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Happy Meeple community / Deleting an account
« on: 19/08/20, 05:30pm »
The question has been asked lately in the forum. Apologies for not getting back to you earlier on the matter.

There is no direct way to delete an account from the interface. To do so, you need to get in touch with us.

1) Make sure you are logged in.
2) Go to the contact form (click on the little pen on the top left of the main page above the green dice).
3) Send a message requesting the deletion.
4) We will come back to you to confirm.

Have fun!

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Happy Meeple community / Manipulating ratings
« on: 28/06/20, 05:17pm »
Hello my friends.

A little note for your information.

Someone was manipulating their rating by playing repeated unfinished games against a fake account (games lasting 15 seconds always with the same winner).

This is easily detectable and in that case we do the appropriate thing.

So it is both a waste of time for you and for us.

It takes us 15 minutes to check the account and make sure everything is all right.

It is better if we use this time developing new games and a better platform, don't you agree?

We strive to keep Happy Meeple a happy place with nice players, nice chats and nice games. That's what it has always been and will always be. Please help us in our endeavour!

Thanks for your understanding!

Nicolas.


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Hanamikoji / Hanamikoji - the final matches
« on: 28/05/20, 02:56pm »
As you are aware, we now let you replay any recorded match.

Here is the list of games played in the final of the Hanamikoji tournament.

From the winner's point of view (Senseidankclam)
https://www.happymeeple.com/en/game.php?replay_match_id=4183880&user_id=267945
https://www.happymeeple.com/en/game.php?replay_match_id=4183969&user_id=267945

From KrisztiƔn S.'s point of view
https://www.happymeeple.com/en/game.php?replay_match_id=4183880&user_id=243205
https://www.happymeeple.com/en/game.php?replay_match_id=4183969&user_id=243205

Enjoy watching the champions!

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Happy Meeple community / Finito/Level X republished
« on: 08/04/20, 12:54pm »
It is with great pleasure that we let you know that Finito and Level X will be published again.

We have not had a chance to play the new versions and have no financial interest in it.
All we can say is that the new games look fantastic. The game play is slightly modified for Finito (use of a spinner). As far as we know, it is exactly the same for Level X.

To get the new game, please visit the Kickstarter page of the project!

Finito becomes GPS:



Level X becomes Mountain Goats:



The Kickstarter page of the project

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Tips, polls, updates / 2-game ratings? Do you care?
« on: 03/04/20, 10:44am »
We will probably get rid of the "Biathlon" ratings that are computed over 2 games.
It generates a lot of computations that we think are not really necessary now that we have many more games.
Do you care about them?

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Tips, polls, updates / Changes of the day
« on: 26/03/20, 12:51pm »
Hello,

Some of you will see that the font on the login page has changed.
Some of you will also see that the solo game is now at the bottom of the games list on the menu page.

This is intended. We are A/B testing various layouts of the platform to see what is more appealing to new players.

So not everyone has the same layout for now.

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Tips, polls, updates / Sound issues - please read
« on: 06/02/20, 02:46pm »
Hello,

In attempt of blocking unwanted noisy advertizing that play sounds without permission, modern browsers like Chrome or Firefox now prevent any sound/music to be played before the user has interacted with the page (which means at least clicking on the page).

The problem for us is that because of this, the ring that warns a game is starting is now blocked by Chrome and Firefox. Obviously, that sound is played before you interact with the game page and thus blocked by the browsers. Chrome does the blocking a little more cleverly and allows the sound when you become a regular user of the website. So it is possible that you were not affected.

We will try to find a clever way to solve the issue (probably by moving the bell sound to the menu page just before leaving it, although it will cause a slight delay probably).

In any case, here are the ways to make sure that Happy Meeple sounds are always played. We recommend that you do that. It takes 2 seconds.

For Chrome:
Follow the instructions from the 2 attachments below: Chrome_sound_setting_1.jpg and Chrome_sound_setting_2.jpg

For Firefox:
Make sure the Happy Meeple sound is turned on (fx) with the usual Happy Meeple sound controls.
Refresh the Happy Meeple menu page and move your mouse over any button in the top menu. Do not click on the page, just move your mouse above the menu. The browser will try to play a sound and it will probably be blocked.
Now if you see the icon 1 on top of the attachment below: Firefox_sound_setting_1.jpg, please do step 2 to allow autoplay sounds. If you don't see the icon 1, it probably means Happy Meeple is already accepted and you don't need to do anything.

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World, castle, market... / Favourite world maps
« on: 24/01/20, 07:24pm »
Hello,

From today, screenshots of your world map are generated and stored on our server (only for the most active players for the moment as we are still experimenting). This allows to display your world in your profile page for all to see.

