"At 15, he was selling his first company for just over six figures."
7 figures?
Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games
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Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games
#72"At 15, he was selling his first company for just over six figures." 7 figures?
I interpreted that to mean something in the range $100-125k
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#74I guess it is normal in the Facebook age, but I think it is a pity that it seems to be impossible to see anything from the game without giving the app access to my Facebook network first. Somehow I can never bring myself to give apps access, as I am not sure what they will be doing. Must create another account just for testing apps...
Still, it used to be that you get to examine the merchandise before you buy it.
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#75I'd like to see a bit more of what this site is about but everytime I go to http://minomonsters.com/ I get redirected to facebook. It would be nice if I could view the site and learn something about the game without having to authorize it to access my facebook account and email.
Also if you are using something like the Ghostery Firefox add-on to block Firefox Connect you just get an empty page.
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#76I'd like to see a bit more of what this site is about but everytime I go to http://minomonsters.com/ I get redirected to facebook. It would be nice if I could view the site and learn something about the game without having to authorize it to access my facebook account and email.
There really needs to be a BugMeNot for Facebook. Or something similar. edit: Mailinator's alternate addresses occasionally aren't blocked, but I haven't yet successfully received a confirm email :/
I had success with @safetymail.info
Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games
#77Something to keep in mind about cloning games:
Zynga started with "Just another Texas Hold'em" game and followed that with an exact clone of Farm Town[1] which it iterated on quickly and marketed well.
Angry Birds is thought to be inspired by Crush the Castle[2] but with a better control mechanism and friendlier targets.
Minecraft was a fork/clone of Infiniminer[3] which focused on the community aspects of the game rather than the competitive nature of the original.
What starts as a clone today, could be something unique tomorrow.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FarmVille#Originality [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds#Development [3] http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Infiniminer
Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games
#78This is a fine concept, but it would be a serious mistake to limit themselves to Facebook and not take advantage of local connectivity options. A lot of children have iTouch devices, but not many have actual iPhones with 3G connections to take advantage of the kind of social gaming that Facebook promotes. It doesn't seem like this will play very well in the schoolyard, and it also doesn't seem anywhere close to sophi…
it also doesn't seem anywhere close to sophisticated enough to appeal to adults.
You mean, like Farmville is sophisticated?
As for iTouch devices-- that sounds like a reasonable idea, but first things first. If they get some traction with the Facebook app, there's plenty of further opportunities for them to explore.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not just set up a fake facebook profile?
Cause it takes a lot of effort to make a 'fake' facebook profile - I had one and it only lasted a few months before it was locked out pending government-issue ID being sent to them, since I wasn't actually using it for anything more than looking at the occasional thing that required an account I can only assume they monitor for unusual use patterns.
I'm pretty sure you can make a fake Facebook profile, mark it as a test account, then use it to connect to things.
Test accounts can't interact with real Facebook users, but they can be used to log in to sites.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cause it takes a lot of effort to make a 'fake' facebook profile - I had one and it only lasted a few months before it was locked out pending government-issue ID being sent to them, since I wasn't actually using it for anything more than looking at the occasional thing that required an account I can only assume they monitor for unusual use patterns.
I'm pretty sure you can make a fake Facebook profile, mark it as a test account, then use it to connect to things. Test accounts can't interact with real Facebook users, but they can be used to log in to sites.
I don't think so, it looks like that might have to be done entirely via the programming API, and you need an application registered to do so (or the access token of another application) because it only works on one application: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/