Demographics have changed the nature of gaming over the course of time and the industry has evolved above gender, age, and other demographics. Today people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds play and enjoy video games, while their preferences and consumption habits may vary. Needless to say, Demographics like age, race, ethnicity, gender, income, education, and employment provide valuable insights that guide game development companies during the process of creating, marketing, and maintaining games. 

Why are Demographics Important for Game Developers

An understanding of the importance of game demographics has helped game developers all over the world create more appealing, accessible, and successful games. Here are some of the ways in which game demographics help:

• Our game developers use the data around demographics to identify their target audience. Knowing the age, gender, location, income level, and other characteristics of potential players allows them to make sure that their games are targeted to specific groups and that the game content resonates with their audience.

• Demographic information also influences game design decisions. For example, if the target audience is primarily teenagers, our game app developers might focus on fast-paced action and trendy graphics. If the audience is older adults, the game may incorporate more strategic elements and a user-friendly interface. In other cases, if the target audience includes players with varying levels of gaming experience, the game's difficulty curve and tutorial system may need to be adjusted accordingly.

• When it comes to choosing the right advertising channels and developing marketing campaigns, our developers use demographic information that speaks about the interests of the target audience and then they allocate their marketing budget accordingly and more effectively.

• Different demographic groups have varying preferences in the case of in-game purchases and subscription models. Good game developers understand these preferences and create plans and subscriptions that align with the audience's expectations and willingness to spend.

How to Use Demographics to Create Successful Games

The majority of the video gaming audience is women. In terms of the time spent gaming, females beat males at all times of the day – an average gaming session for women lasts 25% longer than for men. The data further reveals that women use a greater variety of games, while men choose to stick with just one or two games.

(Source: MMAGlobal)

US Gamers Gender Demographics

 

When it comes to age, 61% of gamers are parents with children living in the same household.  The 16-24 age group represents a mere 14.2% of mobile gamers, while people older than 45 years make up nearly a third. So mobile gamers are more likely to be middle-aged moms than their teenage sons. (Source: MMAGlobal)

US Gamers Age Demographics

 

Demographics and data make development clearer by focusing on the concept and launch of a game. They help answer a lot of questions that game designers, developers, and other creators might have. Does the audience like AR and VR games? Are they exploring the metaverse? How essential is good game design to their gaming experience? This not only streamlines the process for them but helps them understand what is currently going on in the market - what genre of games are being played by a certain section of the audience and how game developers can use this information to make informed decisions about the game so that it fits and works well with the potential users.  

The specifics and the deep dynamics of user demographics such as female/male ratio, income, education, and age distribution also help you convince your investors that you're pursuing the right market. And, it turns out actionable data has made it easier and more accurate to decide on the right game concept and elements, as well as locate and prioritize key demographics. This enables teams such as ours to create the best game for users with more confidence and test our unique ideas against what's already available in the market.

Our game developers at Logic Simplified understand the importance of game demographics, apart from bringing to the table great design skills, analytical thinking, and enthusiasm. During the game development lifecycle, they consider different aspects that could possibly influence the performance and popularity of a game. Their processes are strategic and data-driven, ensuring that the foundation of the project is strong and the outcome is well-accepted by the audience. 

Over 12 years, Logic Simplified has become a top game development company in India, with game development services that are supported by data analysis. Need help building your next game? We offer a comprehensive process including research, market evaluation, audience identification, and more. Contact us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com

Our Gaming Solutions Can Transform Your Next Gaming Project

In the competitive gaming industry, our services and solutions maximize the chances of a game’s success by focusing on the features, functionalities, and overall quality of the game. Read more on how we do that.

The Impact of Game Engines

Our gaming solutions company uses the most popular and powerful game development engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, Phaser, Construct, Cocos Creator, Babylon JS, and many others, based on the game idea and the requirements of the game development process. Such software frameworks provide us with the basic tools and systems for rendering, physics, audio, networking, scripting, animation, user interface, etc, to simplify and streamline the game development roadmap and ensure that the game runs smoothly and efficiently on different devices and platforms. 

Technologies Driving Innovation Across the Gaming Industry

Integrating emerging technologies, including blockchain, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, 3D reconstruction, and augmented and virtual reality, into games and virtual environments provides developers with an array of advantages to create more engaging, personalized, and realistic experiences for users. While VR helps us create immersive environments, AR provides interactive experiences with the surroundings. Mixed reality makes it possible for the virtual and real worlds to coexist and interact in real time. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning create highly personalized and unpredictable gameplay experiences by generating responsive and intelligent behaviors for non-player characters (NPCs). Blockchain provides decentralization, transparency, and immutability to transactions for most metaverse game applications. Cryptocurrency allows users to purchase resources and assets in the metaverse. Using 3D reconstruction technologies, we create environments that mimic the real world to bring the metaverse to life.

Importance of Digital Distribution Platforms 

Our game app developers specialize in the development of video games that can be featured across a diverse range of distribution platforms like Steam, Epic Games Store, Google Play, Apple App Store, and other distribution channels. Being featured on these platforms can significantly increase a game's visibility and reach. Our team of developers and game designers collaborate tirelessly to create engaging and innovative titles that captivate audiences worldwide and help with game distribution. Also, our games are meticulously crafted to deliver seamless and thrilling gameplay across a spectrum of hardware. 

Game Analytics 

Our game development company leverages game analytics to understand the intricacies of player behaviour and player preferences, allowing us to create gaming experiences that resonate with our audience on a profound level. The various game analytics tools serve as a comprehensive lens that we use to track player interactions, identify emerging trends, and extract invaluable insights. Such insights not only frame our strategic planning but also guide iterative improvements, ensuring that our games evolve in sync with the dynamic gaming landscape. Additionally, we are able to address player issues promptly offering user satisfaction and an immersive gaming experience.

Our Practices for Game Localization

To deliver a truly immersive and globally accessible gaming experience, our gaming solutions company lays a strong emphasis on localization testing. We ensure accurate translation of in-game content, encompassing not just textual elements but also UI, voice-over, and cultural nuances. We conduct rigorous testing and identify and address potential issues to ensure that our games match the expectations of diverse audiences around the world. This comprehensive approach elevates the overall quality of our game products and underscores our commitment to creating inclusive gaming experiences that feel personalized and exceptional.

