Boonty Releases Cafe.com SDK for Game Developers to Publish on the First Social Casual Games Platform.Item-based economy offers free online games for users and increased revenue for developers SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). provides developers with full access to Cafe.com's microtransaction, avatar and social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network features for free online multiplayer video games See video game console. Developers will reach the largest online video game audience, gaining the opportunity to realize more revenue per user than with the try-before-you-buy model Community and online social networking effects combined with unrestricted play of free video games significantly increase website stickiness, providing developers with more revenue opportunities NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Cafe.com, the first platform and portal devoted exclusively to social casual games, announced today the availability of the Cafe.com SDK. The Cafe.com SDK provides independent developers with the most powerful set of tools available for creating and publishing multiplayer video games while simultaneously increasing monetization through game-item purchases, personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. capabilities, and online social networking effects. The new platform also benefits from access to the casual gaming leader's worldwide online video game network. Cafe.com's unique free-to-play environment implements a gold-coin based economy for microtransactions, those sub-$1 purchases that according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. analyst firm DFC DFC - A dataflow language. ["Data Flow Language DFC: Design and Implementation", S. Toshio et al, Systems and Computers in Japan, 20(6):1- 10 (Jun 1989)]. Intelligence will comprise a $1.8 billion-dollar industry by 2009. With the traditional try-before-you-buy model for online video games, developers only receive revenue from the 1 - 2% of gamers who purchase the game's full version. Cafe.com's free video game model will achieve revenue generation from more than 10% of players, as social players spend more time on each game and buy multiple items per game. The Cafe.com SDK's flexible, integrated e-commerce engine, with support for a vast array of payment systems, provides independent developers with the ability to create and sell a wide range of 3D avatar and game items during the entire market lifespan of the game. Opportunities for further monetization exist in sponsored items, avatars and games. "The SDK offers developers the opportunity to access and monetize the largest possible gaming audience, the casual gaming audience," stated Boonty Co-Founder and President Mathieu Nouzareth. "We can offer the greatest library of creative, retail-quality games at no charge to gamers. Meanwhile, the model has the best margins, lower development costs, better site stickiness, and we estimate microtransactions will net 10 times the revenue per user. This means free video games for users and more money for developers. What else can be better?" The SDK's features include: * Complete technical documentation, support and assistance for developers * Graphical and design guidelines * Anti-cheating mechanism * Server and client components * Game network communication * User interface templates for games and game rooms * Inbound and outbound APIs * C++ support for 2D and 3D graphics * Object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. * Easy implementation * Macromedia Flash([c]) Support Additionally, the Cafe.com platform provides online video game players with sophisticated features including: * Free membership with subscription and login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. features * Unlimited access to retail-quality games at no cost * Flexible and secure e-commerce transactions for 3D avatars and game items * Public and private game rooms for multiplayer and team gameplay
Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. Proper use is coupled with reference to "what the player does". * Online community and social networking functions * No adware, spyware or malware About Boonty Boonty is one of the largest casual games platforms in the world, operating in more than 25 countries. Since its launch in 2001, the company's customized end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. have been implemented by major publishers, Internet portals, ISPs, mobile phone operators, advertisers, Internet communities, and PC manufacturers globally. Boonty has offices in New York, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, and Beijing. |
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