SR Developers Garage
The first 2010 Super Rewards Dev Garage came during a very busy period for all of those that are contributing to Facebook. As the community is aware, Facebook has rolled out a series of policy and platform changes designed to significantly improve user experience while maintaining a balanced opportunity for developers to provide content for the platform.
With all change comes new and exciting challenges. The main topic of discussion for the evening was virality in 2010. Given the notifications modification rolled out by Facebook, one of the main questions on everyone’s mind was: how do I get my game out there? Many talented developers came out to join us, and Blake Commagere, from Commagere Ventures, LLC, was kind enough to share his thoughts as to the new year, and provide insight on how to thrive in the new market. Andrew Gracie, SR’s own Games Advisor, was also there to provide an overlay on where he sees trends going and discussed strategies with emerging game genres.
While there is some tension about the potential side effects of a lack of a notifications channel, Blake was bullish in embracing the new channels that will rise to take it’s place. He sees any particular channel reaching a point of diminishing return - it’ll work really well in the beginning, but will hit an eventual point where the return plateaus. Perhaps notifications is one of those, and the new environment will provide a unique way to approach users. One key take away he provided was ” surf - don’t fight the current - adapt and change”. We couldn’t agree more: the Facebook Platform is a constantly evolving environment where change is inevitable, and a successful developer is one who knows how to roll with those punches.
Blake commended the independent developer community as the moving force behind game innovation, as they are the ones who continually push the envelope with new ideas. Experimentation is key, from which perfection then follows, and there is still a lot of room for experimentation with the ever-changing Facebook platform.
SR Developers Garage
Blake Commagere speaking on the topic of Virality
