a number of other formats.

Cheers,
Gareth
(updated 2012-04-26 14:15:16)

Not possible.

"Please note that we are currently testing Device Authentication with a limited number of partners. It is not currently available for general use, and we are not accepting additional applications for access."

fuck off with facebook, mate.
nothing more annoying than games spamming the wall, for people who actually use FB.

Ah, that's a real shame. Never mind. Thanks Crizis. You did more than I did by checking the details.

@Vector, that's exactly why you'd want to implement it in your game. That "spam", as annoying as it might be, is why facebook games are played by tens of millions worldwide.

dunno why, but I want wsw-userbars with-in integrated statistics. Smth like ''PlayerX is #2043 dueler in the world'', or ''PlayerY spend 1 year 3 mounth 20 days 4 hours and 38 minutes in the game''...

that is not usefull functionallity, stop requesting that. its not like there couldnt be done more to improve the client and game experience itself. no one gives a shit about you duelrank, except other warsow players and they know where to look that up. no need shove it up everybodies throat.
im sure it will be integrated in the forum, when webstats are implemented, anyway.

im sure it will be integrated in the forum, when webstats are implemented, anyway.

Yes, forum profile will point to the game profile in the future.

crizis wrote:

im sure it will be integrated in the forum, when webstats are implemented, anyway.

Yes, forum profile will point to the game profile in the future.

Does this require that the game profile name is the same as forum profilename?

In-game name is not forced. Think it like same kind of system as irc/quakenet auth. In whois you're listed authed as account huksi, but you can have name GoreyFanBoy96.

VectorVanDoom wrote:
fuck off with facebook, mate.
nothing more annoying than games spamming the wall, for people who actually use FB.

VectorVanDoom wrote:
that is not usefull functionallity, stop requesting that. its not like there couldnt be done more to improve the client and game experience itself. no one gives a shit about you duelrank, except other warsow players and they know where to look that up. no need shove it up everybodies throat.
im sure it will be integrated in the forum, when webstats are implemented, anyway.

What's up with that anger and rude tone of yours Vector? He's only suggesting something, this is a game for the community by the community (atleast that's what I remember from my first encounters with War§ow). Everybody has the right to suggest thing, no matter how stupid they might seem to you/me there still will be other people who think they are good features. So why not tell him that his idea is not doable/good in a more appropriate way?

VectorVanDoom wrote:
fuck off with facebook, mate.
nothing more annoying than games spamming the wall, for people who actually use FB.

fb addict spotted

I think it was more a subjective knee-jerk reaction than anything else. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. My suggestion was to use the most popular social networking platform as a method of bringing more players into Warsow. If he thinks that's a bad idea, let him say it. :)

Crizis pointed out that the API is currently not available for projects like Warsow. I mentioned it in seriousness because it's a feature I know is already used by some commercial games (e.g. Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing, Angry Birds). (I'm not referring to browser-based games).

knee-jerk indeed. didnt think anybody would feel offended.

edit: this is somewhat along the lines of what i was thinking
(updated 2012-05-06 06:03:11)

Oh srty i dont have facebook cuz i prefer google+, pls go on make an app fpr it!

(kiddin, dont have one of those, but guess investing effort in that is kinda crap).
I'm with vector!

What comes to Facebook, you can always link Warsow videos or promote Warsow without any FB-integrations as well.

Yep, agreed. But 95% of wsw players are too lazy or don't believe in facebook, so we need to do it for them ;)

i dont do facebook