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00:00:00 – 00:11:12
Andrew showcases Screencast-O-Matic to provide a comprehensive tour of his website designed to help Word Feud players manage their games effectively. Emphasizing its utility rather than as a cheating tool, Andrew demonstrates key features such as tracking active games, viewing detailed game interactions, and accessing an archive of completed games. The site is mobile-optimized, offering valuable functionalities like checking remaining tiles, displaying game boards, and logging chat messages to resolve disputes or harassment. Andrew invites user feedback for new features, discusses community growth with visitor statistics, and promotes engagement through a Facebook page, aiming to foster a helpful and friendly gaming community.
00:00:00
In this segment, Andrew introduces himself and demonstrates the screen capture software Screencast-O-Matic. He wants to record both his screen and webcam simultaneously. Andrew explores his website, which helps players of the Scrabble-like game Word Feud track which letters have been played, eliminating the need for pen and paper. He emphasizes that the website is not a cheat site, but a tool for better gameplay management. Andrew logs into the site, explaining its features like tracking ongoing games, categorizing turns, and maintaining an archive of completed games. He notes that it is currently not his turn in any games.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the functionality of a gaming website. They explain that the website displays a list of active games with opponent names, scores, start dates, board types, and languages. The design is optimized for mobile devices, making it narrow to fit screens well. When viewing game details, users can see player info, game language, tile racks with points, and a list of remaining tiles, which is helpful, especially when the bag is empty. An expandable section shows the board layout. The site has been useful for league players and in resolving disputes by providing screenshots. Additionally, chat message logs are included to offer evidence in cases of harassment. There’s a reload button to refresh game information as it doesn’t update in real-time.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker demonstrates how to view recently completed games on the platform, highlighting that completed games reflect the opponent’s remaining tiles. The archive feature is introduced, which automatically stores all completed games for registered users, allowing them to view their entire game history. The archived games page displays in a similar format to the main screen, but without chat messages due to data protection and privacy considerations. The archive is organized into pages of 50 games, sorted in reverse chronological order. Lastly, the speaker briefly mentions having a Facebook page set up, displayed at the bottom of the screen.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the tracker website which has gained several guests and visitors. They request likes on the site and mention that new features are announced on their Facebook page. The speaker is open to feature requests that are feasible and do not constitute cheating. Originally developed for personal use, the site has now evolved into a community tool, and user suggestions are encouraged to guide its development. They mention a hit counter to track page views, currently at 1.2 million, and a page generation time feature added for debugging purposes. The site is free to use with no guarantees or promises to improve Scrabble skills. The speaker invites viewers to play a friendly game of Word Feud and encourages engagement on Facebook.