Best Online Game Development Solutions for Your Smartphones

Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry. And with the more than $100 million dollar generation in the […]

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Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry.

And with the more than $100 million dollar generation in the global market, the game apps are getting more attention in the market. You can create a good game only through a dedicated software or a game engine. 

Game App Development Solution

The demand for game apps on mobile phones has increased, and many game development companies are interested in developing mobile games. Let us take a look at some of the game development solutions for smartphones that are popular among the players. 

The first step is to install a game engine on the computer, while most game engines work on both Mac and PC, there are some game engines that work only on PC or Mac. As we are creating game apps for smartphones, it is ideal to run a test game on both Android and iPhone. Doing so will help you reach both the markets and remember to try on the low-end devices as well. 

You have to create an account to submit the game on the Play/App Store. It costs $25 for a lifetime in Play Store and with $99 per year you can register in the App Store. In the game app, you have to make sure the game you have created runs on all devices, and you are responsible for all kinds of updates regarding the game. Sometimes, you might have to update the game each year. 

2D Game Development

The 2-dimensional game solutions are the basic applications that enabled game developers to develop games on mobile phones. 2D technology uses simple graphic elements to create a basic and easy game for mobile phone gamers. Later, with the technological advancements in the gaming field, most of the players have upgraded to newer games. However, 2D games can be easily developed at a very low cost.

Flash Technology

For the game to be engaging and have interactive animation include the Flash technology in the smartphone games. Using amazing graphics, background audio features, stunning visuals, and sound in the games easily reproduce the ideas of the game and attract the players to spend time on playing the game. By using these animation packages, it is easy to reach the targeted audience. 

3D Game Development 

3-dimensional technology has revolutionized the gaming industry and has taken it to the next level. With the 3D effects, the players are transported to the game scenario and this makes the game realistic. To engage with a large number of players, game developers prefer to use a 3D feature in the game interface. 

Game Development Platform

This is the most important solution of all and is the main tool in making the game. While working on it, you will find a lot of solutions from the basic things to the sophisticated ones. As a developer, you can categorize the game development tool by the following elements:

Drag And Drop: This is the best option for some new to game development. The tool offers a list of actions that can be applied to the game object. 

Coding: This is the safest option to get full control over your game. While making your job easier, you can also learn more from the tool and improve your game developing knowledge. 

Gaming Templates: One of the simplest ways to get started with the game development, but with certain limitations. The tool doesn’t allow you to change the game mechanics, while you have the privilege to change the music, background, and character. 

Visual Coding: An advanced solution that has the flexibility of the code the need to code, which means, you just create the node to represent the events or actions of the game object. This tool creates a diagrammatic representation of all the things that take place in the game window. 

Insight On The Game Engines

We have seen the different categories under which a game engine can be defined. Each game engine falls under one or more categories and can fulfill the objectives of the game. Some of the commonly used game engines are as follows:

Unreal

This is a powerful game engine that comes with the visual editor known as the Blueprint. The tool is considered to take the graphic to the next level. Games built using this engine can be published in different platforms like consoles, PC, Android, and iOS. This game engine normally designs sophisticated games that target high-end smartphones. 

Unity

This is the most famous game engine preferred by game developers. This tool uses C# programming language and the advantage of using Unity is that you need not code to build the game because you can find many plug-ins. Being a cross-platform game engine it is popular among the indie game developers. This tool offers users with documentation and tutorials. 

GameMaker Studio 

The main objective of the game engine is, it comes with a visual editor that helps you to create and animate the pixel art into the program directly. Therefore, this tool is most favored by artists. This tool has its own scripting language called GMS2 and comes with excellent documentation. 

ClickTeam Fusion

This is new to the game engine platform but 100 games created using this engine has topped the App Store. It consists of a few basic templates and the ‘drag and drop’ feature. It has robust features with a neat interface. 

GameBuilder Studio

The game engine has exhaustive documentation and offers online classes, so beginners can start from the basics. The engine has game physics with the visual editor. It is a fairly cheap game engine that comes with all the features including the plug-ins and tutorials. 

Summing Up

Creating a game app includes various steps and by implementing the solutions discussed above you can build an engaging and interesting game. If you want to create a game from scratch you can or you do have ready-made templates that make your task easier. Therefore, with some research work and available online resources, you can easily create a game. Also, the added bonus is that you need not have to code to create a new game for smartphones. 

