Web Avatar Ready for Developers

Just in time for GDC Europe 2011: the Open Virtual World client is now "Ready for Developers" who want to build their apps on the Web Avatar platform.

The Open Virtual World client is

• a Web Avatar platform.
• a Concurrent Casual Gaming platform
• a platform where you can build your casual game

The Open Virtual World client has

• an avatar on every web page
• a WebKit based rendering engine
• modules and APIs
• everything a client app needs: protocols, logging, configuration
• open source

"Ready for Developers" means:

• it is working
• it can be used by developers
• it is not ready for end users
• it needs customization and packaging
• it needs gaming extensions and a game server if you want your users to do gaming
• it needs an item shop and inventory if you want to sell virtual goods
• it needs integration with your user profiles if you want to make the Web Avatar as a feature for existing games
• it is not a product yet
• but: it is a working platform for you to make a product
• and: it is free and open source

The Open Virtual World project will soon publish a complete client which users can download. Until then, developers get early access to the platform.

Need help? mail to openvirtualworld@gmail.com

Donations Status & Upcoming Release

Dear Reader, this is a quick update on the donations status and the upcoming first release we are working on heavily.

The good news first: to the left you can see a sreenshot of the chat software we will publish soon. We are coding the last lines and have to integrate the software into the new installer. Surely some polishing has to be done but now we can see the end of the tunnel.

And now the very good news. You reached goal 1 for this quarter! We are thankful and proud. But that does not mean the project does not need your donations anymore. Keep up the good spirit and do not forget to grab a copy of Adobe AIR, so you can use our our little program.

Get Ready for the First Release

We are working hard to finish the first version of our "chat browser" but there is something you can do while you are waiting:

Please download Adobe AIR and install it. AIR will be necessary to run our software. It is widely used and perhaps you already have it installed, so do not worry that it might harm your beloved computer.

I added an AIR download link to the sidebar. Just follow that link and you will get more information about AIR in your preferred language.