Platform Development: Update 42
Please find below our regular development status report, this one covering the period from Nov 25 to Dec 8, 2019. Within this timeframe, we were strongly focused on Public Profile development, user experience improvement, preparing Holiday activities on the platform and adding more useful features.
Social features
We have finished the development of Public Profile and passed it over to the testing stage. Additionally, the User Data Moderation process has been completed, which, in turn, will allow the system to collect feedback (on violations, offensive language, etc.) from platform users and pass it to the moderators.
The backend-side of the “Friend List” feature is also complete and is being tested. The front-end side will be completed after we finish work on Public Profile and Holiday activities (both planned on December 2019).
User interface improvements
A new button “Add shortcut to desktop” has been added below the “Play” button on the Game page. The new feature allows users to create a shortcut for web-games on their desktop with a single click.
The platform side menu has been optimized for popular laptop screen resolutions (1366x768, 1600x900, 1920x1080, etc). We have also polished the animation of the Compact menu mode on different pages.
Other developments and improvements
Some other developments completed during the recent sprint include:
- We have completed the development of Cloud-storage for The Abyss SDK, and passed it over to the testing stage;
- In the recent release, we have improved the links to web-games on the platform — now, when playing in browser, the system creates a constant, semantically correct, link that can be added to bookmarks;
- Additionally, we have reworked the Purchase window for HTML5-based games;
- We have completed the back-end development for the further evolution of Platform’s Feature Mechanism that will allow to adapt advertising banners for different screens and devices.
- We’ve also started developing the additional functionality for Internal Promotional Pages feature (a useful marketing tool that will be available on the platform).
Short-term development plans
While we’re working on adding new features to the platform, our short-term development plans also include:
- In cooperation with games developers, we’re working on special Christmas and New Year in-game and platform activities;
- The development of “trigger emails” feature, a marketing tool that will allow our users to receive the most relevant news and updates;
- Further development of the platform’s Social Features, including Friend List, Public Profile and others;
- By the end of the year, we are intended to address all accumulated technical debts (by now, over 120 defects have been eliminated already).
Well, that’s it for today. We will keep you up to date with the development process twice per month, as previously. The next report is scheduled for Dec 23, 2019.
Stay tuned!
Best,
The Abyss Team
