AlphaJax version 1.7 brings new player rating system and matchmaking

AlphaJax -Anybody's favorite Scrabble clone, I hateful, give-and-take game - has received a steady stream of updates since its release in October. We were excited when a February update added unlimited, ad-supported play to the trial version of the game too as user statistic tracking.

Today's update overhauls stat tracking. Previously, the leader lath just put the players with the highest number of wins at the pinnacle. Now player skill is also a factor. The new rating organization is based on the Elo rating system. Gamers increment their rank via wins, only rank goes up a lot more by defeating a higher ranked opponent. On Xbox 360, the Xbox Live TrueSkill system works much the same way.

How does AlphaJax's rating system affect people who are new to the game? Players aren't ranked until they complete ten online games. Pass-and-play (local multiplayer) doesn't affect rank. Even if someone loses all ten of their starting games, they won't receive a negative rank. When they finally exercise win, they should spring up in rank a fair flake since other players are likely ranked college than zero.

Now that players have a proper skill rating, random matchmaking has significantly improved. There are two options: Skill Friction match and Random Game. Random works just similar it did before, throwing one actor up against a completely random opponent. Skill Match, however, pits the player confronting someone with a similar skill rating. This should upshot in much more competitive games. Winning a Skill Match is also more than probable to have a meaning bear upon on a actor'south rating. A high AlphaJax rating, I assume, helps you get all the girls. I'thou… not quite there yet. ;)

AlphaJax, is the leading Scrabble-style game for Windows Telephone 7. It supports two-player online play against friends or random players every bit well as local multiplayer. Our review praises AlphaJax'south features and presentation. Fifty-fifty at present, AlphaJax remains quite possibly the almost polished and addictive indie game on the platform.

AlphaJax is bachelor in advertizement-supported and advertizement-free ($2.99) flavors. You lot can pick it up here (Zune link) on the Marketplace. WPCentral staffers Daniel Rubino (Malatesta), George Ponder (coppertop) and Paul Acevedo (eastx) are accepting challenges!

Head past the jump for the full version i.7 changelog.

AlphaJax version 1.vii changelog:

New rating organisation

All players now have an overall rating which appears on their 'my stats' folio. The peak winners leader board has been replaced by a 'pinnacle rated' one which more accurately determines the leading players.

Improved skill and random matching

When creating a new game with either skill match or pure random friction match, nosotros accept improved the matching algorithm to improve the response rate as much as possible.

Rematch from within game screen

You lot can at present rematch your opponent via an app bar option (plus replaces the recall button) within the game screen for completed games. It's now fifty-fifty easier and quicker to become your revenge!

Default create screen changes

We take changed the default create screen to 'match up' which allows users to outset a skill friction match or pure random lucifer. The Friends, Rematch and Pass and Play options are still there of course, we just wanted to get in real piece of cake for new users to get started.

History page moved

We take moved the history page as another screen in the main turns screen for easier access. This means the sometime history and stats screen has been renamed to only 'stats'.

Advertisement changes

Ads are delayed in the game and conversation screens now to be a little less intrusive and allow reading of the opponent and scores earlier the showtime advert appears. Ads are also now appearing consistently in chat screen.

New Words

Equally always, we've verified and added a bunch of new words.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where an error was occurring when app was exited whilst resuming by pressing windows button.

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