5Guesses.com
Richard ThomsRob Boirun
Project Beginnings
• Project conceived at the March session of the North Alabama Web Developers Meetup!
• “Guess the Image”
The Initial Idea• Show a scrambled image
• Reveal a little more with each wrong guess.
• Do you know who this is?
A Collaborative Effort
• Richard builds code
• Rob builds traffic
www.5guesses.comV0.9 Released Today!
Platform
• Joomla! 2.5+ 3 custom modules+ 1 custom component+ 1 command line interface
+ 1 purchased theme ($50)+ a few Joomla Extensions
Contest Teaser Module
• Displays small version of a contest image and the most recent guess.
Contest Image Module
• Displays large version of contest image and % showing.
Recent Guesses Module
• Displays last few guesses
Guess the Image Component
• Takes the guess and does all the image and guess processing work
A Little Bit of AJAX• Refresh every 30 seconds so you can see
updates as others guess. CORE HACK/MOD.• Needs some work!
Joomla Extensions• RocketTheme Template• Community Builder• Social Links module• Facebook Like module• Contact component
First Game
• Slowly reveal the image with each wrong guess.
• Kind of boring• Just keep pumping “junk” guesses to make it
reveal faster.• Limit guesses?
Second Game
• Have the image automatically reveal
• It’s Different• Complications on coding.– Joomla CLI + cron job to automatically generate
the revealing images on server side– AJAX to keep refreshing the image on client side
Gameification
• Need to add coins/badges– Each guess– Each correct guess– Invite a friend– Others??
• Prizes/Awards– Sponsors products– Groupon like deals
Other Game Ideas
• Beat the clock– Single or multi player
• SongPop like game– Multiple choice head-to-head
• Upload your own image– Invite your friends/family
May Need Browser Plug-in?
• Fast image reveal on client side.• Encrypt the image to prevent cheating.
• MOBILE APP?
Traffic and Revenue
• Rob’s Specialty• SEO will not work• Must be Social
Social Strategy
• Facebook – get users to share, comment, Like• Twitter – get people to tweet their winning
guess and the image that it was guessed at.• Pinterest – get users to Pin game image results
or pre guess image.
Social Strategy Continued
• Instagram – not exactly sure about this one at this time.
• G+ - get users to share new games, current games, results to their circles
• Others?? Ideas??
Building Traffic
• Initial contact with influencers on each medium. Work deals for promotion.
• Some initial thoughts on getting images to go viral….
Memes – One way to spread the word fast
• Share, Tweet, +1• Challenge: to find the best way to make the
game images go viral.
Other Options
Like, Follow, Circle, Kiss & Hug
We need some followers!
• Search for 5Guesses on…– Facebook– Twitter– G+– Pintrest
Collaboration is Good!
• Building on each others strengths• Bouncing ideas• Pushing each other
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