Cross the Streams

Don't worry, there will not be total protonic reversal in this case.  One of the newer features in my MMO tracking system, Dev Spy, is the listing of live streams for all of the tracked games.  As always, you can choose not to show some games bu going into the Customize menu.

The top 10 streams, taken from both Own3d.tv and Twitch.tv are shown for each game.  Just click the arrows to go to navigate.  Clicking on the picture will let you watch it without having leaving Dev Spy.  

Live streams that go off the air are automatically removed and replaced with new ones, so you should not have to refresh the page.

Tip for Chrome users:  Go to Customize->Notifications.  Enable desktop notification support, reload the page and you should see a Follow button for each live stream.  Once followed, you'll get a small popup when the user comes online, even if the browser is minimized or you are on another page.  

Dev Spy can be found at:  http://devspy.weritsblog.com/

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Dev Spy Updates

This week, I have made some more improvements to my multi-MMO dev tracker, Dev Spy.  A good bit of the work was on the backend, but I added some more features to the site as well.

The Secret World.  Developer posts from the forums are now tracked!  Check out the TSW tab to see them.

New Games.  I've added support for DC Universe (DCU) and End of Nations (EoN).

Facebook.  Dev Spy can now track a games Facebook updates.  Currently, I have only enabled this for End of Nations, but will be adding other games soon.  This is, of course, optional and can be disabled via the checkbox.

Layout.  I changed the way that the tabs look, they are now pills instead.  I've also added scroll bars to the game list so I can support more games without having the page itself need to scroll.

You can find Dev Spy at:  http://devspy.weritsblog.com/

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Dev Spy Improvements

Dev Spy is an aggregation tool for developer posts and other MMO information from a number of games.  It is web based and features live updating so new results arrive without having to refresh.  I use it quite a bit as it saves time checking all of the different websites.

Since I announced the site a couple of weeks ago, I have made several improvements.

More Games.  It now also tracks: City of Heroes, League of Legends, Rift, and World of Warcraft

Customize. Don't care about some games?  You can now filter them out.  Certain games, like League of Legends, have very chatty developers.  With the filter, you can choose to hide those posts.  Your settings can also be saved, via cookie, so the next time you visit it will still be hidden.

Comments.  I added a comment section where problems/suggestions can be reported.

What's Next.  More games, of course.  I also want to add Twitter/Facebook/YouTube posts along with filters for each.  Is there anything you want to see?

You can find Dev Spy at:  http://devspy.weritsblog.com/

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Introducing Dev Spy

One of the things I like to do is read about games even if I don't play them.  That's a great thing about MMO's, there is usually new stuff going on which make things interesting.  The problem is there are just so many games out there to follow.  One great source of information are developer posts on forums or social media.

Not every game has a RSS friendly dev tracker, and I don't really find them an efficient way to keep up on everything.  So I made a new site called Dev Spy.

Games.  Currently, Dev Spy is tracking SWTOR, STO, LoTRO, Firefall, GW2*, TSW* and Eve.

*These just track Twitter at the moment, since their forums are closed or lack a dev tracker.

Live.  I wanted a site where I could just glance at it and easily see what was going on.  Dev Spy updates automatically so there is no need to refresh.  New entries will appear as they come in.

Missing.  Sadly, games like WAR are not able to be tracked.  The BioWare Social Network forums force you to be logged in to see peoples posts.

If you would like to see a game added, just let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can do.

Check out Dev Spy at http://devspy.weritsblog.com/  or on my menu bar.  Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

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