Release Notes 2011-09-16

And I'm Ready To Disco

'''EDIT: This update included an under the hood change to our networking code that opened up a whole can of broken worms across the site. In the end, we decided to restore Whirled to the August 26th release. I'll be tackling this again on Monday! -- This message brought to you by the Friday Night Release Foundation.'''

Hellu,

This update unveils the first sneak peak at an exciting new Whirled activity: DJ-ing!

We've always had a system where players could add their music to other people's rooms, and DJ-ing is an enhancement of that. Now when you add a song, you become one of the room's DJs: DJs take turns playing through their song queue, and the rest of the room can rate their choices with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Rooms with a full house of DJs are promoted on the Rooms tab. Also, giving a song a thumbs up puts your avatar into its dance state. Being a DJ uses your avatar's "DJ" state if it has one (Creators: consider adding a DJ state to your avatars!). We'll be building a lot more DJ-ing and music integration with other parts of Whirled in the near future, watch this space...

For now, only Club Whirled members receive early access to being a DJ, but everyone can participate in rating. I'll roll this out to all players in the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy!