We have finally completed our first OpenSocial application and waiting for Orkut’s approval.  The development time was about 1.5 months and the entire journey was very exciting.  The name of the application is Chess 2.0 league and we have submitted it on Orkut. The strategy is to get maximum exposure as Orkut Apps is just 3 months old and people on Orkut find it interesting.

In the coming month we would be submitting this application to other OpenSocial containers like MySpace, Hi5 etc. The idea is to first test the load on the servers, gain expertise to handle social load and then scale accordingly.

Initially, we were not able to find an appropriate name for our application because the concept was not to let users play chess online but to let them compete online in open leagues, let them qualify for a league and show their skills to the entire world.  So it was more than chess and so we decided to name it Chess 2.0 League. 2.0 make it next generation chess game with league denotes the concept behind the game.

Thanks to Google for providing a common platform for developing social applications.

So don’t forget to check the application on orkut and do send us a feedback at “contact [at] xtremeheights [dot] com”.

We will really appreciate your feedback.

Nemesh