In line with the above-mentioned services and solutions, our company Logic Simplified is a 12+ year experienced gaming solutions company that helps turn all the challenges into opportunities with its highly scalable gaming applications, websites and other gaming solutions. Our new-age concepts, strategies, and systems are designed in a way to transform your concept into a success. With us, you get the technology, solution, knowledge, and expertise that you seek. Contact us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com

Whether you are creating a board game, video game or any other type of game genre, understanding the techniques of game design and development is vital. In this post, we have mentioned various techniques that can be utilized to build an immersive player experience. But before that, let’s first understand what an immersive games world means.

What is an immersive games world?

Immersive games are video games that transfer players to a fictional world and employ strategies to make them feel more like the character they are playing. This is done through a combination of excellent game flow, thoroughly developed stories, and extreme realism by using modern graphics. Engaging them with the surroundings and giving them choices that impact the plot and gameplay makes them feel part of the game. Video games that integrate elements to create a “realistic and open world” aim to be more than just a source of entertainment.

Let’s now discuss the ways to develop a detailed and realistic game world.

Gameplay mechanics

Every game, whether a first-person shooter game or a basic puzzle game, contains one or more gameplay mechanics. They are integrated into the game design process from the beginning. It is essential to define game mechanics, which refers to the systems that guide gameplay. They are the characteristics of the game design or rules that follow within the game environment. The game mechanics assist the player in understanding the game’s rules and procedures. It also serves as the framework for how the game responds to players/ once the core video game mechanics are defined, they must be fine-tuned such that the game remains enjoyable over time.

Create a compelling narrative

Much like a binge-able TV show or a great book, a game with a compelling plot can be extremely tough to put down. It is one of the important aspects of immersive games. A compelling narrative contributes to creating an immersive gaming environment by making players feel connected to the characters and continue playing to see how the story progresses. In order to develop a strong game narrative, game app developers must build a detailed backstory, a visually appealing environment, or create intriguing characters with whom gamers can relate to. 

Memorable characters

Characters are the centre of any great story and are extremely important in building a rich gaming experience. A character who is relatable, memorable and likeable has a direct impact on the immersive quality of the video game. Throughout the game, every character must have a clear motivation and backstory that drive their actions. They must also have individual traits and goals that distinguish them from other playable characters, adding depth and complexity to a plot. Players should have a feeling that the characters they are interacting with are more than the digital avatars. 

For example, the protagonist, Joel, in the game “The Last of Us,” has a traumatic background as a survivor in post-apocalyptic America. Throughout the game, this influences his actions and decisions. As a result, he becomes a more complex and relatable character, and gamers become emotionally involved with his story.  

Game design level

The best games typically have great levels that enhance the game’s core mechanics. Carefully crafted levels will help move the story ahead while keeping players interested as they encounter new challenges. A simple game may be boring, whereas a challenging game can be annoying and demotivating to the player. Begin with the simple level and gradually progress to more complex ones that spark the user’s interest and boost their excitement. Thus, game designers must maintain the level of difficulty during level design to keep gamers interested and invested.

Great controls

The gameplay is all about controls. Designing controls is a critical game design element that contributes to games being more fun and appealing for gamers. Great controls are essential as they drive the game’s overall concept. No matter how great your game is, it won’t matter if your players cannot connect with it. The controls should be designed in such a manner that keeps players interested at all times. A game can be tough, but not because controls are difficult to understand. They should not get annoyed or constrained in any manner when trying to do specific actions. 

Paying attention to small details 

Small details matter when it comes to building an immersive game world. It can give the players a sense of being present in the game world. Realistic sound design, dynamic lighting and weather effects, and realistic physics and animation are just a few examples. These small details can help gamers get fully immersed in the gaming world by making the environment look more natural and exciting. 

Sound and music 

Sound and music can be used efficiently to enhance the game’s mood and atmosphere and make it more realistic and appealing. The use of appropriate music as well as sound effects can enhance the emotional response to the game, which in turn can make the experience more immersive and exciting. Consider using dynamic music that varies depending on the actions of the players to enhance further the feeling of being in a living, breathing world. 

For example, in a life simulation game, “The Sims,” the game’s sound design plays a crucial role in giving a game a sense of realism and uniqueness. The game evoked an array of human emotions. From flushing toilets to the sound of footsteps and moving chairs to the gibberish language that is Simlish, making the gaming experience more real to gamers.  

Power up with players to make meaningful choices 

Giving gamers to make meaningful choices is a vital aspect of building an immersive game world. They should feel they are in charge of the game and free to explore it fully. In fact, every player wants to feel like they have influence over their actions and decisions in the game, and offering them to make meaningful choices may enhance their experience and increase their investment in the gaming world. Another method to give players control is by giving them tools to personalize their game. Adjusting the level of difficulty, character modification, and the opportunity to select from a number of play styles are a few examples.

Create a sense of community

Finally, rich and immersive gaming worlds should foster a player community. This can be achieved by creating social elements, like leaderboards, forums, chat rooms and other online communities that promote player interaction. Creating a sense of community can foster a sense of belonging and encourage players to stay in the game longer.

Conclusion

Immersive gameplay is a critical component of the modern video game industry. The abovementioned techniques will help you build a more competitive game with a unique story. If you are looking for a game development team that can bring your idea to the final product, Logic Simplified, the popular game development company, is the best choice for you. We have the expertise and skillset to develop games for various genres and platforms, including VR and AR. We help you create realistic and engaging experiences that keep players glued to their screens. To know more about us, contact us or drop us an email at enquiry@logicsimplified.com.

There are many game development companies that are not using Javascript anymore but have understood the enhanced graphic capabilities that come with WebGL, which is a Javascript API. An API that renders 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plugins. This lets developers create games that deliver engagement and entertainment and having said that, gamers play HTML5 for immersive gaming experiences. Thus, under-mentioned are 5 best HTML5 game development frameworks for every game app developer to score an ace at game development and understand why html5 is the future of global gaming business.

Phaser 2D game framework

Phaser is a free open source HTML5 game development frameworks created by Photon Storm in 2013 for developers to build interactive and entertaining video games. The good thing about this HTML5 game engine was that it worked well on both desktop and mobile browsers. This let people create games that were multiple platform friendly. It works on two technologies that is Canvas and WebGL, the former supporting multiple browsers allowing it to create in-browser graphics and when paired with WebGL (a Javascript API) one is able to create visually appealing and immersive environments for players. Why Phaser?

• • Phaser lets you build all sorts of games, even complex games and this well-designed HTML5 game engine gives the developers the access to a great library and also the code behind it.

• • Phaser’s built-in asset loader has the capability to support spritesheets, sprites loading used for animation, etc. and load images, audio files, data files, tiled maps, and javascript files. These assets are used by users to develop operational games. 

