WoWBook, your toon on Facebook

[Jenthis]

Hey everyone,

Not sure if I can post that here so let me know if I'm in the wrong place.

Now on my topic: As a (little) contribution to the WoW Community, I have developed a Facebook application for any WoW gamers willing to show their geekness to the whole world ;)

The application is named WoWBook (http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=68320540593) and essentially it works like a bridge between the real you and your characters. Currently WoWBook (http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=68320540593)allows you to:



Import automatically your characters from WoW to Facebook.


To display your characters in your FB profile or boxes page.


Get closer to your online buddies. See your guildmates 'face-to-face', add them to your friends and learn more about them.


Search for players around the world or in your local area. You can filter your research by country, state, city, or realm, guilds, etc.


Fully translated in English and French. German coming soon.


And with the upcoming updates you'll be able to:

Automatically track and show your PvE progression for your characters (i.e. what instance did you beat).


Display your equipment.


Follow your Friends and Guildmates progressions, such as level gains, reputations gains, tradeskills, accomplishments, etc. Eventually, the 'tracker' will be available in RSS so you'll be able to plug it in any website (guild site, personal blog, ..)


And more...


All and all, the reason I'm developing WoWBook (http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=68320540593)is to allow players to get closer to their online buddies and/or guildmates, after all, behind each characters there is a real person (really!) worth knowing ;)

Anyways, if you feel like it, give it a try and don't hesitate to give me your feedback. There are still a few things that I need to iron out, the application is still very young, only 3 weeks old but we are already more that 700 players from around the world and than 1'300 characters imported.

To start using it in your Facebook, simply click go the WoWBook about page (http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=68320540593) and click on the "Go to Application" button to your right. That's it! Of course WoWBook is 100% free AND commercial free.

And here's some pictures of the actual application:

Your characters Roster: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2865306652/
A character details: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2865306622/
Your FB friends playing WoW: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2864475671/
The Player Finder page: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2864475631/
A guild page sample: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2865306534/
My character box in my FB profile: http://flickr.com/photos/30152602@N07/2865306690/


If you have any suggestions to help me improve WoWbook or if you come across any bugs, please let me know.

Thanks for reading ;)
Cheers

[pearcehart]

I joined but then deactivated. I don't like having my real name exposed to the world and there is no way to not show your real name. Too bad, I liked it but I am not showing my real name online.

[Erinion]

You do not have to show your real name on facebook (you can change your name in the settings - which a lot of my friends do)

And doesn't the "I play WoW" application do almost the same thing as your new application Jenthis?

[Terrymac]

Great job!

[Jenthis]

@pearcehart
As Erinion says, you can always decide not to use your real name. To me, it's a non issue, my real name is not a secret and I like the fact that old friends can find me easily through it. But it's definitely a matter of taste and what's important is that we still have a choice ;)

@Erinion
Indeed, to some extend. I believe both apps are trying to achieve the same goal, get the players closer one to each others. But should you decide to give it a try, I think you will find that there are some very nice improvements with wowbook. For instance, the characters management is nicer, easier to use and much more detailed.

One the feature that as the most success is definitely the Player Finder. Lots of people are looking for players within their actual local area to make new contacts. Actually, I've made myself a few nice contacts that way, which I found it to be cool because basically that's the reason I've decided to make this little app in the first place...

Anyways, as I was saying, the app is very young (only 3 weeks old) and I've still a lot of improvements to make and idea I'd like to implement. So much to do....so little time ;)

@Terrymac
Thanks buddy ;)

oh, and you can look me up and my toons here (and make fun of my noob stuff): http://apps.new.facebook.com/wow-book/characters/688483729/

Cheers!

[Jenthis]

Me again,

Just wanted to let you guys know that I've updated the app to 1.2 with several bug fixes and some minor improvements.

We have passed the 1'200 users mark from 47 countries and we know have more that 2'400 characters displayed ;)

Thanks all for your support.
Cheers.