Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Launching ComunidadProde

Hi!

Time is up, break is over, and the new season of the different Argentina soccer leagues are kicking off!
If you are from Argentina, I am sure you have heard about the Prode game before. If not, let's say it is a prediction game, where you guess if a soccer match will end up with a home victory, guest victory, or even tied.

Comunidad Prode is a site we are launching these days with Matías Rodriguez, so you can play it online, with some slight differences from the original Prode game, in order to make it more exciting. Our major goal is to give room to true fans whose teams are not playing in first division, so we are including all 5 AFA leagues (Nacional B, Primera A, B, C, and D).

The other intention we look forward is for people to socialize, so, we are not only including Facebook and Twitter support (so you can post how good you are :)), but also the ability to create your own custom groups and play your own little tournament with co-workers, friends, etc.

The site was built with Ruby on Rails, not only the front end, but also a RESTful api, that us, as admins, can leverage in order to publish matches results. We are now working on extending this api, so to provide mobile support for end users as well... coming soon!

Habemus Prode!