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Showing posts with label game developers. Show all posts
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Friday, 14 December 2012

Developing Businesses Using the Massive Social Gaming Arena

Even before social networking became such a popular platform for people interact from various parts of the world, gaming has been an arena which connected millions of gamers. With the multitude of games available online for gamers to play with each other even if they are thousands of miles apart, the gaming platform has become very popular.

With the number of users logging into online games growing four times the speed of the total number of internet users, it is only reasonable for enterprises to go after this platform to establish them better. Social networking has been an aspect even before internet came into existence. People from various places come together with common ideas and share their knowledge and interact; this was the way Social networking was done. But with the advent of internet it has become simple for the users to sit at their desks and interact with the world. Game developers started using this aspect to their advantage and started developing minimalistic games which needed more than a single player to interact and complete tasks.

This revolutionized the way gamers interacted with each other. Now these games have changed the way social networking is done, by posting about the games and the scores one has obtained, the ways of connecting with other gamers has become effortless. This uncanny feature of Social Gaming has enticed businesses to look at it as a platform which will help them to grow. Game programmers find this task of promoting an enterprise through social gaming as a simple one and they this type of marketing is being done efficiently these days. By using Massively Multiplayer Online Games, businesses can connect with thousands of gamers if not hundreds of thousands instantaneously. 

The one similarity between all these MMO’s is that they use the internet to be played as the number of users being connected using this game is massive. Social Games can also be played using gaming consoles such as PS3, Xbox etc. But currently social networking sites are being targeted much and Facebook game developers are developing games at a rapid pace and in an efficient way to meet the demands of trend. These MMO’s enable businesses to reach with users of millions in number and this kind of marketing is cost efficient and can be done at a rapid pace. With such developments Facebook game programmers as well as mobile game developers are moving forward developing games for the social platform.

These aspects of Social gaming have attracted many entrepreneurs to advertise using this arena. Advertising using Social Gaming is highly efficient as hosting banners and pop-ups becomes simplified and these kinds of advertising attract the attention of users on a large scale. When millions of users are connected, the word of mouth advertising also adds up to a large scale.

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Social Gaming is Revolutionizing Game Development

Playing games being just a time pass or a hobby has become a thing of the past. Games have become serious business these days. With the advent of social networking the game development arena has gained a new level of popularity.

The types of games which are played by various groups of people vary diversely and that has been a reason for the growth of this industry too. The variety it provides the masses is so wide and even then the scope does not seem to stay stale. The growing availability of free social games which can be used to interact with people from all over the world has made social networking even more enhanced. Apart from sharing personal information and status updates, people have started showing off their gaming prowess by sharing scores and game updates. This in turn helps in the marketing of a business through these games by creating awareness about the firm which has developed the game.

Though Social Gaming is very different from console gaming which has more functionalities according to the devices capabilities, these games also provide as much functionalities as it can. The space and limited bandwidth does not let these games to be developed by game developers with great special effects and sound effects. Initially the basic aspect which every game developer concentrated was on providing an appealing game play and story board. But this aspect kept changing as more and more people started using internet with better bandwidth and nowadays games with better user interfaces and effects are being developed by game programmers for the social media.

The popularity of these social games has been on the increase with the increase of the trend of people socializing through entities available in the internet. More than online discussion forums and chat rooms, social networking sites have become the attraction which has been highly effective. Today there is a base of almost a billion users to which each game programmer can develop a game for. The ways it gets reached to this mass depend on the efficiency of the game and the way it engages the audience. Apart from this people are able to connect with their real life friends through these games which get them closer than before. With the advent of Facebook people connect with each other even if they are thousands of miles apart but sharing their information of these games with each other evokes excitement in a different level.

Though these social games lack the luscious graphical proficiencies that console games provide, Facebook game developers are still trying to enhance the way games are being perceived by people in the social media. If these Facebook programmers find a way to blend intense user interface to these games then the whole scenario of gaming might be changed in a revolutionary way. 

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Mobile Game Development

Mobile game development has been a consistently developing field for almost half a decade now. With growing number of mobile platforms and their capacities, games have become an integral part of a mobile device.

Regardless of a phone’s sophistication, appearance etc the most common feature every device provides its user is a platform for games. During the process of Game Development the mobile game developer should be aware of both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects. The team that is developing the application can decide on the type, graphical specs and other aspects according to the model of the mobile. The techniques used for building and strategies used for designing also changes accordingly.

The market for gaming using the mobile platform has grown broadly in the recent years. Games which are not present in the device by default can be downloaded from using packet data connection. Games are primarily developed to generate revenue with the number of downloads that are made. And this is one of the main reasons for inbuilt games are not taken into consideration.

The most important aspects of developing a game is the entire game plot and the game play involved. The most innovative projects are the ones which get the most number of users and more downloads. With touch screen devices abundantly available it has become easier for users to play even complex games in their phones. As developing is a very expensive process companies have started using offshore development centers too. 

Beginners interested in developing games for mobile platforms can start by learning Objective C and Xcode tools first. Only after knowing these basics the next step of developing a mobile game project can be done. There are more complexities in developing a project for the mobile than there were a couple of years back. iPhone game Developers can integrate GPS, and such modules in the application. Media files can also be coupled with the applications in the form of audio, video, text, images etc.

With the widespread users of games using the mobile platform it is estimated that the already booming profits will reach $11 Billion in 2014. This stat makes it obvious that the growing field of game development will reach a point where the profits are enormous. The number of users of mobile game development has increased threefold just in the past couple of years. The major mobile device companies for which games are being developed are Apple, Samsung, Nokia, and Blackberry. There are many platforms which are being used by these companies and for each platform applications have to be developed natively.

Apart from segregating these games according to the platform users tend to browse through categories too. Games are categorized in various genres namely Action, War, Strategy, Sports etc. Thus companies these days test their games and applications with seasoned professional gamers and amateur users to have an overall feedback to market their product in a better way. These are the basic steps involved in developing a mobile game for the market today.