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5Guesses.com. Richard Thoms Rob Boirun. Project Beginnings. Project conceived at the March session of the North Alabama Web Developers Meetup ! “Guess the Image”. The Initial Idea. Show a scrambled image Reveal a little more with each wrong guess. Do you know who this is?.
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5Guesses.com Richard Thoms Rob Boirun
Project Beginnings • Project conceived at the March session of the North Alabama Web Developers Meetup! • “Guess the Image”
The Initial Idea • Show a scrambled image • Reveal a little more with each wrong guess. • Do you know who this is?
A Collaborative Effort • Richard builds code • Rob builds traffic
Platform • Joomla! 2.5 + 3 custom modules + 1 custom component + 1 command line interface + 1 purchased theme ($50) + a few Joomla Extensions
Contest Teaser Module • Displays small version of a contest image and the most recent guess.
Contest Image Module • Displays large version of contest image and % showing.
Recent Guesses Module • Displays last few guesses
Guess the Image Component • Takes the guess and does all the image and guess processing work
A Little Bit of AJAX • Refresh every 30 seconds so you can see updates as others guess. CORE HACK/MOD. • Needs some work!
JoomlaExtensions • RocketTheme Template • Community Builder • Social Links module • Facebook Like module • Contact component
First Game • Slowly reveal the image with each wrong guess. • Kind of boring • Just keep pumping “junk” guesses to make it reveal faster. • Limit guesses?
Second Game • Have the image automatically reveal • It’s Different • Complications on coding. • Joomla CLI + cron job to automatically generate the revealing images on server side • AJAX to keep refreshing the image on client side
Gameification • Need to add coins/badges • Each guess • Each correct guess • Invite a friend • Others?? • Prizes/Awards • Sponsors products • Groupon like deals
Other Game Ideas • Beat the clock • Single or multi player • SongPop like game • Multiple choice head-to-head • Upload your own image • Invite your friends/family
May Need Browser Plug-in? • Fast image reveal on client side. • Encrypt the image to prevent cheating. • MOBILE APP?
Traffic and Revenue • Rob’s Specialty • SEO will not work • Must be Social
Social Strategy • Facebook – get users to share, comment, Like • Twitter – get people to tweet their winning guess and the image that it was guessed at. • Pinterest – get users to Pin game image results or pre guess image.
Social Strategy Continued • Instagram – not exactly sure about this one at this time. • G+ - get users to share new games, current games, results to their circles • Others?? Ideas??
Building Traffic • Initial contact with influencers on each medium. Work deals for promotion. • Some initial thoughts on getting images to go viral….
Memes – One way to spread the word fast • Share, Tweet, +1 • Challenge: to find the best way to make the game images go viral.
Like, Follow, Circle, Kiss & Hug We need some followers! • Search for 5Guesses on… • Facebook • Twitter • G+ • Pintrest
Collaboration is Good! • Building on each others strengths • Bouncing ideas • Pushing each other
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