Tablets and smartphones are gifts of modern science. These gadgets have popularized the ways of playing engaging and interactive games. Apart from performing diverse functions these smart gadgets have made gaming and entertainment all the more exciting. With days passing by technologies have become more and more advanced and as a result, playing games in these devices have also garnered tremendous interests among both casual and avid gamers across the globe.
Today’s mobile game development industry is highly competitive as more and more players find this business lucrative to meet the growing demands of games. The use of sophisticated game development tools has made the process challenging as game developers can make unique and immersive games out of it.
There are different types of mobile game development services available which can help you in developing customised games for the players.
Potential benefits of mobile game development:
Efficiency and speed: Using the latest tools and platforms, the developers now can make multiple games belonging to various genres with utmost speed and efficiency. Thus it helps in maintaining the desired quality to attract and retain the gamers.
Innovation and creativity: Both innovation and creativity are very essential in making games standout amidst tough competition. The use of game development engines and tools enable game developers to enrich games with distinctive creativity and innovation. It helps in enhancing the look and feel of the game. Moreover, if the games are innovative the players can experience an adrenaline rush in exploring the game dynamics.
Convenient: Optimum allocation of resources enables in making the game development process convenient. For example, with Unity a popular game development engine even beginners as game developers can create wonderful games by gaining insights from its tutorials, documentation and also by using assets directly from the store.
Now let us discuss about some noteworthy engines which can be used by a reputed mobile game development company for creating amazing games.
Corona SDK: This is actually a software development kit applicable for both Android and iOS. The scripting language used here is Lua. The developers can create games for free using Corona. The rendering engine used here is known as OpenGL. The developers can modify and adjust the games’ graphical elements by using its transition library and built in science management. The Corona Editor and text plugin provided by Corona Labs facilitate in easy game development.
SpriteKit: This is a 2D game development framework available on OS X and iOS. Objective C and Swift languages are supported by it. It is of great convenience for the developers as with SKView scene management gets lot more easier. It also enables game developers to rotate, move and scale different game objects with ease. Developing of quality custom codes is also supported by it. The scene editor offered by SpriteKit helps in smooth designing of levels. The physics engine of SpriteKit has Box2D along with a built-in camera which helps in making easy navigation through SkCameraNode. Last but not the least, its Particle Editor contributes in smooth development of various particle systems.
Unity: This is one of the popular mobile game development engines supported by UnityScript and C#. UnityScript is the own language of Unity like JavaScript. Unity comes in free and paid versions. This is actually a cross platform tool using which games created can be deployed across all other major mediums. It comprises of a built in editor which helps in editing images along with organizing animations from the animator window. This apart, particle system can be designed using Unity Editor.
The user interface system of Unity contains various components which helps in viewing features easily. It’s Asset Store is highly suitable in utlizing different assets relevant to the games.
Conclusion: From the above discussion it is now clear, that agame development company needs to follow the above mentioned tools or frameworks or engines for making games so as to gain a competitive advantage. Based upon the nature and scope of the game development projects the tools are selected keeping in mind the prevalent trends.
Author Bio: Mr. Arup Roy is the CEO of Red Apple Technologies, one of the popular mobile game development services company. As the owner of the company he is actively involved in knowing current trends so that the tools can be used in an optimum way.