The entertaining nature of the iPhone combined with the quirky UI features of flyChat create the ideal environment for the flyChat network to take root and flourish. The flyChat network is based on chance, random conversations. The more messages you generate, the more messages you receive in return. After you create a message they are then attached to a fly which carries your message as it flies to another member anywhere in the world. The attached message, along with your profile information, sparks the conversation and starts new and unique friendships made possible by flyChat.

flyChat employs a Facebook-like network system allowing you to more precisely define who the recipient(s) will be, while retaining the explorative and anonymous nature of conversations. There are four main networks: World, Country, City, and Institution (workplaces and schools). The network system gives you flexibility in their messaging, and also assures you your message is reaching its intended audience.

To further help spur communication and the growth of the flyChat network, a medal-based achievement system is used to reward you for making new friends. Friendship medals are instantly viewable in player profiles and encourage people to communicate and compete, further growing and expanding the flyChat network.

The secret to the flyChat formula is its unique spin on social networking:




Besides one-to-one conversations, you can invite friends and communicate through any number of themes available across the entire flyChat network. The theme system creates an unlimited number of smaller social networks connecting you to strangers with similar interests. flyChat users can subscribe to as many of the themes they want and will receive new messages in those topics. Sports nuts will love the Sports Theme, those looking for a laugh will love the Humor Theme, and so on. When sending messages, simply select the theme you want to send that message through. Using this system, writers know their message is reaching the right audience, and recipients know they're going to get messages they're interested in. As the flyChat network grows, new and exciting themes will be created to meet the demand of flyChat users.

Below is a diagram that further explains the flow of the flyChat experience:





flyChat is simple, intuitive, and easy to use. To the right is the actual tutorial you will be presented with when starting up flyChat for the first time. The quick and easy four-page tutorial teaches you everything you need to know about flyChat before going on and creating your profile.

Each user profile performs a number of functions. It allows you to add your own profile picture that you can update whenever you'd like. The profile page also displays your screen name and country, your number of friends as well as the medals youíve been awarded. Lastly, you have a Facebook-style 'wall' which other people can write on.

flyChat is all about broadening people's social horizons, and giving them a fun, easy and flexible tool that allows them to do so.

flyChat will be hitting the iTunes App Store soon, and with it comes a world of social possibilities. Feel free to explore the tutorial screens to the right to learn more about how flyChat will look and function.