• • Phaser goes back and forth between Canvas and WebGL for fast rendering based on browser support and uses PIXI.js library for internal rendering.

• • Phaser supports the Web Audio API and other than that, it already uses Web audio and HTML5 audio and allows node-based audio support and automatically takes care of audio sprite creation, mobile device locking, looping, streaming, detuning, and more.

• • Phaser supports touch inputs that include single touch as well as multiple touch and it also supports non-touch inputs like keyboard, mouse, touch and their combinations as used on window surface devices.

• Matter.js (a system with springs, constraints, and polygon support), Arcade Physics (a light weight AABB library for less powerful devices), and Impact Physics (a system that provides advanced title support) are the three powerful physics engines that Phaser supports. For managing everything, Phaser has a smart plugins system that allows users to perform all kinds of tasks. One can also create their own plugin and can share it with others if they like to.

Babylon.js 3D game development framework

This real-time 3D HTML5 game engine was developed by two Microsoft employees, David Catuhe and David Rousset in 2013 and later in 2015, it was finally introduced to everyone at a WebGL conference in Paris. It came to be as a simple yet powerful open game and a web rendering engine packed with countless features. Playground is one of its tools whose code is used to start the whole process. It uses a javascript library to display 3D graphics in a web browser through HTML5 and is free and completely open to all. Its source code is available on GitHub and is distributed under the Apache License 2.0.    

• • Babylon.js 4.2, the newest version brought a load of new tools and features for improved workflows and experience with its code-first approach.

• • Babylon Native is a system that is used to  build native applications while the Babylon React Native in Babylon.js 4.2 has a React Native framework that comes with the power and simplicity of Babylon.js.

• • There are many new features added to the Inspector to improve the Node Material editor which saves the developers time. Its particle editor lets you create and configure particle systems and render scenes with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) support. Other than photo realism, there is ShaderMaterial that lets developers write their own shader giving them the ability to display creativity.      

• The newest version of Babylon.js comes with advanced reflection and refraction, real-time PBR filtering, and pre-filtering .hdr files support. Also, the render soft transparent shadows for transparent objects optimizes environment lighting and the shadows.

Kiwi.js 2D game engine

Kiwi.js was created by Chris Colbert and then was later redesigned to make it fast and easy to maintain. It is considered one of the easiest to use HTML5 game engines or game development frameworks for developing mobile and desktop games. It’s WebGL rendering and complementary game development tools work great to create interesting and entertaining games. Kiwi.js uses CocoonJS to create fast native apps and deploy games to mobile devices as native game apps on AppStore. CocoonJS and Chrome Webstore are great platforms that are used to make games for iOS, Android and Chrome apps.

• • 2D Canvas for older browsers and WebGL rendering for the latest browsers helps build fast native games.

• • It’s touch device is capable of letting developers build single touch as well as multitouch games.

• The template of the game comprises of Kiwi.Game object and multiple states that perform different functions like preloading the assets, transformation, animation, and updating the canvas with new information.

CreateJS game framework

CreateJS is another HTML5 game development frameworks that has a suite of libraries or tools that are used to create valuable and bilateral content on the web, interactive mobile and web games using HTML5. It was created by gskinner and officially sponsored by Adobe, Microsoft, AOL, and Mozilla. There are several javascript libraries that are part of the CreateJS’s suite that are used individually or as a suite by creators, some of which are mentioned below. 

• • EaselJS for easily working and drawing on a canvas by providing an HTML5 Canvas that is rich in media and other application solutions.

• • TweenJS for animating and tweening HTML5 properties.

• • SoundJS with a simple API for working with audio on the web.

• • PreloadJS for managing and coordinating the loading of assets such as sound files, bitmaps, and more and data.

• It allows developers to add sound, motion, asset loading, and 2D graphics to their work.

Quintus game development framework

Quintus, a course created by Pablo Farias Navarro, the founder of ZENVA. It is a modular, lean and powerful HTML5 game engine that works on desktops and various HTML5 compatible devices. It is easy to use and it has a modular engine from which a developer can pull in a module that they need to use and set up an engine.

• • It supports an event-based, component-based approach, and also an object-oriented approach.

• • Quintus provides plugins, events and also has a concise javascript-friendly syntax.

• It has a flexible component model that makes it easier for developers to distribute its functionality into the games.

Wrap up

HTML5 Game development frameworks allow you to produce games with high-level functionality and added features. All things considered, Logic Simplified is a game development company in Dehradun that provides game development services in HTML5 and uses HTML5 game engine as per game’s and client’s requirements to create advanced games that are immersive for the players and fun too.

Almost every day, a new app is launched. With some, we see the hype, but after some time, they vanish. This pop and fizzle are because most game developers forget the importance of user engagement during the game development process. 

With billions of desktop and mobile apps as well as a higher expectation for a user-friendly interface, user retention and app engagement are vital in converting a first-time, curious user into a long-term active user.  

Speaking of retention and engagement, there is no clear distinction between the two in marketing apps. They instead complement and also sometimes interchange with each other. You might have your vision, but retention is often all about working with a current user base, which in turn involves a particular strategy and techniques to get them back.   

To some extent, user retention is difficult to achieve. The mobile gaming app market is brimming with applications, and with each day, they are skyrocketing. Like it or not, but for your own good, you must fight for your user retention.

Before we dive deeper into the strategies to boost user engagement and the tools used in user journey mapping, it is vital to understand what it is and why it is important for any web or mobile apps.

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What is user engagement?

A user engagement simply means the number of users who are consistently engaged with your product over a given period. It measures whether the users find your product valuable or not. It is a significant factor of business success or failure.

What is user retention?

User retention is a bit of a subjective term. It is one of the essential metrics to track the success of gaming apps. It means how many users are still playing the game after a certain time from their first session date. It determines the size of the game’s audience, the average time spent, and the potential for growth

Why is user engagement important?

If users don’t engage with your game, they won’t remain for long. It is vital to invest in user interaction not just to retain new users but also to hold them. Below are some of the reasons why user engagement is important in the game development process. 

1. Increases satisfaction:

User engagement increases customer satisfaction by showing them you care about their experience post-sale. As per a recent onboarding survey, 63% of users say that the quality of post-sale service is a key factor in deciding whether they will purchase anything in the first place. When you focus on user engagement, your customers are more likely to use your app for longer, which increases the lifetime value of your users. 

