Just About had its busiest week ever - here’s why
Guest bounties, Discord bots, and breaking records in Nightingale
The past week set a new record for activity on Just About.
We partnered with our first streamers, hosted our first guest bounties, rolled out some brilliant engagement-boosting tech upgrades and, no less importantly, we think one of our members built the tallest thing in Nightingale.
All these things are connected and intentional - all part of a plan. Let’s talk about it!
Breaking records in Nightingale
Just About is in an exciting phase: proud of what we’ve built so far, we’re talking about it more and more, and what’s cool about our Nightingale community is that we can do that by leaning into the buzz around this exciting new game!
Platform32 - who you may know as Eurogamer’s Ian Higton - is one of many streamers looking to do the same, and we were delighted to sponsor him for two fun and friendly streams last Tuesday and Thursday. He’s built a lovely community and it’s been fantastic to welcome many of them as members of ours.
Assisted by the Just About team in his chat, Ian did a great job showing his audience around our platform, and tackling his very own guest bounty. The challenge was to build the tallest tower possible, and it’s kept members playing Nightingale ever since.
On which note, shout out to Sturmer, who put a lot of work into optimising his monument around the game’s materials cap and its ‘sky cap’. As a result, his tower might be as tall as it can technically be, in which case Just About can claim to have inspired its first in-game record - check it out here.
And Ian wasn’t alone. Our friends Retro_Stu, JazzyFaux, and GameofBeardz have also been sharing the Just About Nightingale love on their Twitch channels. Expect to see more of this activity for future community launches!
Discord bot and in-feed reactions
Our all-conquering tech team has put out two major releases in the past week.
First, our Discord bot - Just Abot, naturally - is now standing by to announce exciting content updates, such as new bounties, in whichever servers it’s welcome. If you’re a brand partner (or thinking of becoming one…) this is a way to tell your Discord about great content or creation opportunities on Just About, easing their path to the new home we’re building for them together.
Secondly, if you’ve been on the platform lately, you’ll have seen you can react and reply to discussions directly from the community feed (i.e., without having to click into them), so it’s never been easier to leave a friendly 👍 or an excited 😄.
Folks are doing just that right across the platform, helping others to know that their contributions are appreciated. (Also, as you can see above, the interface looks slick.)
If you’ve not been on the platform lately, why not come on back and see all this cool new stuff at work?
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Are you making a game? Do you want its community to be doing all of this👆 with near-zero toxicity? We can help. We’re currently filling our calendars for meetings at GDC 2024, so if you’re going to be there - or even if you’re not, actually - let’s talk!
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