X360 Share – New Profile Feature
A month and a half after launch, X360 Share has crossed over the 100 active user mark! What better way to celebrate than with a new feature? I’m happy to release the X360 profile feature; This allows you to add a flag to your status updates which will includes a URL pointing to an X360 Share profile where you can find your latest achievements. For example: http://www.x360share.com/users/dremex
Facebook users will start to see this change immediately (the link in the wall postings will now point to your profile instead of the main X360 Share site). Twitter users will need to add the %u flag to their update strings, for example: Unlocked “%a” worth %p points in “%g” – %u #X360Share. I’ve implemented a Bit.ly URL shortener so the URL in the tweet will be as short as possible.
Next I have a few bugs to squash, as always let me know if there’s a feature you’d like to see or if something isn’t working quite right.
Introducing X360 Share!
This might come as a surprise to those who know me but I’ve finally completed one of my pet projects: X360 Share! X360 Share will automatically post a message to your Facebook wall and/or Twitter feed when you unlock an achievement on your Xbox 360.
X360 Share works by creating a link between your Facebook, Twitter, and Xbox Gamertag. I’ve implemented single sign on for Facebook and Twitter so creating an account is very quick and painless; simply sign in with your Facebook/Twitter account, enter your Gamertag and you’re done!
Services like this exist however I’ve always ended up turning off updates due to the high frequency of messages posted to my streams when unlocking multiple achievements in a short period of time. With X360 Share I’ve solved this problem by allowing the user to combine multiple unlocks into one message and furthermore allowing the user to choose the interval they would like their account to be checked for updates.
The user is also free to customize the messages that are sent to their streams. X360 Share provides a handful of tokens that can be used to create dynamic messages, some examples are: achievement name, point value, game name, and Gamertag.
Give it a shot and feel free to leave feedback or suggestions.