2. Reduces user churn rate 

We’ve all had to download a game and delete it seconds later because we don’t understand how that works. In fact, 8 in 10 users delete them as they have no idea how to use them. To these customers, it does not matter whether or not the app meets their needs, as they are not going to spend time trying to find out how it works. So, an increase in user engagement means the users are enjoying the game, and its features are actually adding value to their lives. When they are engrossed in the games regularly, they are more satisfied, which in turn reduces the user churn rate.

3. Convinces ‘maybe’ users 

Although user engagement is mainly used to support current customers and make sure that they have the best experience, it can also persuade customers who are unsure about the game to leap from considering to converting. When the potential users see how easy it is for others as well to run the game without any hassle, either through referrals or reviews, they are willing to give it a try.

4. Results in positive feedback and referrals 

It may be self-evident, but the increase in user satisfaction also increases the chances of getting favorable referrals and feedback. Positive referrals and feedback are highly beneficial for increasing brand awareness, creating social proof, and attracting new customers. 

5 Best user retention strategies to increase mobile app engagement

Though the success of the gaming app depends on the user acquisition, and if your game is famous, it will attract a large number of customers. But maintaining user acquisition does not imply that the app should have more users. In fact, it is more about user engagement and retention. Of course, user acquisition is the most critical phase in any marketing strategy. But, the work does not end once you get more users. You should also implement successful techniques in order to retain them. 

The true success of the game depends upon how often users use it and come back to play on a regular basis. User retention and user engagement metrics offer an authentic insight into an application’s performance. Let’s take a look at the top 4 user retention strategies that will increase app engagement.

1. Simplify the onboarding process 

The first and the most crucial step towards successful app retention and user engagement is making the onboarding process simple and intuitive. This is where the users get the first impression of your app. The more complex your game app is, to begin with, the more likely the users will abandon it. Here are few tips to provide a seamless onboarding process:

• Allow the sign-up/registration process in fewer steps. Different multiple login options like Google, Facebook, and more will help to achieve this.
• Use demos to help new users in order to get a better understanding of the app’s features and functions.
• Teach through action to expose actions/gestures that are required in the app experience.

2. Push notifications 

Push notifications are essential in every mobile app. The mobile apps use them to provide timely updates to the app users, thus increasing the retention rate. A user does not receive them daily; it is likely that the app will be easily forgotten and will eventually be uninstalled from the device. Push notifications are a fantastic tactic for leading users to come back to your app to take the action you have suggested. 

When push notifications are combined with rich media such as GIFs, images, and videos become more effective. These elements help users become even more engaged. It is vital to ensure that the notifications are sent timely and customized based on the user’s behavioral activity on the app. But remember, don’t bombard them with tons of notifications. This might be a turn-off for them which will only lead to the opposite i.e. uninstallation of the app. So, be careful not to annoy them.

3. Two-way communication 

Engaging and interacting with your users is important for user retention. Users want to form bonds with brands. Specifically, they want to feel appreciated and valued. This is why it is essential to establish two-way communication. How do you know what they want if you don’t get any feedback from them? So, such messages help apps in gathering feedback, resolving customer issues, and gradually improve product functionality.

4. Offer rewards and incentives 

Offering rewards and incentives are the best way to keep your users hooked. It is the most efficient way to generate more impressions and increase engagement. This works best if you offer incentives to users for daily visits. This benefits not only in the long run but also help attract new users. For instance, offering a reward whenever a user returns to the app during the first seven days of use. 

Applications that use in-app purchasing as a monetization model can benefit from time-sensitive discounts, and freemium apps can use bonuses as incentives. In this competitive market of mobile apps, users always search for an application that offers more incentives.

5. Regular updates

If your game is doing well, you should try to offer something new regularly. By default, players will be unaware of new content when it is released. As a result, you can send in-game notifications within the game regarding the new game content. This will excite the user’s interest in the new content, pushing them to play your game for a longer duration. Updating your game frequently is beneficial in long-term user retention.

You have implemented the strategies to boost user engagement; now what?

Well, now comes the point that how are you sure that your app or brand is meeting its expectations and ensuring a smooth customer experience? Various tools can be used to understand as well as optimize the customer experience. This process is known as a customer journey map.

What is a customer journey map?

It is a visual representation of the user/customer journey from start to finish. It helps in telling the story of your customer experience with your app across all your touchpoints. Whether they are communicating with you through social media, live chat, email, or other channels. Mapping the user journey visually ensures that no customer gets unnoticed. Here are the following tools that can be used to map the journey of the user.

1. UXPressia 

UXPressia is a map for the design-conscious. It is a perfect tool that helps in building actionable and engaging journey maps. They provide features such as integrations with a variety of data sources, collaboration for multiple users, and a modernized interface with an intuitive drag and drop environment.

2. OmniGraffle

This user journey mapping tool can be used for anything from wireframe design to interior design. This tool allows users to create precise and neat user journey maps, which can be shared with colleagues. Omnigraffle can be used by anyone from expert artists and game designers to casual data mappers as well as beginning diagrammers. What makes this tool special is how simple it is to get started. You can even try the free version of it. 

3. Gliffy 

Gliffy is a visualization tool and a web-based editor that allows you to make and edit diagrams. This tool is quite lightweight for the task of creating highly technical diagrams, particularly those that involve teamwork. It offers a number of basic features like organizational charts and Venn diagrams.

4. LucidChart 

With customizable templates and advanced formatting choices, LucidChart user journey map tool makes it simple to visualize and share your findings, allowing you to target specific personas, boost customer engagement and eventually increase your organization’s sales.

5. Visual Paradigm

This tool helps you simplify UX initiatives and automate the entire data acquisition process. A single customer journey in a particular channel can also be zoomed-in in the visual paradigm tool. Analyzing and understanding the customer journey can help you in improving customer retention and increase conversion rates. Visual paradigm also includes many agile project tools like Agile Process Tool, Online PM Process Tool, and many more.

It goes without saying that user engagement is one of the most critical factors to consider. More active users form a personal connection with your brand and, as a result, end up becoming long-term users. With well-designed user retention strategies, you can better understand the needs of the customer and improve customer loyalty. Even if you have already spent a considerable amount of money to create an app that too with excellent user experience, user engagement and retention are something you should constantly focus on. 

Have a game application idea? Want to make an app that is engaging for users and staying in touch with them throughout the journey? Then it’s time to contact mobile game app developers and bring your idea to life. Logic Simplified is a game development company in India which houses a dedicated game development team of app developers to create a feature-rich app while keeping in mind the latest design trends. To know more, you can contact us or email us at engquiry@logicsimplified.com.

