What is MDP?
MySpace Developer Platform is a place for developers. This is the place for Australian developers interested in the MySpace Developer Platform. Discuss the platform with the local team and share your thoughts about what works for you.
MySpace encourages open collaboration amongst the Australian developer community and we welcome your participation in our events and on our group discussions.
How can I get started?
First sign up as a developer at developer.myspace.com. You will recieve an email confirmation once your account has been activated. You can then start to build apps on the MDP. Feel free to explore forums, code straight into the site, play with the containers and test your apps.
Need Help?
Have you checked out the Forums on MDP? Did you know we had an IRC channel with MySpace developers dedicated to answering your questions? Did you know we have devJams sessions?
IGNite the site
IGN.com is the number one gaming and entertainment website in Australia. It offers the most comprehensive coverage of the gaming industry in the world and includes reviews, trailers, cheats, interviews and more all-round gaming fun than you can poke a joystick at!
MySpace is the premiere social networking site in the world, a founding partner of OpenSocial and is on a mission to empower developers around the globe with an open standard for building applications to foster innovation and creativity on the Internet.
It is a match made in heaven.
Now is your chance to use this platform to create an application that will spread the gospel according to IGN.com and bring our unique brand of humour, entertainment and all round gaming-expertise to every friend on MySpace.
The Competition
Use the MySpace Developer Platform to build an application that promotes and captures the spirit of IGN.com.
The type of application you design is entirely up to you. The winner will be selected based on the originality and usability of their application and its ability to promote IGN.com to the masses.
Entries close Friday, 5 September, 2008.
Entry submission
To submit your entry, applicants must send a friend request from their application to www.myspace.com/jocorotten. The request must be accompanied by the title “IGNite the Site”, the name of the application and the entrant’s full name and email address.
The Prize
$4,000 and MySpace fame as your application will be featured across MySpace Australia.
For more information, please go to www.myspace.com/aussiedevelopers.
Please read the terms and conditions before entering.
For further information, please contact Joanna Cohen at jcohen@ign.com.