As the developer of the platform, it is quite emotional for me to see for the first time what you have done with it. It may be extremely surprising, but I never found the time to look at what you did there and had little idea about the final result. I simply did not have the tools to do it. Today, for the first time in so many years, I can see your worlds. And I am pleased to see many of you have planted trees, mown their lawn and built new roofs.

Enough said though, here are my favourites.


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Tips, polls, updates / Screenshots - your opinion
« on: 14/01/20, 03:45pm »
Hello,

We have started to work on a new feature. This feature takes screenshots of your world map and/or the final state of a game (score + final position). It is also conceivable to make this feature available to other parts of the platform (like ranking tables).
We would like to discuss the subject with you and see if you come up with interesting ideas. The way that this feature will be done is still quite open. No doubt that you can come up with some very useful comments to help us shape that feature.

Main goals

There are 2 main goals:
  • inside Happy Meeple, other players can see what you have done in your world directly from your profile page.
    Your world image is available there.
    Click on anyone's profile to see what they achieved.
    Also, the final state of any archived game is accessible from your profile game history.
  • outside Happy Meeple, screenshots can be used to show what you are doing.
    The world screenshot can be shared as a JPEG image or as a dedicated webpage (the webpage has links to Happy Meeple which helps you get more friends to the platform and therefore get the gold rewards associated with it).
    Similarly, you can show your best games, for example when you reached a high score.

Challenges

The main issue with the screenshot feature is that it takes some time.
On a recent iPad, it takes about 0.4 second.
On a powerful desktop PC, it takes between 1.5 and 2 seconds (Chrome and Firefox).
On a slow iPhone 6, it takes between 5 and 10 seconds.

For the world map screenshot to be really useful, it would need to be sent to our servers regularly, ideally every time the player makes a change. It is difficult to do this in the background as the operation of taking a screenshot makes the browser semi-responsive. It would therefore need to interrupt the natural flow of the interface, but how and when? How often? This not clear.

For the final state of a game, the problem is probably easier to solve. We have not tried yet, but we suppose the screenshot of an endgame situation will be much faster than for the world map. Moreover, it is clear when it needs to be done, only once at the end of the game. It may still slow down the endgame process though.

Let us know your thoughts!




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Hi all,

The chat icon on the inn tables lets you open a chat with the player sitting on the table.

Do you use it?

If not, we will get rid of it and save the screen space.

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Raging Bulls / Raging Bulls Feedback
« on: 07/12/19, 10:21pm »
Hi there,

Raging Bulls has been released for a few days now.

Would you give us some feedback? Do you like it? Is there anything you would improve?

Please us know your thoughts!

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Happy Meeple community / For Christmas
« on: 25/11/19, 04:15pm »
Hello all,

I am sure that most of you have seen that we provide a list of recommended games at the bottom of the main menu page. We have done so for some time now.

We have played most of those games and they are all good. You can't really go wrong with any of them. Of course, you still need to get the right game for the right person. Not every game is for everyone. But they are all intrinsically excellent and if you feel that our recommendation is not enough, most of them won prestigious international awards.

All the links are from affiliate programs. It means that we earn a small share from any game you may purchase from these links.

I am sure that lots of you will buy games for Christmas. If you value what we do, please consider purchasing those games via our partners. This will be very much appreciated.

Here are our main partners:

Philibert (France, ships worldwide)

Zatu (United Kingdom, ships worldwide)

Milan Spiele (Germany)

Amazon (USA)
Amazon (UK)
Amazon (France)
Amazon (Germany)

PS: I have personally ordered from Philibert and Zatu. Never had any issue. Highly recommended online board game shops with competitive prices.

PS2: Amazon links should work for everything, not only games.

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Raging Bulls / Help us beta-test Raging Bulls!
« on: 08/11/19, 03:22pm »
Great news!

We are getting close to releasing our next solo game: Raging Bulls.

The game is very nice, very smart and has a nice puzzle feel.

The tutorial is split in about 10 tutorial-missions. On top of these, extra non-mandatory missions are available. Each successful mission awards between 1 and 3 stars.

Once you know all the rules, you can play the game online for rating. If you would like to try this game early, please get in touch at contact at happ...ple.com or use the contact form (pen above the green dice).

We need your help! Thanks in advance for your support!

PS: we plan to release a few more solo games in 2020. Exciting times.

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Tips, polls, updates / Forum issue solved
« on: 02/11/19, 11:49am »
A lot of users were mistakenly banned from the forum.

This is now solved. A ban trigger was operating when it should not.

Sorry about the inconvenience!

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