Green-Ear Developer Roadmap Survey

The Green-Ear Gaming Network is looking for feedback on our product roadmap. Please indicate each feature’s importance below. One Grand Prize winner will be selected for a $200 Best Buy Gift Card. Thanks for taking the time to help us build a product suited to the needs of developers like you. Your information will not be sold and will not be spammed.

1. For the following Communication Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary".

	Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
“Always on” broadcasting	For the following Communication Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary". “Always on” broadcasting Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Ability to call regular and cell phones from game chat	Ability to call regular and cell phones from game chat Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Ability to dial into a game chat from regular and cell phones	Ability to dial into a game chat from regular and cell phones Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Ability to invoke Communicator functionality externally through an API	Ability to invoke Communicator functionality externally through an API Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Ability to record and send voice messages(non-real time)	Ability to record and send voice messages(non-real time) Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Ability to send messages using Email or SMS messaging	Ability to send messages using Email or SMS messaging Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Client-side Administration	Client-side Administration Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Custom Away Messages	Custom Away Messages Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Customizable Skins	Customizable Skins Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Customized Key Bindings	Customized Key Bindings Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Event based sound effects	Event based sound effects Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Forums / Help	Forums / Help Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Friend Lists	Friend Lists Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Low CPU Usage	Low CPU Usage Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
On-demand text / voice chat room creation	On-demand text / voice chat room creation Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Online Presence	Online Presence Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
On-screen Voice Indicator	On-screen Voice Indicator Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Private text and voice chat	Private text and voice chat Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Push To Talk	Push To Talk Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Social Network Connectivity	Social Network Connectivity Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Text Chat	Text Chat Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
User permissions	User permissions Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Video Broadcasting	Video Broadcasting Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Voice Recording	Voice Recording Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Voice transformations	Voice transformations Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Web- based Statistics	Web- based Statistics Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Webcam Support	Webcam Support Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary

Other (please specify)

2. For the following Multiplayer SDK Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary".

	Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Anti-Cheating Measures	For the following Multiplayer SDK Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary". Anti-Cheating Measures Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Authoritative Server Support(allows to run game logic server-side)	Authoritative Server Support(allows to run game logic server-side) Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Digital Rights Management (DRM)	Digital Rights Management (DRM) Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Encryption	Encryption Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Game play activity tracking	Game play activity tracking Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Included Achievement System for players	Included Achievement System for players Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Leaderboard tracking	Leaderboard tracking Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Lobby / Party System	Lobby / Party System Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Non-authoritative Server Support	Non-authoritative Server Support Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Online User Authentication	Online User Authentication Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Player match-making	Player match-making Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Real-Time Game State Synchronization	Real-Time Game State Synchronization Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Turn-based / Non-Real-Time State Synchronization	Turn-based / Non-Real-Time State Synchronization Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary

Other (please specify)

3. What languages / platforms do you develop using?

What languages / platforms do you develop using? C#

C++

Flash (AS 2.0)

Flash (AS 3.0)

Java

Playfirst SDK

Popcap SDK

Other (please specify)

4. What platform would you prefer to use for authentication of users / players?

What platform would you prefer to use for authentication of users / players? Your own platform

Green-Ear's platform

OpenID authentication

Social Network authentication

Don't Care

5. How important would you gauge each method of voice channel management for your players?

	Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Web-based application	How important would you gauge each method of voice channel management for your players? Web-based application Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
System tray application	System tray application Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Integrated management	Integrated management Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary

Other (please specify)

6. How important is supporting the following Operating Systems for your products?

	Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Linux	How important is supporting the following Operating Systems for your products? Linux Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Mac OSX	Mac OSX Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary
Windows (XP/Vista)	Windows (XP/Vista) Must Have	Nice To Have	Not Necessary

Other (please specify)

7. Please let us know who you are so we can enter you into the contest!

Please let us know who you are so we can enter you into the contest! Name:
Company:
Address:
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City/Town:
State:
ZIP/Postal Code:
Email Address:
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1. For the following Communication Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary".

2. For the following Multiplayer SDK Features, please specify how important they are to your development work based on the idea that they are "Must Have", "Nice To Have" and "Not Necessary".

3. What languages / platforms do you develop using?

4. What platform would you prefer to use for authentication of users / players?

5. How important would you gauge each method of voice channel management for your players?

6. How important is supporting the following Operating Systems for your products?

7. Please let us know who you are so we can enter you into the contest!