In addition to powering most of the site’s users who are browsing, HTML5 mobile game developers allow you to develop cross-platform and cross-browser mobile apps and games. There are numerous methods to develop an HTML5 game, so for this article, we will be giving more of a broad overview of the use of HTML5 game developers. It will help you answer questions like how HTML5 can be better than native, how to start with the development process, where to go when you’re stuck, and how to monetize and distribute games.

HTML5 Games: The new kid on the block

Traditionally the role of HTML has been used essentially to define and layout the text and images on web pages. Over time, however, its role has gradually evolved to be more interactive. The new HTML5 spec advances this evolution by including definitions for numerous additional elements directed at interactivity, multimedia, and graphics. When you combine these new HTML5 elements with the faster and enhanced Javascript engines available in modern browsers, you get a set of tools perfectly suited for online game development. HTML5 game development lets you create both cross-browser and cross-platform mobile games and apps. For this reason, game app developers have now shifted their attention towards it. 

HTML5 has been a preferred language by game development companies like us and among web developers, because it offers plenty of cutting-edge innovations such as offline asset storage, audio APIs, 3D, and 2D graphics. To serve a different set of gamers, a game development company must identify the globally accepted trends and technologies for creating an immersive and ultimate gaming experience. A skilled HTML5 game developer can provide you with customized services for developing superior games with simple UI and engaging graphics. In this post, we will be looking at the advantages and benefits of game development using HTML5 along with other supporting technologies of the internet and learn why HTML5 for gaming projects is a great idea.

Benefits of developing HTML5 Game 

Not only are the HTML5 technologies ideal for creating browser-based games, but they also offer numerous advantages over proprietary options. HTML5 is an open technology, doesn’t cost anything, and technically only needs a simple text editor to write your code in. Whereas Flash and other proprietary technologies all cost the developer. Never underestimate the power of free. Flash and other proprietary technologies all cost the developer in some ways. But this certainly isn’t the only factor that a game developer would consider. Compatibility is another big advantage HTML5 has over alternatives. With HTML5, you can target a wider array of devices and gadgets without needing to individually port your game to each different platform. Here are some of the benefits of using HTML5 game developers in details:

#1 Accessibility

Gamers of today look for games that are freely available to download; apart from that, they also expect their games to be accessible from any place at their convenience. This feature becomes one of the greatest strengths of HTML5 game developers. HTML5 games can easily run on modern browsers which include Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. This is possible as it offers cross-browser support for creating immersive games.  In addition to this, the Cache Manifest technique of HTML5 also helps the gamers to store their information in the cache without much trouble. Thus it can help in playing HTML5 games offline.

#2 Cross-Platform compatibility

HTML5 provides an attractive feature that is nothing but its compatibility across a variety of devices. This is impressive in terms of the ability to implement and the ease with which it syncs in perfectly. It has already proven its compatibility with browsers such as Firefox, Safari iOS, Google Chrome, etc. As an app developed with HTML5 runs seamlessly on different mobile operating systems, whether it is on iOS or Android, HTML5 Game Development proves to be less costly than building native apps for each OS.  Irrespective of the operating system or devices, in HTML5 games, the developers need to do coding once, and they can deploy it across platforms.

#3 App Promotion

HTML5 is a cross-platform technology, meaning you are not eliminating any audience, and this offers a huge audience for marketing your games too. HTML5 games offer higher revenue through monetization options like in-game advertisements. Developers can use the existing marketing channels and their websites for app promotion. Ads can be placed within or around the game based on user or advertiser feedback. Tweaking ads can help maximize revenue from a game. HTML5 games are easy to promote through sharing links; games can be featured on websites visited by gamers like html5games.com and html5games.net. Therefore, HTML5 is the best option for companies with a slimmer marketing budget.

#4 Technology Stacks

Technology stack plays a crucial role when it comes to developing games using HTML5.  Cocos 2D X, Phaser, and Babylon JS are some essential frameworks used by most developers mainly for developing immersive and exclusive HTML5 games to draw gamers across the globe. Using Babylon JS we can create games for both 2D and 3D environments. Phaser helps in creating 2D games with small sizes that can run smoothly on all major platforms. Cocos 2D X helps in creating 2D games. 

The core technologies used in HTML5 for game development are Web Graphics Library and Canvas. Few leading HTML5/Javascript game engines and frameworks that are usually used apart from the mentioned ones are Construct2, pixi.js, EaselJS, Impact JS Engine, Three.JS, MELON JS, etc.

#5 Easy to Maintain and Update

HTML5 games are naturally easy to update and maintain due to their single code base. The users do not have to update the apps themselves as the new updates are automatically configured on their own. Once the updates are made, they are applied to all major platforms and devices so that the gamers can play the latest version of the game. This way, the features of the new game can be made available among all users instantly. This brings us to another similar advantage of Html5 games; the developers are not required to re-submit their apps on every app store. They can just take their games offline temporarily as the games are not installed on the devices of the users.

Build HTML5 games

From the above-mentioned benefits, it is well summarised that HTML5 offers an array of new possibilities in the sphere of game development. Logic Simplified is one of the best HTML5 mobile game development companies in India. We boast a team of developers and game designers for hire having the expertise to create innovative and immersive games. Our team understands the potential of HTML5 and creates feature-rich games both for small and large-scale businesses while keeping in mind the latest design trends. If you are interested in creating cross-platform and cross-browser games with unmatched design, features, and quality, get in touch with us or email us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com  today to know more about our services.

(Source: Statista)

There is a radical change in the way the gaming industry is growing and expanding around the globe. Alongside, there are new technologies evolving on their own front and are contributing exponentially towards the growth of game development by changing the whole experience of the players by giving them a gaming environment that’s immersive and engaging.

HTML5 Games use essential technologies like Web Graphics Library WebGL and Canvas so that these games can be played over the browser and also allows designers to create and transform their 2-D images into 3-D. HTML5 as a game development language is preferable by many over other languages. The reasons being its cross-device compatibility, the ease to learn the language and use, flexibility while working with games, and more. It has become quite popular because of the value it gives to people in the gaming industry.

People nowadays prefer to play games on their mobile devices compared to desktops and considering that, HTML5 should be the preferred language for HTML5 game developers. When HTML5 came into the industry during the times of Adobe Flash, it came out to be as a competitor and with time it clearly outran Flash by creating interactive multimedia content on the web. Now, it is not just giving the players a better browsing experience but it is also making the game developers' life easier.

Cross-platform support

The compatibility that comes with HTML5 games is appreciated by many designers. These games can be played on any device, any platform, and on any screen size. To make sure that no problem arises and that the game responds well to every screen size and platform, some personalization on the code has to be done on the designers end. This is something that needs to be kept in mind as it is a major factor that can be a negative for the game. It is very necessary for a game to be flexible because no gamer would want to go through the trouble of completely porting their game to a new device every time.

