Blog in trouble – work in progress

September 1, 2010

It’s almost ironic. While progress have been amazing on the hard part of Planeto – the quiz – this rather simple blog has had some trouble. First things first though, and of course the experience inside Planeto is our top priority.
Now that Planeto is open beta (thanks to ArcticStartup for a nice story) and everyone [...]

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We've got another thing coming!

July 8, 2010

Due to feedback from you lovely players about game disruptance we’ve implemented a new inventory function.
The New Inventory
We’ve worked on giving you a clear overview on both your wearables and action cards by separating the views – your equipped avatar is now seen to the left and your full inventory to the right. To avoid [...]

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The race continues!

June 21, 2010

On May 10 we reset all player accounts for our soft launch. By then there were four players with remarkably high score or streak.
Since then we’ve invited a big amount of new players who have climbed the leaderboard.
This morning I took a quick look at the leaderboard and guess what – Henrik Östman is back [...]

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Sprechen sie deutsch? Parlez-vous français?

June 15, 2010

A brand new week and a brand new update.
This time we’ve implemented German and French questions, added 2000 new English questions and made some other small fixes and features.
Some people have been asking about the different language channels. Here’s how it works:
There are currently four different language channels; German, French, English and Swedish. By choosing [...]

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Behind blue spider webs

June 4, 2010

And so the summer has arrived!
It’s time for t-shirt mode, ice cream in the park, Planeto Quiz in the shade and of course inspiring game development for us.
We’ve been working on some updates where we’ve made some improvements, added more English questions and implemented some more fun features. The update will be up [...]

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Leaderboard is back and focus on amazing ideas from you

May 26, 2010

A new version of Planeto Quiz was deployed yesterday, and a lot of stuff is taken care of – mostly under the hood to make performance even better. But one major change I’m sure you care about is that the leaderboard is back! That’s right, once again you can check your balance and compare to [...]

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A friendly weekend

May 21, 2010

It has been a rough week, but at this time Planeto seems stable enough. Yay!
The leaderboard is still missing in action, and some features and fixes are waiting in line for the next deploy. But at this time we have decided to make it a soft couple of days, and stay with a stable version. Let’s [...]

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3-2-1-liftoff

May 17, 2010

Today we launched Planto Quiz to a larger crowd. It was supposed to be soft. It was supposed to be controlled. It was supposed to be a fun and smooth experience.
We had everything covered and we had done the guesstimates on the number of players our service would likely be exposed to. Given previous load [...]

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The day when all Norwegians celebrate Planeto Quiz!

May 17, 2010

This is it – Planeto Quiz Day and Soft Launch! The Norwegians are already celebrating. What are you waiting for?
We’re still in Beta but have opened up for thousands of more players and all of you that have been waiting for an invite will receive it today. If you’ve been playing for a while you [...]

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Are we ready to deploy?

May 16, 2010

Sunday before soft launch. The air is thick of concentration. No music, no tapdance, no nothing. Except hard work and total focus. And Martin asking, again and again ”Are we ready to deploy?”
And, yes. We will be ready to deploy. And test. And send out a lot of invites tomorrow. Just don’t hold your breath, [...]

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