| 30-jun-2008 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Octopus" (invented by Nicholas Bentley) |
| 23-jun-2008 |
"Master Y" is added to the list of available games. |
| 15-jun-2008 |
New games are opened in the same window now. |
| 15-jun-2008 |
The design of member profile pages is updated. |
| 12-jun-2008 |
"Kalah" is updated: the "Pie Rule" is added to ballance the game. |
| 10-jun-2008 |
"Hex" is updated: new board sizes are added (8x8, 9x9, 10x10, 12x12). |
| 05-jun-2008 |
A newer version of the game gadget is available now:
- New button is added that opens the page with game statistics.
- TOP lists are removed from the gadget (use the mentioned above button instead).
|
| 04-jun-2008 |
A more advanced version of the game statistics is available now. |
| 2-jun-2008 |
The 50th game is added dated for the upcoming 1st anniversary of the site: "Yavalath" (invented by Cameron Browne). |
| 28-may-2008 |
"Quax" (invented by Bill Taylor) is added to the list of available games. |
| 20-may-2008 |
"Neutreeko" (invented by Jan Kristian Haugland) is added to the list of available games. |
| 14-may-2008 |
"Phutball" (invented by John Horton Conway) is added to the list of available games. |
| 7-may-2008 |
Bashni (Stacking Draughts) is added to the list of available games. |
| 1-may-2008 |
"Transposition" (invented by Gregory Keith Van Patten) is added to the list of available games. |
| 28-apr-2008 |
The "Doubling cube" is added to the Backgammon game |
| 27-apr-2008 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Balls and Chains" (invented by Harald Korneliussen) |
| 17-apr-2008 |
"Kauri" (invented by Ralf Gering) is added to the list of available games. |
| 9-apr-2008 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Lilliputians" (invented by Nicholas Bentley) |
| 7-apr-2008 |
"Clobber" (invented by Michael H. Albert, J.P. Grossman and Richard Nowakowski) is added to the list of available games. |
| 2-apr-2008 |
"Traffic Lights" (invented by Alan Parr) is added to the list of available games. |
| 1-apr-2008 |
"Ataxx" (invented by Dave Crummack and Craig Galley) is added to the list of available games. |
| 31-mar-2008 |
"Cephalopod" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 26-mar-2008 |
"Gonnect" (invented by João Pedro Neto) is added to the list of available games. |
| 23-mar-2008 |
"Breakthrough" (invented by Dan Troyka) is added to the list of available games. |
| 23-mar-2008 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Short Circuit" (invented by Harald Korneliussen) |
| 16-mar-2008 |
"Tanbo" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 09-mar-2008 |
"Oware" is added to the list of available games. |
| 04-mar-2008 |
An "undo" feature is added to the games.
For requesting the "undo" a player have to choose a desired
position in the "Move History" and then click the
 button.
His opponent(s) can either accept the "undo" request,
reject it or forbid all further "undo" requests during
the same game.
|
| 01-mar-2008 |
"Rush" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 24-feb-2008 |
"Quartetto" (invented by Arty Sandler) is added to the list of available games. |
| 17-feb-2008 |
Game selection window (opened by clicking "Start Game" when "All new games" is selected in the gadget's combobox) is divided into four sections:
- Favorite games - a list of games chosen by a visitor.
- All games - a list of all available games.
- New games - a list of last added games.
- Popular games - a list of most popular games according to the following statistics.
|
| 13-feb-2008 |
"Forms" (invented by Steven W. Meyers) is added to the list of available games. |
| 12-feb-2008 |
"Dipole" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 31-jan-2008 |
"Atoll" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 30-jan-2008 |
"CrossWay" (invented by Mark Steere) is added to the list of available games. |
| 27-jan-2008 |
"Dots and Boxes" is added to the list of available games. |
| 23-jan-2008 |
"SnailTrail" (invented by Bill Taylor) is added to the list of available games. |
| 21-jan-2008 |
"Rules" section is added to igGameCenter.
(missing pages will be added in the nearest future) |
| 15-jan-2008 |
"Hnefatafl" is added to the list of available games. |
| 12-jan-2008 |
"SlimeTrail" (invented by Bill Taylor) is added to the list of available games. |
| 9-jan-2008 |
"TriGo" (invented by Steve Metzger) is added to the list of available games. |
| 8-jan-2008 |
"Amazons" (invented by Walter Zamkauskas) is added to the list of available games. |
| 30-dec-2007 |
"Lines of Action" (invented by Claude Soucie) is added to the list of available games. |
| 29-dec-2007 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Linear Chaos" |
| 27-dec-2007 |
"Bagh Chal" is added to the list of available games. |
| 25-dec-2007 |
The "Statistics" page is added to igGameCenter.
This page is automatically updated every 15 minutes.
An additional statistics information will be added in the future.
|
| 23-dec-2007 |
"Y" (independently invented by Claude Shannon, Craige Schensted and Charles Titus) is added to the list of available games. |
| 20-dec-2007 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Bre-e-edge" |
| 18-dec-2007 |
"Morabaraba" is added to the list of available games. |
| 14-dec-2007 |
"Go" game is updated:
- an optional handicap was added.
- an option was added to mark dead stones at the end of a game.
|
| 9-dec-2007 |
A new pattern is added to "MindNinja" game: "Triple Hex" |
| 2-dec-2007 |
"Fox and Hounds" is added to the list of available games. |
| 27-nov-2007 |
A newer version of the game gadget is available now including the following features:
- A list of online members
- A TOP list of members ordered by their score.
