Tuesday, August 31, 2010

BigDoor Launches Easier Badge Software

Seattle-based BigDoor, a firm developing software for creating game mechanics on web sites, said Tuesday that it has launched a new tool called "Badge-O-Matic". The new platform allows users to create their own badges for rewarding users on web sites. Badges are the concept--made popular by Foursquare and other location based check-in services--which are awarded by sites for accomplishing certain tasks or actions. BigDoor said the new tool will help provide quick badge customization for site owners. In a blog post, the firm said the new tool solves the issue of its prior system, which it said "simply wasn’t very user friendly to set up."