'Habbo Hopes For New Life As A Gaming Platform'

[Zak]

under-21....

seems i'm not allowed to play

[Pigperson]

I don't get the point of games in a game. I played the games like once and haven't played them since :/

Will

[Philly]

Can someone enlighten me as to WHY they merged the hotels? Do we know?

[-:Undertaker:-]

From what i've been reading over past few months followed by the news that half it's users have left, Sulake seems to be in serious trouble.

But then with their poor customer service (as i've found out, a long term user completely left in the dark) they've brought it on themselves.

[Zak]

From what i've been reading over past few months followed by the news that half it's users have left, Sulake seems to be in serious trouble.

But then with their poor customer service (as i've found out, a long term user completely left in the dark) they've brought it on themselves.

Totally 100% agree!

They've brought it on themselves and instead of listening to the older more experienced players they completely turned their backs. They focused on profits, which is all well and good but there comes a time when you need to spend some money in order to make it back.

I've always said Habbo could learn from Runescape as they have done outstanding updates.. increased their fan-base and ultimately created a family atmosphere with its players. They listen to suggestions posted and make changes accordingly to the game. If Habbo were in control of Runescape they'd have started selling gold, unmoderated everything so everyone would bot, hackers scammers everywhere, gambling and no updates other than items which you could buy.

In all honesty I couldn't give a **** about Habbo anymore. Awful game ran by morons - moderated by morons too!

[HOSKO02]

(as i've found out, a long term user completely left in the dark) they've brought it on themselves.

It's the simple things they're overlooking that really grind on the quality of the hotel and reveal their values. All the furniture with desc_1214 names ads_1800 etc show a complete disregard for the look and feel of past releases and general upkeep, and as you mention, long-term users rarely get any mail, offers or anything to reward that loyalty. Where is the '200% True Habbo' 10 year loyalty badge? Simple updates like that would go a long way, but instead we're bombarded with a new catalogue range every month

[xxMATTGxx]

I wonder if Paul read this thread about it

I was reading some fansite forums and saw comments on recent blog posts talking about our announcement of the games API. The discussion was about how we are trying to change Habbo. First tip for Habbos, never believe what you read on a blog. Unless it is this blog of course! But even then read everything with a very careful eye.

The reason we built the API is that we hear very clearly how popular Snowstorm, Wobble Squabble & Battle Ball are in the Habbo lore and imagination. We all know that putting games into the Habbo universe is fun if they fit they play style that Habbos enjoy. Witness Fast Food. Very straightforward game, still gets a lot of play and it works well. Habbos enjoy it, the numbers show it.

We also know that it would be better to have 15 games as popular as Wobble Squabble in the Hotel. As not all games made are as good as a game like that we have to introduce 100 games to the site and Habbos pick the 15 great ones. Expecting anyone to build a perfect game every time is not how the world works.

So like any problem we asked ourselves how we could introduce 100 games to the service, and the only answer that made sense was to partner with 3rd parties to allow them to introduce games via an API. The major well known social networks do this and the app stores on your smart phones are built on this. This is how content is made in sufficient volume to allow users to pick and choose the winners. So we are doing that.

There are two points to consider, first about Habbo Hotel, and next about very creative Habbos who may want to program their own games. In Habbo Hotel the staff are going to focus on Community, Friending Tools and getting the spirit of Habbo back in “Old Habbo” top form. We’re not going to be building games. As for creative Habbos who aspire to be game designers, now the API is open to YOU. That means a few of you can get together, rebuild Wobble Squabble and put in on Habbo. And you can take advantage of our agreement with developers meaning you make the majority of the money that the game creates. Not a bad deal.

Which brings me to a final thing to consider. Habbo is about friendships. Playing games together is part of making friendships richer and more long lasting. So more games means more chance to share experiences. As we try more of the 100 games and you see one that is not to your taste, pass it by. Try the next one. In the meantime the Staff will be working with developers and more importantly spending the majority of their time in Hotel and with you to bring back Old Habbo.

http://blog.habbo.com/2012/11/30/som...rom-paulwalla/

[Michael]

I wonder if Paul read this thread about it



http://blog.habbo.com/2012/11/30/som...rom-paulwalla/

Now we need someone to rebuild battleball..

[Red]

Well its clear investors have pulled out, and they really have no choice but to turn to these third parties. He has it spot on when he said snow storm, battle ball and wobble squabble were well loved games that 'fit the play style'. But does he really think the new games and the many more that will be introduced will do that? No they do not. They do not fit the habbo style and that is the main problem. Fair enough if other social networks have games, but we have all made our hate clear for merging habbo with twitter and facebook. It just doesn't work. As for habbos making games? What even ... :S
Habbo is about making friendships but I find these games don't do that. In the past snowstorm and battleball did, because you could choose teams and play with your friends. All those features seem to be missing in the newer versions. I find most games like fast food to be isolating :S I can guarantee that none of these 100 games will be to my taste.

[Michael]

Well its clear investors have pulled out, and they really have no choice but to turn to these third parties. He has it spot on when he said snow storm, battle ball and wobble squabble were well loved games that 'fit the play style'. But does he really think the new games and the many more that will be introduced will do that? No they do not. They do not fit the habbo style and that is the main problem. Fair enough if other social networks have games, but we have all made our hate clear for merging habbo with twitter and facebook. It just doesn't work. As for habbos making games? What even ... :S
Habbo is about making friendships but I find these games don't do that. In the past snowstorm and battleball did, because you could choose teams and play with your friends. All those features seem to be missing in the newer versions. I find most games like fast food to be isolating :S I can guarantee that none of these 100 games will be to my taste.

I think it will be the best interest for the games developers to make a game that we actually like, as they get money if we buy the perks for it.