First big update for Reversi!

• Red vs. Blue skin - we got skinning working, and added a Red vs. Blue skin. Press "F2" or check it out in the Settings menu. We're going to make it easier for us to make skins, then we hope to add quite a few more.
• Easier AI - we Nerfed the AI quite a bit. Now, the "Insane" level is quite a bit easier than the Medium level used to be. This was based on a lot of community-feedback and the fact that an Othello World Champion said that Medium beat him twice in a row (oops!). Please let us know how many levels you can beat now! :)
• Async bugfixes - there were 7 bug-fixes that we made. I spent all week doing these, and my assessment is that typing them all out would bore you to death, so I shall omit them. I DO NOT WANT TO CAUSE YOU DEATH!
• Async-game-starting - there are a decent number of online games getting played with Async functionality (not both players having to be on at once) but there was still the annoying problem of having to wait around for someone to join. NEVERMORE! Now, once you create an online game and hit "Ready", if nobody is there, you will get a "Start Alone" button. This will start the game (if it's your turn, you can even move!) but if you don't want to hang around waiting for someone to join, that's fine. Just leave the game & it will still stick around and be ready for the next passer-by to join it.
• DLC - Soon, we're going to be releasing DLC for different colored table-tops in the background. Everyone buys games on sale anyway, so this will give us a chance to get a few more dollars. This is closely related to the next bullet point (very important)...
• Microtransactions hellsyeah I love me some money. We ran some numbers and found that most games don't use all 64 tiles on the board. All but the top 10% of games, or so, use 60 tiles or less. Therefore, we decided that a fantastic way to monetize our core customer base would be to leverage the excitement of the final couple of moves! Now, each player starts with 30 tiles (including the 2 that are in the starting configuration) and if they want more than that, they can use micro-transactions to pay $0.10 for an extra glitter-covered "finishing tile" so you can finish in style! These are probably the best addition to the game. Some players might not like the extra glitter-covered finishing tiles, but please rest assured that we unanimously voted at our board-meeting tonight that this was the best way to maximize shareholder value given the recent changes in the market... most notably that it's only 11:15pm in my timezone, so it's still technically the first of April when I'm posting this announcement. ;) So, as you can guess, the date applies to both this bullet-point and the bullet-point above. Enjoy the update! :D
  
  [ 2015-04-02 03:15:52 CET ] [ Original post ]