Browser Games – Must-Know Advantages and Disadvantages For Game Developers

Browser games are more popular among kids and it runs using the browser plug-ins or standard web technologies. The browser games include the single-player, multiplayer, and video game genres. These games are portable and you can play the games on various devices, operating systems, and web browsers.  As these games are in different genres, the […]

Browser games are more popular among kids and it runs using the browser plug-ins or standard web technologies. The browser games include the single-player, multiplayer, and video game genres. These games are portable and you can play the games on various devices, operating systems, and web browsers. 

As these games are in different genres, the themes appeal to different players(casual and regular players). Many browser games have topped beyond the online platform and have become a big shot and are sold in the stores, online platforms, and centralized distribution platforms.

The browser games are free online games and do not require any software except the browser plug-ins or web browser. In some browser games, it may be free but have to pay for the extra charges. Also, these games are popular and have social interactions with a broad range of players. The games are played more frequently in short sessions when compared to the traditional games. Browser games are played by a vast number of people, as it can run on any operating system without porting. 

Merits and Demerits of Browser Games

Having social interactions and being popular among a large user base, let’s see what are the advantages and disadvantages of browser games.

Demerits of Browser Games 

As we know the browser games can be played only with an internet connection, and if you lost or have a poor connection, the game you were playing will stop abruptly and create chaos in the progress. This factor is the biggest drawback from the player’s point of view. 

The browser games have poor quality graphics, so players who are interested in other PC and mobile games find it difficult to enjoy these games. 

Because all the players do not have the facility to be online throughout the day, this makes the player lose interest in the game. Some top-ranking browser games require a fast internet connection and if there is a lag in the connection speed, the players cannot play the game. 

Merits of Browser Games

The main reason behind the strong user base is that you can enjoy the game without the need to download the game. Just by installing the web browser, players can enjoy playing the game irrespective of the place is. With a proper internet connection, the players can play while at school, college, office, or in cafes. 

The other primary benefit of the browser game is that most of the games are free. Players can check out the games they wish to play and start playing the game. The players spend more time on these games if they have good connectivity. 

Browser games have an increasing number of social interactions, and that is one of the significant reasons behind their popularity. Players have a community of friends who discuss each move and action before execution. 

Things A Developer Should Be Aware Of

With the popularity of browser games among the players, some Game Development companies have plans to work on browser games. 

We will discuss the persistence browser games. These are video games that depend on some kind of server code, despite using the technologies that are stored on the client computers. As it is a rare case scenario to find games that rely on the client-side because of security reasons.while reading and writing from the local system. The browser does not access the web pages of the computer’s outside the web browser, and the game designers do not want others accessing the data. Unlike, the severe code which stores player data in some kind of a database. 

Technologies- these games can take advantage of any technology to function with. 

Web Standards: The standard technologies JavaScript, CSS, HTML is used in making browser games but have faced limited success due to network connectivity issues, quality, and compatibility. All these technologies allow to run with standard-compliant browsers, and the graphics technologies allow faster rendering of the vectors and graphics. Also, the WebGL allows hardware-accelerated 3D support for the browser. 

Plug-ins: These plug-ins provide game technology after it is installed by the user. But most of the technology companies have planned to end their support for browser plug-ins. However, some companies have taken an effort to preserve the games. For example, Flashpoint is a project that is started to preserve Flash-based games with around thirty-eight thousand archived by January 2020.

Conclusion

The browser games have a primary user base who are very much dedicated to them. So if we make use of the latest technologies and development tools to enhance these browser games, we can surely take the browser games to a whole new level without losing the fans. 

5G Brings Out the Best of Augmented Reality Game Apps

The next-generation mobile data network is going to be more than the super-fast network connection. Because it is going to provide its users with uninterrupted data connectivity speed, unrestricted capacity, with minimal to low latency. The one technology that is going to hit the mainstream is the augmented reality technology, and 5G is going to […]

The next-generation mobile data network is going to be more than the super-fast network connection. Because it is going to provide its users with uninterrupted data connectivity speed, unrestricted capacity, with minimal to low latency.

