> is this targeting all platforms or just PC at the moment?
All platforms.
> Any plans to setup a way to jump directly into a game with a group of people?
Not yet, but I definitely think that's worth exploring. I think the first step in that process is to build the capability to know when your team is playing. Then, if everyone is playing except you, we can let you know that you can get online now and group up with everyone. That alone would be valuable for a lot of people, and if we could auto-join you that'd be even better.
> Love the recruitment and players LFG though a drop down seems like the wrong mechanic to me (would be pretty cool to be able to show game titles as like squares in which you could select as your filter (IMO at least)).
The tough part is that there are so many games to support that it won't scale to show every game, so some sort of search/typeahead is necessary. On the other hand, the most popular 4-5 games (I imagine) will get the majority of the volume, so it might make sense to have a hybrid approach if we don't know what game you play already (show most common 'n' games as buttons, allow search as well). I'd have to experiment with that.
> The tough part is that there are so many games to support that it won't scale to show every game, so some sort of search/typeahead is necessary. On the other hand, the most popular 4-5 games (I imagine) will get the majority of the volume, so it might make sense to have a hybrid approach if we don't know what game you play already (show most common 'n' games as buttons, allow search as well). I'd have to experiment with that.
Fair points. One strategy we've done is show the more important games _to the user_ first and sort appropriately (pre-orders, installed, played, etc) but that data is likely difficult to get, at least for a new user. But you could show the games they own / primarily use first and go from there and / or popular ones like you were suggesting.
You're a web app so drop downs are not as awkward as, say, on a console but I still try to see if there are creative but intuitive ways to avoid them :)
> is this targeting all platforms or just PC at the moment?
All platforms.
> Any plans to setup a way to jump directly into a game with a group of people?
Not yet, but I definitely think that's worth exploring. I think the first step in that process is to build the capability to know when your team is playing. Then, if everyone is playing except you, we can let you know that you can get online now and group up with everyone. That alone would be valuable for a lot of people, and if we could auto-join you that'd be even better.
> Love the recruitment and players LFG though a drop down seems like the wrong mechanic to me (would be pretty cool to be able to show game titles as like squares in which you could select as your filter (IMO at least)).
The tough part is that there are so many games to support that it won't scale to show every game, so some sort of search/typeahead is necessary. On the other hand, the most popular 4-5 games (I imagine) will get the majority of the volume, so it might make sense to have a hybrid approach if we don't know what game you play already (show most common 'n' games as buttons, allow search as well). I'd have to experiment with that.