Live data from Hacker News

Google releases Games for Google+

googleblog.blogspot.com

81–90 of 101 posts

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks promising. Now, will it offer a way to play Go?

As long as they offer a REPL I'd be happy

I think that's available IRL via ARM and HAND. Parallel processing included, though it's not overly necessary for a board game :)

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#83

I'm still in the dark here so I can't check, but will Games for Google+ be using the same business models as most facebook games?

I take it you mean Ads? I'm not sure 'Facebook Credits' got much traction

Facebook credits is mandatory now and is pretty popular. 95%+ of Zynga's revenues comes virtual goods which are now based on credits and the rest are from ads.

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#84
post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope they don't. OAuth is a nightmare (I just tried to make a simple client for IOS, right now I want to beat up the guy who made that standard) and the rest is far more complicated than a simple json based rest api.

Well, if you don't use OAuth, then what? You'd have to have something roughly equivalent to deal with authorizing API requests, no? As for GData / AtomPub and REST... AtomPub was designed specifically to be a restful protocol, and GData is heavily based on AtomPub... but also has a JSON mode, so you get your wish there. Anyway, the point I was getting at isn't about any one (or two or three) specific items of how the…

I would use password based authentication. The pattern is well established, users know how to deal with it and it is simple from an implementation point of view.

If you don't want to do that, then let me just pass as a parameter a nonce and then, if the user clicks agree or whatever, allow me to use that as the password.

Just skip the consumer secrets, token, two or three step authentication and HMAC based authentication. It is a social media system, not a stock-trading application.

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you elaborate a bit more. Maybe we can gain some insights from your experience. i.e. Why is it harder to find out what is going on in Google+ as opposed to Facebook?

I'm not OP but I'm finding it hard to follow what's going on as well. The primary reason is that my "following" circle is completely overwhelming my friends, family, etc, circles. I'd love to be able to look at all my circles except Following (or rather, to be able to view some subset of my circles at a time). Clicking to view "Family", scrolling down and reading, then back to the top and clicking "Friends", and then…

If you use Chrome, get https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pidkbnhjgdngcfcaik...

Then uncheck the Following circle. Let me know if you have any problems with it. I'm in the process of making it work with multiple-accounts so if you have multiple accounts, it might not work.

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#86
post #57
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't wait until they open up Google+. As far as I can tell, they're still in danger of a Wave repeat, where the hype burns out too early. There are tons of people still out there with their noses pressed up against the glass, unable to join in the fun. Games are a big deal, though. They'll keep people on G+ even when there's nothing immediately social to do, and increase interactions between people, this time in a…

Really? It's been ages since I saw anyone on facebook asking for an invite. (Of which I currently have 150...) It was super hard to get in for the first couple of weeks, and then it suddenly became a non-problem.

Hi starwed, I'd love an invite to google+ if you'd be willing. I'm not an FB user, but the google folks have me all curious. My email is in my profile, and thanks a million!

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#87
post #9

"When you’re ready to play, the Games page is waiting—click the games button at the top of your stream." I keep looking, and it keeps not being there.

https://plus.google.com/games/

If you don't see the button, that will only throw up a page telling you to wait until it's rolled out to you.

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

#88
post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? It's been ages since I saw anyone on facebook asking for an invite. (Of which I currently have 150...) It was super hard to get in for the first couple of weeks, and then it suddenly became a non-problem.

Hi starwed, I'd love an invite to google+ if you'd be willing. I'm not an FB user, but the google folks have me all curious. My email is in my profile, and thanks a million!

Just follow this invitation link: https://plus.google.com/_/notifications/ngemlink?path=%2F%3F...
Post reply on HN