The one technology that is going to hit the mainstream is the augmented reality technology, and 5G is going to be the reason behind it. Augmented reality enhances or augments the perception of the real world around us. Though it is already a part of the market, the arrival of 5G is going to makeover a sophisticated and highly integrated AR experience. 

Rise of 5G

For the past few years, people have been saying that the way we interact with the virtual and physical world will change with the advent of 5G. And one thing for sure is that this is going to pave a new in the global gaming market.

We have come a long way in playing video games and it might keep changing even in the years to come. Especially players waiting for the 5G to be the change. We have purchased hard copies, DVDs, etc of video games from the stores, but with 5G network, all these are coming to an end. Just like music streaming, Netflix, and other streaming services we can start streaming games as well. Cool…. Right?

The future of the video gaming market depends on the way players play video games and the interesting experience that it creates. The Game Developers in India are developing game apps based on this concept.

Potential Benefits of 5G

As we know, the promises of a 5G connection are broad coverage with higher download and upload speed, and stable connectivity. This will result in impressive manufacturing and smart technology. It will also take AR, VR technology to the next level. 

Let us discuss the necessity of 5G for the betterment of AR technology

Reliability and Data Connectivity

The augmented reality apps are sensitive to the data connections performance and it might create a negative impact on the user experience. With the popularity of music and video streaming, we are consuming more and more data than ever before. Thus causing congestion in the present spectrum. 

Therefore, when many users from a particular location try to access the mobile data at the same time face breakage in the service. More connectivity demand at the same time cannot be supported by 4G. 

Whereas, 5G is said to handle millions of connections per square kilometer including mobile devices to video cameras to a smart street lights to equipment sensors. For a technology like AR to flourish, this kind of connectivity is required.

Into the Cloud

A report released by Intel stated that the AR games will make up to 90% of the gaming market by 2028, i.e around $36billion globally. This is because of the data intensity of AR technology. In the future, the users will experience an immersive gaming sensation. The Game development Studios in India are concerned about developing AR-based games.

The lack of AR technology to uptake in the mainstream was because of the poor network connectivity. The 5G will take the cloud-connected experience to the next level.

Latency

Latency is defined as the delay in the user’s action and web app’s response, also referred to as the total round trip time it takes for the data packet to travel.

According to recent research, 5G is said to decrease latency up to 10 times the present value. Also, it will improve the data rate i.e the time is taken to send the requested data to the user. So if 5G is implemented, a webpage can be loaded within a second. This means there is no latency. 

One factor that makes 5G revolutionary is the low latency and this comes from utilizing short-range frequencies and the advancements in the software and hardware. When it comes to gaming AR games are going to be more interactive and exciting. 

Cutting Edge Technology

Augmenting virtual elements in the physical world requires a wide range of sensors, sharp cameras, powerful processors, and some high-end software. In simple words, the best AR apps require the best components. For the final outcome to be of the best quality the network connectivity should be smooth so that it offers a responsive and immersive augmented reality experience. The slightest pitfall in this could ruin the entire experience.

With modern AR mobile apps, it requires upgraded mobile devices with a strong data connection. But unfortunately, the 4G service that we have now does not have the capability to bear the pressure of shared or connected AR experience. For this reason, we need 5G to transport Augmented reality to the next level.

5G for the NexGen

As discussed earlier, 5G is going to benefit in a larger medium. Thereby modifying the AR apps to a more sophisticated, social, and shared AR experience. It is said that the AR-enhanced live shows are an example of this synergy. 

Apart from this, it will expand the potential for robotic operations using the Heads Up Display (HUD), remote control drone, haptic feedback. With this concept, South Korea’s ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute) announced in 2019 they have developed a concept called the Tactile Internet that enables interaction between machines and humans.  

Game Development in India is also keen on working with several concepts that would transform the future of the gaming industry.

Conclusion

When we take a look at the journey of the gaming industry, it has undergone a massive change and the players are awed by the immersive experience. And most of the advancements are based on graphical, visual elements, smooth gameplay, and powerful processors.

But immersion is more than this, it should target other sensories. Like, players should experience the taste and smell and go beyond the controller feedback and get tactile experience, binaural audio. 

With augmented reality entering the mainstream in industries a new phase of technology is going to rule the world. We can be assured that the combo of Augmented reality technology and 5G can make a huge revolution in the gaming marketplace.