This is a standard that supports several browsers irrespective of the operating system. These games can be played on different platforms, devices and environments like Linux, iOS, and Android that understand the HTML5 language. Then again there are also onlines HTML5 games that gamers prefer and that take less effort to play. 

Uninterrupted gaming experience and game development experience

Every gamer wants to play games uninterrupted and without any obstruction in the game loading and running speed. And, HTML5 games not only require limited resources to function but as they can be played online, it gives great speed for endless gaming. This comes as a big advantage for developers and gamers giving them a faster and a smoother online gaming experience.

HTML5 works both ways, it provides the players with a topnotch gaming experience and the game engineers the ease in the process of mobile game development. It reduces the dependency on plugins, provides transparency in the game development process, and offers an interactive experience to the players irrespective of the gadget they are using to play the game. The new feature of arrangement of tags allows developers to create spectacular visual effects in games. There are many advantages that come with building games with HTML5. 

High-level frameworks

Different developers prefer using a specific framework. And, there are two factors that are mostly considered by them when choosing the right framework. Firstly, it should be developer-friendly and then secondly, it should have a wide reach. Nonetheless, HTML5 has compelling frameworks like Knockout.js., Kendo UI, Sencha Touch, and more in-built to build complex mobile web applications with customizable features and at an affordable price. The strong programming language and the high-quality frameworks also contribute towards improving the quality of gameplay for players.

Simplified updation

With HTML5, updates are frequent, timely, and easy with internet access and this attribute makes HTML5 even more stronger and flexible for developers. It provides the ease of game applications being easily updated automatically, remotely and quickly. And, this timely updation and addition of new features makes HTML5 sustainable.

HTML5 for mobile gaming   

A statistic shows the number of HTML5 features supported by various mobile browsers in 2012 and the level of support these browsers provide and accordingly HTML5 features are most highly supported on Chrome for Android 18.0, Firefox for Android, and iOS Safari 6.0. 

(Source: Statista)

HTML5 technology is doing great for mobile games. Thus, any mobile game developer who is looking for their game to do well in the future market knows that the choice should be HTML5. There are amazing games in different genres being made only with HTML5 like HTML5 RPG, multiplayer HTML5 game, action, arcade, racing, puzzle, relaxing games, and more.

HTML5 for Cloud gaming

The initial methods of presenting Cloud gaming have been expensive to build and challenging to scale as it depended on high performance servers, and an extensive network infrastructure. With HTML5 and WebGL, its new standard coming into the picture, most of the challenges that arose with the previous methods were swamped and now web games had access to hardware acceleration and were built with extraordinary graphic quality. The high cost problem was solved by WebGL utilizing local computing power. These HTML5 Cloud computing games could run on multiple devices and no specific software was required to download or run the game. This standard came out as a cost-effective and practical solution for many developers who are into game streaming and want to avoid lag in games at all costs. 

Indeed, HTML5 games are the future of mobile gaming business because of the many benefits that it provides to the game developers and designers. This 5th version of HTML is a markup language that is used to structure, exhibit, and support the multimedia and graphical content over the web. HTML5 has encouraged the development of a new generation of games without the necessity of any external plugin. Cricket World Cup, Ninja Action, Gods will be watching, and Ninja Action are some of the many conventional and popular HTML5 games.

On March 3, 2015 in San Francisco, CA, Unity Technologies, the world's leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content introduced the Unity 5 version. And, it was in this version that they decided to replace the Unity Player plugin with the HTML5 exporter featuring WebGL. This critical decision showed the world the capabilities of HTML5 to create exciting, interactive, and innovative games that could be played right away on the browsers. Ever since then, there have  been stellar migrations to HTML5.

This technology is overriding the global gaming business like anything. Logic Simplified is one of the best HTML5 mobile game development companies in India. We are armed with a team of developers and game designers for hire that helps companies create innovative and influential mobile applications. The people here understand the potential of HTML5 and the possibilities it is capable of presenting to the world. At the same time only an accomplished game development company can help you generate value by putting their expertise and experience to develop web games that are persuasive and interesting.

(Source: Neit)

An introduction to the gaming market

The gaming market is growing by leaps and bounds every year. And with that, the number of companies and developers are turning to external providers for their game development services. They say there are increased chances of coming across unique ideas, content, and skills that could be used in their favour. Time after time, there are new platforms being introduced and the technologies are evolving and reshaping industries and the world. This is not just changing the way people work but giving them new possibilities and strategies to work. And, to stay in the market, it is absolutely necessary to keep up with the emerging technologies and the new platform releases. Nevertheless, with all the other jobs going on, it becomes difficult for companies to keep up with the changing trends in the gaming market that helps them produce fun games and deliver high-quality content for the people.

Meanwhile, the option of hiring a game development team that has the skills, the expertise, and the knowledge to create a game to its best potential is what anyone would want. Though the process of hiring could be onerous if one doesn’t know how to get what he/she is looking for. The process requires planning, implementation, and execution.

A company that provides the services of game design and development are aware of the know-how that goes into creating a good game. And, a good game development company will provide you with the right team size (programmers, graphic and instructional designers, a content writer, illustrator, animator, voice actor, and a few quality assurance testers) that are required for a particular game with the appropriate skills to meet the demands of the game. Outsourcing game development on the other hand comes with a lot many advantages. It helps companies grow by taking advantage of the expertise that comes from hiring the right people for the job. Advantages:

• • Cost-effective 

• • Time-effective

• • Reduced overheads

• • Staffing flexibility

• Risk management

Hire a game development team that triumphs

The process of developing a video game involves coding, programming, designing, sound effects, engineering, and testing. And, it is the game developer who turns a game design into an actual game. Hence, it is important to know the difference between video game design and game development. The design focuses on the game’s look and feel like the latter centers around the development process. Let’s get down to the attributes to consider when outsourcing game design and development.      

1. When a company is outsourcing, it is actually assigning a specific business process (here, game design and development) to another company that specializes in it. And, there are several roles that are a part of the development process. A computer programmer with the knowledge of HTML5, Javascript and CSS, a designer with creativity and knowledge of game art and CSS, a sound engineer, and a quality assurance analyst who does the testing and debugging. These are the main roles that are important to the process.

