Now we’ll run down the key points delivered during the panel, which naturally started off with an explanation of Wordament itself. Check it out after the break.Īlex Tarrand, Senior Product Planner at Microsoft delivered the presentation entitled ‘Live Enable Your Game: Wordament Case Study.' Alex is a mobile advertising specialist, who has worked for Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft on casual and freemium games. Windows Phone Central has the full presentation video to share, plus a detailed summary and anaylsis. We all know Xbox Live has helped Wordament become more popular, but the specific benefits and results of the switch are extremely encouraging and could have wide-ranging effects on future Windows Phone games.
It would be good if there were an option to play against yourself on your phone - or at least an option to go head-to-head with a friend in a two-player battle.Microsoft themselves didn’t have as much of a presence at Casual Connect Seattle this year as we would’ve liked, but they did stage a fascinating presentation on the effects that switching to Xbox Live has had on popular free word game Wordament. If you don't have a data connection then Wordament is useless, since the whole game is played online. The graphics in Wordament are pretty neat, with smooth animations and neat sound effects that aren't over-used. There's full Xbox Live integration in Wordament, with lots of achievements to make, and the promise of 200 gamer points just by playing it! You can even make other Wordament players into 'frenemies', where you'll be able to compare their scores with yours after every game. It records lots of data about your gaming history and contains comprehensive leaderboards so you can see how others get on. After 30 seconds of studying this, a new game launches and you start over. After every game you're shown the global leaderboard for that game and your position within it. What makes Wordament unique is that games are played entirely online in the form of live tournaments, where all online players take on the same grid in a two-minute battle to score the most points and make the most words.
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