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Official DroidGamers Community is now open! Android gamers and devs, come on in!

We have been hinting over the last little while regarding a new feature which has been in the works for awhile now. Well we are happy to announce that the DroidGamers Community is now open! There is a ton of features for Android gamers and developers alike so keep on reading to find out what those are!

For Gamers:

  • Facebook Integration: We are now completely Facebook Connect friendly. This means you can log in with your Facebook account, not to just the new DroidGamers Network, but the entire site. You can comment on articles, start discussions, post on the forums and more, all with a single log-in. You can also import your Facebook profile just to help with filling out the standard fields in your profile. Your Facebook status will also be imported but you’ll even be able to change your Facebook status from here!
  • Account Sync: Already have an account here at DroidGamers? Great! You’re already apart of the community! Avatars can be from Facebook, Gravatar or upload your own!
  • Discussion Groups: Stuck in a game at a really tricky part? Like talking about your favorite Android game? Start your own discussion group or join one that already exists and get talking! Talk to developers as well!
  • Videos and Photos: Embed gameplay videos into your profile and show off your skills. Upload screenshots and photos to your profile as well and create as many galleries as you like!
  • Customize your Profile: You can customize your profile by moving your applications around in a drag-and-drop manner similar to WordPress. Applications are just extra features you enable or disable.
  • Friends: Connect to other users and have them as your friends just like in Facebook.
  • User Blogs: Everyone also has their own micro-blog where you can share your thought about  stuff like whether a game sucks or not, how much of a crappy day you had. These are full feature blogs with editors so you’ll be able to add pictures and videos as well to each post. Every week we will feature someone from the community on the site and one of their posts! Even better, if your blog gets super popular, we will reward you! You’ll be able to add an ad from Google Adsense right into your profile so you can earn a little extra money!
  • Achievements: Everyone likes earning achievements in-game and now you can earn them on here as well. As you do things you’ll earn points and achievements. Who knows, maybe we will give out prizes once in awhile to high point earners.
  • Wall: A wall to post on in peoples profiles just like in Facebook as well.
  • Twitter: You can have posts you make on your Twitter account displayed in your profile as well. You can also post to your Twitter account from your profile.
  • Exclusive Contests: Exclusive community contests and offers on Android games.
  • Staff Profiles: You’ll be able to check out the staff here at DroidGamers and read articles specifically written by them in their profiles when you are looking at them.
  • much much more…

 

Developers have no fear, we have you covered as well! Check out some features that are specific for Android game developers! You get everything gamers do plus more!

Extra Developer Features:

  • Mini SourceForge: Store your code on SourceForge? Well now you can keep gamers up-to-date about how development is going right in your profile with commit updates.
  • Upload/Downloads: You can offer gamers on the site access to download your free games (if you make free games that is).
  • Contests/Giveaways: Want to hold a contest or giveaway to Android gamers on the site? We have a whole system in place for that!
  • Google Ads: Indie developer and want to make an extra buck or two to help support development? You’ll be able to put an ad in your profile from Google AdSense.
  • Featured: You’ll be able to get your game discovered by Android gamers when it is completed as it will be featured on the front of the community site!
  • Discussion Groups: Just like the gamers feature, you’ll be able to talk to gamers about bugs, improvements and general help in discussion groups you make or join!
  • Advertising: We are also working on more ways for you to get the word out about your new games including new advertising methods in the community

 

Think we stuffed enough in here? Well we don’t think so and with that said, we have some big addition already in the works to add to the DroidGamers Community! Oh did we mention you’ll be able to make your own applications/add-ons for here as well? Just ask us how!

We would consider this a late stage open beta and once we add the upcoming features it’ll be complete! We are working on making this 100% mobile compatible as well so bear with us, it is a lot of work! If you find a bug, please let us know about it so we can fix it! To access the community, just click on the Community Blogs menu item at them top under Blogs & Forums!

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