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acquaintances, interacting with each other usually in a viral feedback loop. It's amazingly
powerful, and if done right, it can snowball into an avalanche of success.
Words with Friends
(see Figure
3-10
), by Zynga, adds turn-based play to the already established
genre of tile-based word creation. What's really innovative about
Words with Friends
is the
integration of chat and multiple, simultaneous game play. You can have many games going at
once, which takes the waiting out of waiting for a single game. One notable review (by John
Mayer) said, “The 'Words with Friends' app is the new Twitter.� That's a good synopsis of how
well Zynga has utilized the social space and integrated it with a very accessible game.
Figure 3-10.
Words with Friends, by Zynga
Draw Something
(see Figure
3-11
), by OMGPOP, is a game where players guess what someone
is drawing stroke-by-stroke. Not only is it fun, but other players submit their own drawings to
friends, which makes for the magic of crowd-sourced content.
Draw Something
looks at first like
a basic fingerpainting app, but just a few minutes into it, the essence of the game really pops out
as you instantly want to submit your guess right then and there, guess another, and then draw
your own and bring your friends in on the fun.
