Add Achievements to Your Games and Apps with Achievely

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I'm not sure that I'd pay for this -- it's too easy to build something customised -- but a FOSS "standard" API would be cool.

I presume a paid service could offer cross-product achievements, which might have legs.

I agree -- I played with Mojo: http://www.earnmojo.com

which is similar, but we stopped using it because of the JS hit and because it wasn't as customizable as yours sounds.

Full disclosure: I am the cofounder of earnmojo.com

There are (at least) two ways to address the engagement/loyalty problem with a third party awards solution: 1) provide a simple, drop-in JS (ala Google Analytics) or 2) provide deeper, API-level integration.

We've started with the first approach, which won't work for everyone, but it has worked for a lot of non-technical people, many of whom have set Mojo up on their sites in < 30 minutes.

For our friends on HN (and other developers), we have a private API. We've used it internally a few times, including rolling out achievements on the conference web site for JavaOne and Oracle Develop. We intend to publish it soon, but if you want early access, just let us know.

chris@earnmojo.com, @bucchere on Twitter or 415-516-3941

Thanks for the feedback. It may turn out to be better off as a standard API. I've considered that approach as well.

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