2. The quality that a game developer agency provides matters the most. Reviewing the previous work of the agency or their portfolio, if they have one, is what will help you in knowing about the kind of work they have done for their clients, what are their capabilities to deliver what you expect, how successful the work has been. You can also ask them about the challenges they have faced during the process and how they tend to overcome them. Good game development uses a strong game development portfolio to showcase their excellent work to their clients.

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3. Now to work on your game development project, it is necessary that the agency has the essential resources to bring out the best of the idea. And by resources, I just don’t mean the machines, softwares, developmental platforms, technologies but also the people and their technical capabilities. Also after the first test-run, there might be some changes and modifications that need to be made as per the result. That means the agency must have the infrastructure that supports making these changes for the improvement of the game.

4. The team of game designers and developers must also have the potential to cope with the bugs and errors by debugging and beta testing to give an end result that is polished and acceptable. Ensuring the quality of the game at every step is significant. And, every member should test the game on their level and report bugs, if they find any but other than that one person should actively be responsible for playing the game, and finding bugs. 

5. Data protection and privacy is a concern that must arise when outsourcing a job. You need to make sure that the agency is professional and so not compromise with the client’s trust. To ensure data protection and privacy, mention a contract that includes the company’s policies and security guidelines.

6. Good communication is a skill and most people fail to understand the importance of this. It is important for the game development team to understand your vision, be clear on the project requirements and the deliverables. To achieve that the company should be in frequent contact with the agency and with someone who can understand and communicate efficiently. Also, they should schedule stand-up meetings with the team to get regular updates on what’s happening and if there are any challenges being faced.

7. An agency that understands and values timely delivery of projects and that there should be no gap between what is expected and what is delivered. So, all the details, features, outlooks, deliverables, and the timeframes should be documented and given to the development team by you and you need to ensure that you choose someone who is capable of delivering the requirements. 

8. A company that follows agile development methodology and breaks the prerequisites into sprints so that you are aware of the entire development process and the progress that is happening every way.

9. Reputation of the game development company is also one thing that has to be taken into account. And, to understand that, their work history should be looked into, their previous work experience with their clients, reading the reviews and other client’s testimonials will speak tons of their reputation.

The Closing

At Logic Simplified, the game development team of proficient designers, developers, producers, artists, sound engineers, and testers provides game design and development services with their skills and expertise and assure high-level quality work and testing along with quick turnaround time. Their individual passion for their work makes them produce games that are entertaining and impart an immersive experience to the gamers.

Source: Statista

With reference to the above statistic, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the competition in the gaming business is overwhelming for the game developers if not others. And, many take that to be constructive competition that inspires them to create work that reflects individuality, uniqueness, and is exceptional to reach people across the world. 

The game development industry is rapidly growing and the existing technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, augmented reality, virtual reality, big data, and more are contributing manifolds to its growth. But, it all comes down to making entertainment for the people and creating something that they have never played or experienced before. And it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it is the game app developers who are the backbone behind creating exceptionally unique and fun video games. It is them who bring game ideas to life with the help of other people in the game development team.

From concept to reality 

There are several video game design and development companies that have a substantial game development team that is capable of addressing a varied range of gaming services needs. Every member of the team has a specific role to play and should ensure that his/her responsibilities are carried out smoothly. One such role is that of a game developer that plays an instrumental importance in the team of developing and programming the creative aspects of a video game. Game development skills, creative thinking, technical expertise, management skills, and problem solving skills are what is required the most from a game developer in a game development process. The game developers play their part at different stages of the development process. When a workable version of the game is created through computer code, it is the game developers who then test and troubleshoot to check the functioning of the game, spot errors, bugs which they can fix later.

Contemplating the nuts and bolts of the entire process, let’s go through some points to consider when hiring a game developer who will bring your game concept to reality.

1. Passionate about developing games

There is a lot of hard work put into developing interesting games. Hence, it is so important to be passionate about what you do even if it’s developing games. Passionate people are curious and you know why life is never boring for a curious person? Because their curiosity will always make them explore, discover, and learn new things.

2. Game dev expertise to control and overcome challenges

The game development process is a challenging job and demands time, money and patience. Someone with the expertise to control and overcome challenges of all sorts is a major trait one looks for in a game developer. During the process, the integration of advanced technologies like AI, ML, VR or AR in gaming spike up the challenges for the team. Other than that, the usual complexities that are to be taken care of are maintaining the cost, targeting the right audience for the game after doing good research using Google trends or Survey monkey, implementation of the right marketing strategies (App store optimization), ensuring that the code is streamlined and the game is available and compatible on all operating systems by using cross-platform game development tools, the security and privacy concerns, implementing the right revenue generation techniques, ensuring periodic maintenance that includes fixing bugs and errors, improving loading time, or launching new timely upgrades. 

3. Create immersive gaming experience for users

An interactive game is meant to grab more attention. It gives the gamers an immersive experience and the players are more involved in such games than ever. This increases the fun quotient. The game development companies are implying the changing technologies and the continuously developing tools to make games more fun and interesting with every project they bring forward. More focus is being given to all, small and big details. A game artist is thus expected to work on the storylines, the environment, characters, visual and sound effects, good graphics, and more to create games that are immersive and give the player complete control. A good balance of all of the above plays an important role and impacts the look and feel of the game. 

4. Be an active member of the video game community

In these times, it is very important to stay connected with people who share the same passion. This way people help each other in many ways. And yet somebody who is an active member of the video game community can be a plus point. They tend to have a deeper understanding of what gamers enjoy and don’t enjoy and they learn about their future target audience that way. There are also chances of people meeting other talented and inspiring people who share ideas, insights, and recommendations on game developing. 

5. Good game development experience

Years of work experience in a job role (game developer) is prioritized by all employers. Any Game developer must be creative, have artistic abilities, and technical skills to create interesting and successful games but that’s not it. The experience and previous work (game developer portfolio) in the industry shows whether the person understands the do’s and don’ts of a profession, confidence with his/her work, decision-making skills, passion towards work, capability, and other adaptable and competent skills and knowledge. 

6. Expertise in C and C++ programming

A programming language developers choose to learn depends upon the game engine they decide to work with. Nevertheless, good knowledge of C++ and C# is necessary, also as C++ is the industry-standard programming language in game development and both the languages are the most common languages used for video game development.

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7. Expertise to work with trending technologies

Video games are now being played not only for entertainment purposes but with the educational intention as well. Having said that, the video gaming industry has accepted the evolving technologies with open arms. 3D graphics made games realistic, the internet at first made multiplayer games possible and then with technologies like facial and voice recognition, Gesture controls, HD displays, amazing graphics, virtual reality, augmented reality, wearable gaming consoles, and more changed the way games were created and played. And, to create games that are accepted in the market, the game developers should have insights on the new technologies, their implementation in video games, and the changes and updates that keep on happening. 

