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How Your Own Mobile Community Can Be Grown

By Mark Van Diggelen


Communication has been turned on its head since the turn of the century and it is clear that the bulk of it now happens either online or through mobile devices. For this reason Skillpod Media has worked feverishly on their development of both mobile and online games platforms.

What the mobile games platform does is put loads of games into a mobi website for players to enjoy. That is nice in itself, but it really starts to get useful when you look at all of the social elements integrated into it. the elements really help to turn it into a powerful vehicle for building a mobile community.

Players can gain access to the site either by registering or logging in using their Facebook details or OpenID. The next thing in line is to create a custom avatar for yourself and then it is time to enjoy the games. On the site there are quite a few multi player games that can be played. While you are playing against other players you can also chat with your opponent using the integrated chat solutions

There is no way to get lost along the way as there are many how to guides for new players along the way. Most players would also love the many opportunities to compete throughout the site. There are tournaments that can be set up where they can compete to get into the top three and on the other games they can chase the top spots on the high score leader boards. If they get good at playing certain games they will be able to get their hands on some of the exclusive badges for those games.

Where the big benefits come in for site owners is with the Micro Payments. The Micro Payments are there for purchasing pods, which is the virtual currency used by the mobile games platform. The pods have a couple of uses. Players can use pods to enter tournaments and depending on if they get in the top 3, they will win a bunch of pods and trophies.

There are also options to really turn your avatar into a super cool looking character by purchasing some of the more exclusive items and clothing using your pods. A couple of the games also come with power-ups that you can by using the pods and these come in really handy in some of the more difficult parts of the games. There are also interactive post game screens that can be used for advertising and these are managed through the back office tools. There is extensive reporting built into the platform to help track everything from purchases and demographics through to registrations and fraud.

Ignoring the huge and growing mobile market is a bad idea. It is not just a new generation that is using it as their primary communication tool on a daily basis. The mobile games platform is a means to an end for any company who wants to seriously get stuck into the potential of this market.




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