I’ve tweaked the site a bit. See if you can find all the changes! The most significant ones are these:
Github
Github is a popular site for social coding. It allows for anyone to view and branch a project that I’ve put up. This means that something like PHPHandler or the Unity-Facebook project doesn’t rest solely in my hands. If I’m not making much progress, someone could pick up where I left off and continue, making the project much stronger. Open source, source control, social coding. Not just a handful of buzz words, but a revolutionary idea in software development.
drMarketPlace
The dimeRocker Marketplace example that I’ve written about before has been added to Github. The full Unity project is there both as source and as a download. I haven’t written anything in the way of a tutorial or walkthrough yet, so you’ll need to get your shovel nice and sharp before you begin digging. I have fully commented the source, so it should help a bit. Be sure to check out the wiki for this project, which will show you what your Stack setup should look like.
The grand finale. Micropayments are now in the Marketplace demo. Here I’m showing a number of things that are common with micropayment systems in browser games. The first is the dual currency system. Up until now the stores have been using the Bucks, or premium currency, bought with real money. Now we’ll be using the game currency, Coins. We can use premium currency to buy game currency, which is earned by playing the game. This allows less frequent players an opportunity to catch up to more dedicated players.