Video Tutorial: Display a notification in-game when an update is available

Armelline

Today's video tutorial is an interesting one. I look at how you can use @Hopscotch's AppFormative platform to trigger a notification in-game that all your players will see to tell them that an app update is available. Encourage users to update and make sure they know when an update is available!

AppFormative is an extension to GameSalad's functionality that uses the networking behaviours to add great features like triggers, in-game messages, statistics and analytics (all free), cross platform leaderboards (paid) and lots more!

I specifically used a game I have nearly ready to do this tutorial, so you can see how easy it is to add this kind of functionality to your app. I focused on hooking in to AppFormative to trigger the message rather than the actual logic to display the message, but hopefully you'll have no problem adding this functionality to your own games!

Please note I was not paid to make this and did so because I believe @Hopscotch has given us some amazing functionality here and that more people need to know about it!

Braydon_SFX

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Thunder_Child

Awwwwwwwesome !

Hopscotch

Fantastic tutorial @Armelline ! Great suggestions for possible uses and thank you for the kind words.

And rats! It also demonstrates how quick it is to implement quite a powerful feature in a game.

Franto

@Armelline Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial. I had no idea GS could be taken to this level.

@Hopscotch Thank you for making this platform, I can't believe most of it's functions are free as well. Truly a great service to the GS community.

Hopscotch

Thank you @Franto, my pleasure, our goal is to make vital server based functions just as accessible to users as GS has made the development process itself.

And, yes, @Armelline has done a great job, also hinting at the flexibility of the functionality.

APPFormative is constantly expanding, here some new features:

1.

Allow players to spread the word from within the game, send personalized Emails (template setup by you) to friends, inviting them into the game.

2.

Capture user feedback. Reduce bad reviews by directing unhappy users to a feedback scene, allowing them to leave constructive comments.

nadir.alkarbi

Thank you @Armelline for the tutorial

MentalDonkeyGames

Very nice video again @Armelline
Appformative is awesome!

Braydon_SFX

I'll probably be utilizing this service for Frantic Five within the next couple of weeks. Looks great!

SLOCM3Z

Cool

Franto

@hopscotch Those two new features are exceptional. Especially #2, you reduce bad reviews and at the same time get much needed feedback.

app_sauce

I am going to check out your platform one of these days looks extremely powerful. I would be interested in it for cross promotion.

Agent Argyle

Thanks so much!

Socks

Great stuff ! @Hopscotch / @Armelline