Hey all,
Next up in our lineup of vB5 mods is vBArcade v2.0.2 Alpha 1, now available in both Lite and Pro versions. This initial release focuses on getting the "core" features up and running: You can do most of the things you can do in the vB4 version, including converting existing arcade systems, importing and uploading games, submitting scores from games that support it, and Global Scoring integration.
However, that being said, this is still very much an Alpha quality modification. Some games may not work due to subtle differences in their scoring methods that need to be made compatible once I know of their existence. We very much need you to help us test the mod to ensure it's compatible, and that the features work as intended.
If you're uncomfortable with the notion of running Alpha quality software, I'd urge you to instead test this on a separate test site - without your help, the bugs won't get discovered or fixed!
With the disclaimers out of the way, here's the feature list as it stands today:
Major Features:
Modular Game Handling: Currently supports games from pnflash, ibproarcade, v3arcade, mochi, (plus armor, kongregate, flashgamedistribution, spilgames in pro) and more can be added with a single file.
Access and Score Tools: Set exactly when users can play certain games, and for how often. Archive extra or old scores to allow room for new champions.
Social and Global: Not only can games be sent to all the major social networks, but participating sites can rank their scores together and display champions everywhere.
Beautiful Modern Design: Streamlined and professional, using AJAX to enhance and simplify the playing experience, like searching, replays, full screen and cinema mode, and category tabs.
Notable Features (Lite)
Additional Features (Pro)
Missing Features:
Fast Paced Competition: Ultimate tournament system that rewards fast players while mitigating no-shows, allowing all your matches to finish strong, and everyone has fun.
Notable Features (Lite)
Additional Features (Pro)
Screenshots
Thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
Next up in our lineup of vB5 mods is vBArcade v2.0.2 Alpha 1, now available in both Lite and Pro versions. This initial release focuses on getting the "core" features up and running: You can do most of the things you can do in the vB4 version, including converting existing arcade systems, importing and uploading games, submitting scores from games that support it, and Global Scoring integration.
However, that being said, this is still very much an Alpha quality modification. Some games may not work due to subtle differences in their scoring methods that need to be made compatible once I know of their existence. We very much need you to help us test the mod to ensure it's compatible, and that the features work as intended.
If you're uncomfortable with the notion of running Alpha quality software, I'd urge you to instead test this on a separate test site - without your help, the bugs won't get discovered or fixed!
With the disclaimers out of the way, here's the feature list as it stands today:
Major Features:
Modular Game Handling: Currently supports games from pnflash, ibproarcade, v3arcade, mochi, (plus armor, kongregate, flashgamedistribution, spilgames in pro) and more can be added with a single file.
Access and Score Tools: Set exactly when users can play certain games, and for how often. Archive extra or old scores to allow room for new champions.
Social and Global: Not only can games be sent to all the major social networks, but participating sites can rank their scores together and display champions everywhere.
Beautiful Modern Design: Streamlined and professional, using AJAX to enhance and simplify the playing experience, like searching, replays, full screen and cinema mode, and category tabs.
Notable Features (Lite)
- Modern streamlined appearance with AJAX for replay and searching
- Tweet, Like, Pin, or +1 a game
- Easy game resizing
- Ajax ratings
- Set descriptions, instructions, controls, keywords
- even authors and copyrights
- Assign games to multiple categories
- with icons descriptions
- Manually or one-button mass install games from any source
- existing arcade installation (plus scores and settings):
- ibProArcade, v3 Arcade
- package upload or ftp directory:
- pnFlash, ibProArcade
- v3 Arcade, Mochi
- featured games feed:
- Mochi
- existing arcade installation (plus scores and settings):
- Obtain local scores from supported APIs,
- ibProArcade, v3 Arcade,
- pnFlash, Mochi
- Use time played as backup score when unsupported
- Retrieve scores from global network of participating sites
- See global champions with links
- Automatically archive old or duplicate scores
- Maintain arcade statistics overall, per user, and per game
- latest and champion scores
- most winners and longest players
- average scores, plays and playtime
- yourself and locally
- local rankings
Additional Features (Pro)
- Submit your scores to the global network for global display
- Play games from Spil Games, FlashGameDistribution, Armor and Kongregate
- Get local scoring support from GamerSafe games
- Show off the legacy champion even if you archived all scores
- Cinema mode darkens the screen while you play
- Mark games on your personal favorites list
- Retrieve and display global stats to compare
- Get all of your scores ranked globally, with function to sync local scores
Missing Features:
Fast Paced Competition: Ultimate tournament system that rewards fast players while mitigating no-shows, allowing all your matches to finish strong, and everyone has fun.
Notable Features (Lite)
- post your score to your Facebook wall
- Full screen gaming
- Featured and Suggested games while playing
- Commenting
- Get alerts when your scores are beaten
- Show off your trophy collection in your postbit
- Tournaments
- Overall
- Any local scoring game, with unique titles and descriptions
- Shown as a detailed horizontal tree, while playing the game
- Auto-prune tournaments that don't reach minimum players
- Convert related settings from other arcades
- Dedicated tournaments page with stats and personal standings
- Game specific tournaments shown on tab, while playing game
- Latest tournament shown on arcade portal
- Invite/Reminder Email/PM alerts, with notifications
- Matches
- Each tournament sets number of play attempts per match
- Active match highlighted, with clear status messages
- Playing all attempts optional, can be manually forfeit/completed
- Enforced time limit per match, or automatically forfeit/completed
- Notifications throughout, or optional reminder Email/PM alert
- Remaining attempts shown with live countdown for time limit
- Select between best, latest, or average attempt as match score
- Optionally hide scores until match is completed
- Match ties broken by first player who reached that score
- (Pro/Lite*) Knockout
- Familiar multi-round format
- Players pair up, winner of each match advances
- Winner of the final round declared champion
- Currently available up to 6 rounds (64 players)
- Begins immediately on finally required player joining
- Players who win their match can play next match prior to pairing
- Friendly Challenges
- Automatic 1 round tournament of 2 players, with preset config
- Initiated from simple username prompt, while playing a game
- Can disable certain games from eligibility
- Auto-pruned if either player declines invitation
- Overall
Additional Features (Pro)
- Automatically create a new thread/post on highscore
- Set passwords to your categories
- Tournaments
- Overall
- Live countdowns shown for tournaments set in the future
- Invite specific users and/or allow specific usergroups to join
- Optionally auto-confirm all invited players to begin immediately
- Create recurring tournaments and optionally rematch players
- Optional privacy hides tournaments from nonparticipants
- Track all matches, with results and standings, from admincp
- Easily search, sort, begin, clone, mass delete from admincp
- Optionally disallow practicing a game a player is competing in
- Matches
- Replays automatically switch to the relevant match with AJAX
- Random player chosen to advance in a double forfeit
- Fast players can advance to future rounds and pair up early
- Optionally count tournament scores towards regular leaderboards
- Group
- vBArcade exclusive round-robin format
- Every player matches every other player once
- Player with the best win record at the end declared champion
- Supports any number of players, including odd
- Begins at end of tournament countdown, if minimum is met
- Players paired sequentially, then randomly with unplayed players
- Players can move to new opponent even if match not decided
- Overall
Screenshots
Thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
