Superbru in 2017

The General and his team have been hard at work over the last few months in preparation for 2017, and we’d like to share some of our plans.

Website redesign

The desktop website is undergoing its first major overhaul for a few years, responding to feedback and usage trends to improve navigation and user experience.

Superbru is a simple game, and we’re focusing the design around the main things people want to do and see - make picks, check results and see pool standings. The tournament navigation will be simplified around three main sections - Play, Performance and Pools.

The main tournament nav bar at the top will be combined with features on the Dashboard, simplifying the whole thing and making it easier to find what you need.

We’re aiming to have this ready by mid-January.

Brand new Superbru app

With more and more people using mobile devices to access Superbru, we’re revamping the Superbru app for iOS and Android.

Again, navigation will be simplified into clearer sections to make it easier to find what you want, with Play, Performance and Pools tabs always visible in a navigation bar at the bottom.

We’ll be able to make use of established app functions, such as swiping, inviting your phone contacts, and push notifications for pick reminders and other alerts.

We’re hoping to launch the new app in early February.

Cash Prizes

We have been experimenting with cash prizes in our Premier League and NFL games, and have made some people very happy over the last few months.

We’ll be extending this into several other major sports and tournaments, including Six Nations, Super Rugby and NRL, with cash prizes on offer every single week, regardless of where in the world you are based.

It’s not easy to win the cash jackpot, but it certainly is possible, and given that Superbru is always free to play and only takes a couple of minutes, the cash incentive seems to help with motivation to make picks when Dave from accounts is winning the office pool and gloating incessantly.

Pool configuration

As part of the 2017 relaunch, we are giving pool captains more control over aspects of the game.

Captains will be able to choose to switch off default picks in their pools, as well as determine whether to have a margin cap on Bonus Points, and whether the Bonus Point should be split or not if more than one player is closest to the result.

There will be a small cost for some features to contribute to the development time required to cater for different settings and scoring in different pools - but we are unpacking the Superpool features so you only pay for what you want, rather than a flat fee for everything.

Head to Head pools

The Head to Head feature is popular, but always plays second fiddle to the standard leaderboard, which means it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. We’re breaking it into a separate type of pool, and captains will be able to choose the game type when they create their pool.

This should give it more focus as you’ll be able to check your performance more easily, and add an exciting element to playing Superbru.

10 pool slots

We’re extending the number of pools that a player can join to 10 per tournament. This will enable people to play in both Regular and Head-to-Head pools, plus any Megapools with prizes, and everyone knows that more pools = more fun.

Branding changes

We’re also planning some minor tweaks to the Superbru branding as part of the redesign, to keep things fresh and modern, just the way we like it.

Here’s to 2017

As always, thank you for playing Superbru. We’re looking forward to bringing you these changes and we will keep striving to make things better.