GoodCamel Blog

There has been some work on Good Camel Games lately and new features were released:

UI Improvements – Now the UI is more consistent and easier to use. A Good Camel logo has been added and each page is properly identified with a title. There is still room for improvements in that area. Suggestions are welcomed.

Facebook Integration – Good Camel Games has a better Facebook integration. Now you will see who of your Facebook friends are also online on Good Camel Games. With the “Invite Friends” feature, you will also be able to invite any Facebook friend to play in a matter of seconds. And you do not need to go to Good Camel Games on Facebook to get those extras, thanks to Facebook Connect. You’re not on Facebook? Don’t worry, you can still chat, play and have fun on Good Camel Games, being on Facebook is not mandatory at all.

New Game: Longest Word – A new game called “Longest Word” has been added. The goal of the game is to form the longest word you can think of with the given letters. If you like Scrabble, you will love that game. You also get to choose the dictionary to be used for validating words. At the moment, 4 dictionaries are available: English, French, Spanish and German. Feel free to suggest more languages if your native language is not in that list.

New Error Handler – In our effort to provide quality services, we have a mechanism that notifies us when an error occurs on Good Camel Games. That mechanism will also alert us when an error occurs on the client side (in the browser). In order to do so, the browser sends a request to the server with the details of the error so we can investigate an fix the issue. That part of the server that receives errors is called the Error Handler. In order to make it robust and always available, the Error Handler has been re-implemented as a Google App Engine project and is now hosted on Google servers: Good Camel Games – Error Handler. This way, the Error Handler will be able to handle errors even if Good Camel Games goes down or is experiencing other major issues.

Play Alone – We’re also proud to announce that most games can now be played alone. So you don’t have to wait for an opponent to have fun. To play a game alone, just start a new game as usual and click the “Play Alone” link. Games are more fun when played with somebody else, but sometimes nobody is available. You can also use that feature if you want to practice your skills at a game.

Send Link – In order to facilitate playing with people you know. We added the “Send Link” feature. So you can start a game as usual and use the “Send Link” feature to copy and send the link (url) to the person you want to play the game with. That person does not need to be on Facebook and does not even have to know about Good Camel Games. When that person clicks the link, you will see him/her as an opponent wanting to join the game and you just have to “Accept”.

That’s all for now! Feel free to suggest more games and features! Good Camel Games – Fun Multiplayer Games