Modern technology has redefined the world. However, with so much happening in the industry, video game development may come to you as the most difficult thing to do but the right game app developer will certainly make the job easier for you. Nonetheless, you have to make sure that you hire a game developer with the expertise required and the one who understands your vision well to get you where you want. For all that, the game app developers at Logic Simplified, a game development company in Dehradun give their 100% to deliver what is expected. They have the knowledge, resources, and the expertise to bring your game idea to execution by creating games that bring entertainment to people of all ages, gender, and demographics. They have game developers that take care of the storyline, gameplay mechanics, character creation and building, audio assets, and everything that’s included in the game development process other than making your job a whole lot easier. To know more, you may contact us or email at enquiry@logicsimplified.com

Source: Mordorintelligence

Video games have mushroomed over the time and have become popular in the global market making the video game development process also quite prevalent. The competition is hot on the heels and the gaming industry is working hard towards giving the gamers an engaging and immersive gaming experience by making sure they have an extraordinary game development team and by introducing potential projects for the audience. This speaks volumes of the importance of mindfully hiring people that are a right fit for your team and who understand your vision well to get you where you want.

It all begins with an idea and implementation of that idea is what makes a great application and that requires a strong team that takes over tasks like programming, design, sound, project management, and business development. 

Every game project starts with mindful planning and hiring professional game app developers that bring your game idea to life. And, the hiring process is not easy when it comes to looking for a passionate and skillful team. So, further we will share with you a few points to look into when considering a game dev team.

The technological expertise

Plan the technologies that you would want to use in your game and accordingly hire game designers and developers with those technological expertise. The developers must have their strong knowledge about different game engines (Unity or Unreal) and relevant programming languages (C#, C++, JavaScript, Python) along with competencies related to graphics. Other than that, you need to know the requirements of your game. Depending upon how complex the game is, the size of the team will be determined. Apart from the game designers and programmers, the producers, artists, content, and creators are who develop and support a video game.

The global augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) market is forecast to reach 30.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, rising to close to 300 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.

Source: Statista

There are several technologies that have evolved over the years and made a place of their own in the gaming market. And, in the talk of evolution, video games are not behind. Needless to say, the emerging technologies have had a lashing impact on the gaming industry and have made the games more immersive, interactive and difficult for gamers to draw the line between fantasy and reality. Augmented reality, virtual reality, wearable gaming, facial recognition, voice recognition, and gesture control are changing the way games are played and perceived. It is the various tools that go into the making of these games that play a pivotal role in the whole game development process. Modelling, sound, video, and animation make use of such tools and a suitable game engine that controls the characters movement and interaction in the game.

In other respects, Artificial Intelligence has contributed to changing the gaming experience of the players with NPCs and solo-gaming. MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games) have given the gamers a platform to connect with millions of gamers online and play games with them, ever-changing the idea of gaming. 3D-rendered characters and better graphics have made the look and feel of games extraordinary and life-like. Introduction of portable gaming systems was another breakthrough innovation that took gaming to another level by giving the players the comfort of playing from anywhere, at any time, and with anyone they wished.  

The importance of these innovations have made clear the importance of the expertise that one has to have to create a mind-bending game. 

The game production team

The design, sound department, technical department, programming department, project management, and business development together plan, design, and produce a video game. They plan game projects, create content, design games, write code, and test and debug games to integrate the features and functionality into the game. All of this involves the team members to be creative, artistic, and hold technical skills to develop interesting games that look great and are fun.      

Every member of the team holds expertise of their own in their individual skill-sets. There has to be a balance of skills in the team. One of the skills is effective verbal communication between the team members so that there is a flow of ideas and concepts between the people of the team.

Find the best in game designing, coding, art, animation, narrative design, sound design, production, quality analyst, product management, and marketing to produce a game that’s does great in the market. The qualities that one has to look for are subject to what one is aspiring to build but in all other respects, there are certain attributes that might work in the favour of the game plan. Just to begin with, a game design document must be ready which has anything to everything from the UI and controls, the planned perspective, genre of the game, game mechanics, the type of game, the storyline of the game, initial artwork, a brief, etc.

Going forward, Game designers create the structure of the game that involves the mechanics, systems, and the game play. They in particular frame the initial vision of what the game is about to look like. A designer that has that sort of vision from the very start and works with the same aspiration till the very end is what you should be looking for. Also, for the designers to give high-quality work, it is crucial for all - junior, senior designers, and the entire team to be on the same page.

The blueprint is then put into execution by the Game Programmers keeping in mind the specifications that are set. Hence, one must have the expertise to code every function and feature into the game. Along with that, they should have the knack to build channels for the game artists and animators to incorporate their content into the game. Developers with the capability to write their own engine are considered highly skilled.   

Video game art involves creating the game characters, other visuals, and the game environment in 2D, 3D, or both. Artists or animators use specialized softwares like Maya or 3DSMax for 3D art and model creation. While 2D and Ui artists use software like Photoshop to produce content for the game. Therefore, the artist’s qualifications, experience, creativity, and proficiency with the softwares is what one should be considering. And, to get a hold of that, their previous work or portfolio can speak a lot about their practical knowledge in the field.

The content or the script in the game is what the players read and so the narrative designer or content creators needs to have a good understanding of the game so that the player gets a good understanding too through the narration. Thus, the writer’s previous work and creativity with words is what one has to look into.

The audio aspect of the game is so important to make a video game engaging. There are composers and sound designers involved who create original sound and music and use softwares like WWise and FMOD to implement their work into the game. There are audio engineers who are qualified with a degree and have pragmatic knowledge with the relevant tools and those are the people that you need in your game development team.

And, finally the producers that work on the other business and marketing aspects of the game like the budget management, mediating the contracts, the schedule of the tasks, game scope in the market, and takes care of the everyday management of the development process. A video game producer plays a major part in the project and is the main man. He/she should have the qualities of team management and flexibility to ensure that the project is completed on time and a quality product is delivered. A person who has the capability to think ahead of time, plan accordingly and sees to it that the project is completed successfully by overcoming all hurdles.

Having said that, the video gaming industry has matured over the times and so has the game development process. Likewise, the way a game development team functions has also changed to keep up with the developments in gaming business. One such game development company is Logic Simplified which is based in Dehradun and has a team of game app developers that are the right fit for all the qualities one looks for in a game development team. They know how to work with a team efficiently so produce quality work and within deadlines.