This week, we’re rolling out an improved version of MochiGames.com which is only the first of many exciting new announcements to come in the near future (hint: please stay tuned during Flash Gaming Summit). In brief, we’ve improved MochiGames.com as part of our overall goal to make it easier for developers to connect with their gaming fans and discover more of the amazing games within the Mochi network.
The improved website showcases all distribution-enabled games on the Mochi Ads network, and is a valuable way for us to increase distribution for your games and websites. As a developer or sponsor, MochiGames.com is an opportunity for you to generate more traffic for your own website or direct traffic to your sponsor’s website. Games are not played on the site, but instead we send any gamers out from our website to the game play URL which you specify (details below on how to do this). In addition to this, in the future MochiGames.com will allow users to become “fans” of a developer, so you can communicate and interact directly with your most avid fans.
UPDATE: If you have any support questions, please visit http://www.mochigames.com/help/
Key Features
MochiPop
One of our key experimental features is designed to make game discovery easy on MochiGames.com is MochiPop. MochiPop is a game popularity index which scores games based on a range of network data such how many plays the game has been getting. This will make it easier for users to discover new, hot and trending games in the network. This is something that we’re planning to tune over time, so please head over to www.mochigames.com and check out what you think of the games and their MochiPops. :) Based on your feedback, we’re planning to tune and improve the algorithm over time to reliably help users choose interesting and fun games for themselves.
Homepage
On the front page of MochiGames.com, we’ve showcased the most recent activity taking place in distribution-enabled games… Players also have access to their gamer stream consisting of everything going on with their friends and people they follow. Look for more changes to come regarding how you can use the gamer stream as a powerful and effective communication channel to interact with your fans.
Social Network Integration
We’ve launched today with Facebook, Twitter and MySpace integration so gamers can connect directly with those networks and find friends who are gaming as well. If you find new friends on MochiGames.com with exceptional taste and skills at discovering the best games, you can add them too and keep track of what the best games are on the Internet. This multi-network login system will be extended in the future to the rest of the Mochi platform, so you can use it across all of your games.
Gameplay on Your Site
Games on MochiGames.com don’t get played on the site, and instead we send gamer traffic out to your site through whatever custom game play URL that you set for your game. See below for detailed instructions on how to set your custom game play URL. Games played from MochiGames.com load with a special gamer bar above the play page for gamers to see game category and other information. Through this bar, we can encourage gamers to discover and play more of your games across the entire Mochi network.
Tell us what you think!
Our vision is for MochiGames.com to be a game showcase to help promote and distribute the best games on the Internet, so we’re looking forward to hearing what you think. Let us know by comment below or sending us an email at team@mochimedia.com!
Developers & Sponsors: Setting Your Custom Game Play URL
Log into your developer dashboard and select the game that you want to set. Click on Game Settings on the left side-bar, and select the edit button under the Game Profile sub-heading. Your custom game play URL can be set in the ‘Public URL’ field.
Frequently Asked Questions
What games are discoverable on MochiGames.com?
Gamers can find the entire catalog of distribution-enabled games on the Mochi Ads network through MochiGames.com. Games have their own profile pages and then can be played on the developer-specified URL.
How do I get my game on MochiGames.com?
Getting your game onto MochiGames.com is easy. Simply get your game approved and distribution-enabled through Mochi.
How do I set my custom game play URL?
Log into your developer dashboard and select the game that you want to set. Click on Game Settings on the left side-bar, and select the edit button under the Game Profile sub-heading. Your custom game play URL can be set in the ‘Public URL’ field.
Why don’t I see my game’s activity on the Recent Activity feed or search?
The recent activity feed shows the recent score submits and other activity on the network across distribution-enabled games. If we do not have permission to distribute your game, we will not make this game activity visible anywhere on the site. Distribution enable your game to make your site more discoverable.
Is a game’s MochiPop fixed?
No, your game’s MochiPop can change over time based on a variety of factors that we take into account. Particularly with brand new games, you can see a lot of variation in the MochiPop as it adjusts over time.
Why does my game not have a MochiPop?
Game MochiPops are regularly recalculated and refreshed, so hang tight if your game doesn’t have one yet.
What is MochiPop based off of?
A game’s MochiPop is based off its performance and history within the Mochi Media network. It is calculated taking into game performance factors such as number of plays over time. It is not necessarily a measure of how good the game is, but instead a measure of how popular the game is with the users on the Mochi Media network for the relative span of its lifetime. This is an experimental number, so please give us your feedback and we’ll continue to tune it over time to make it better.
Will MochiPop be available to publishers in the publisher feed?
Not right now, but we’re planning to make this available in the future.