- A TOP list of members ordered by a number of games played by them.
|
| 20-nov-2007 |
"MindNinja" (invented by Nicholas Bentley) is added to the list of available games. |
| 18-nov-2007 |
"Connect6" (invented by Professor I-Chen Wu) is added to the list of available games. |
| 27-oct-2007 |
"Hex" is updated: different board sizes are added. |
| 22-oct-2007 |
First version of game timers is available now.
To set the time limit for a game press "Change" button
in the "Game options" area.
The timers can be buggy at the moment, so use them at your own risk.
|
| 14-oct-2007 |
Games can be played on private boards now:
- You can change "Public Game" to "Private Game" in the game options
after opening a new game. Since that moment, just those members, whom you sent an invitation link personally,
will be able to join your private board.
- You can wait for your friend to join via
the game list and only then change "Public Game" to "Private Game" in the game options.
|
| 5-oct-2007 |
Numerous changes were made in the game window and the game gadget:
- Emoticons and links are automaticly recognized now in
the game chat.
- New version of the game engine requires clicking the
"Change" button for changing game options.
Clicking this button opens a dialog for changing all the game options at a time.
- When an opponent changes some of the game options they
are highlighted with a red color.
- In the new version of the gadget a list of all new games
displays all games played during the last 24 hours instead of 20 last games
as it was in the previous version.
|
| 29-sep-2007 |
Scoring system is changed:
- Default score for new players is set to 1000.
- All previous scores are increased by 1000 to correspond
with a new system.
- Players new to the rating list are marked as
"provisional" (or "prov") until they have completed
10 games.
- K-factors for score calculations are changed as described in FAQ.
|
| 28-sep-2007 |
Many thanks to welinton.borges
for completion of Portuguese (Brazil) translation for all games.
|
| 28-sep-2007 |
"Dama" (Turkish Checkers) is added to the list of available games. |
| 27-sep-2007 |
Portuguese (Brazil) translation of the site engine and the chess game
is available now (other games will also be translated in the future).
Many thanks to welinton.borges
and raphaelemc
for such a great work.
I will appreciate any help with the translation of the Game Center
into other languages.
|
| 27-sep-2007 |
English and Russian Suicide Checkers are added to the list of available games. |
| 22-sep-2007 |
Game engine is updated:
- an optimization was made to the history replay feature.
- different sound effects are added to different
move events (i.e. for "hit" and "miss" in Battleship).
|
| 21-sep-2007 |
The procedure of starting a game is updated:
- icons 
are added next to players' nickname indicating that the player
accepts a new game with current opponent and current game options.
- changing game options or an opponent automaticly
cancels mentioned above acceptance (i.e. a player should click
"START" button again if the game options were changed or
his opponent gave his place to someone else).
|
| 9-sep-2007 |
"Go" is added to the list of available games. |
| 30-aug-2007 |
A history replay feature is added.
Just click  icons in
the Move History table and you will see a corresponding board state.
|
| 20-aug-2007 |
Game engine is updated:
- an optimization was made to the invitation message.
- a new feature is added: starting a new game directly from a finished one.
|
| 17-aug-2007 |
"Hex"
(independently invented by John Nash and Piet Hein) is added to the list of available games. |
| 15-aug-2007 |
"Renju" is updated: a variant with opening sequence is added. |
| 8-aug-2007 |
Multilingual support is added to the Game Center
(currently the only translation available is Russian).
The language of the Game Center gadget corresponds to the language
of the Google Personalized Homepage. The language of
the games by default is the same as the language of the gadget
(but it can be changed in gadget's options).
I will appreciate any help with the translation of the Game Center
into other languages.
|
| 31-jul-2007 |
Game engine is updated:
- an optimization was made to reduce the number of requests to the server.
- a new feature is added: clicking the nickname copies it to the message box.
|
| 28-jul-2007 |
"Reversi" is updated: an animation is added to reversing stones and the board is enlarged. |
| 26-jul-2007 |
"Renju" is updated: an option is added allowing to display stones in cells instead of intersections. |
| 21-jul-2007 |
The game engine core is updated.
A new version should improve recovering from an accident disconnection and reduce server response time
when sending messages in chat or making moves.
|
| 16-jul-2007 |
You can certify your profile now (in case you passed a fast sign-up process and not certified one).
Just click My Profile
button in the gadget, then click Get Certificate
button in the opened window and follow the instructions. |
| 14-jul-2007 |
"Chess" is updated: all captured pieces are displayed now. |
| 12-jul-2007 |
"Crosslet" (a variant of Scrabble) is added to the list of available games. |
| 5-jul-2007 |
A new option is added to the Game Center gadget allowing to see a list of all new games. |
| 4-jul-2007 |
"Backgammon" is added to the list of available games. |
| 27-jun-2007 |
"Kalah" is added to the list of available games. |
| 25-jun-2007 |
Instructions for including the Game Center gadget into sites are added to the FAQ section |
| 25-jun-2007 |
The Game Center gadget is added to the Game Center homepage |
| 24-jun-2007 |
Rating calculation is changed to Elo rating system. |
| 19-jun-2007 |
"Halma" is added to the list of available games. |
| 17-jun-2007 |
The game engine core is updated. Now it uses AJAX instead of old-style techniques for a data exchange between the game client and the server. |
| 15-jun-2007 |
"Battleship" (Sea Battle) is added to the list of available games. |
| 13-jun-2007 |
Optional sound effects are added to indicate join, leave and move events. |
| 12-jun-2007 |
A fast sign up process is available now! You can read here about it. |
| 10-jun-2007 |
The Game Center is opened to public! Welcome everybody and good luck in games! |
