4 must-haves for the new age mobile game development

Here is a list of four must-haves that can get your mobile games massive downloads. Take a quick read to know the mobile game development success formula.

Android app market and the apple app store combine have over one million games. Light entertaining casual games to nerve wrenching racing games through to heart stopping action games – you can get seemingly endless games on your smartphone. Statistics reveal that games are among the most downloaded apps. From an entrepreneur’s perspective, trading in mobile games is a great money spinner.

But how you can breakthrough the existing thick competition? Here is a quick guide to the must haves for your mobile game development that can surely make your games a commercial hit.

1. Augment reality: This is definitely the next generation technology. Currently, there aren’t many augment reality based games either for iPhone or for android. If you are planning to enter the mobile game segment, AR based games can be your unique selling proposition. Competition is less here. The latest iOS 5 supports mobile game development using AR. Also the just-launched ice cream sandwich android is reported to have an intact support for feature-rich apps and games.

2. Massive multiplayer: With this functionality in your game, multiple players can play the game at once. Users are required to have internet connectivity on their devices. If your mobile game development goes right, you can generate huge revenues with the multiplayer functionality. The game will spread a word for itself. This is how it goes. The initial players will ask their friends to download the game and join them in the game. Hope you see the point.

3. 3D graphics: This is not something new. However, the technologies for creating 3D graphics particularly for games have improved several times. Now you can get life-like facial expressions for your game characters, perfect water ripples, next-to-real shadows and much more. A good mix of an AR based game with quality 3D graphics has the potential to make your game ‘awesomest’.

4. Hire expert game developer: He knows how to put two and two together. You may get the recipe from a master chef but might not be able to cook it as good as he does. Why? Expertise. Likewise, you might have a game idea that has the potential to be a commercial hit and you might as well know exactly what you want on your mobile game. Yet, in the end it is the expertise of the mobile game developer that will mould your thoughts into robust mobile games.

OpenXcell Technolabs, India specializes in augment reality based mobile game development with multiplayer facility for iPhone games, Android games and iPad games. To know more about the company and to view its mobile game work samples, visit http://www.openxcell.com/.

5 questions you should ask your mobile game developer

Mobile games are a real money spinner these days. Here is what you need to know of your mobile game developer to get high ROI on your mobile game development project.

Mobile games are a rage these days. Thousands of individuals and companies who are distantly related to the game industry have hopped on to the mobile game bandwagon to make money. If you too decide to cash in on the mobile game fad, your ability to choose your mobile game developer is crucial. The success of your mobile game hugely depends on the way the game characters are designed and modeled and how well the game is coded.

Here are five questions that will help you to pick out the best mobile game developer for your game development.

1. Have you developed mobile games before? An experienced mobile game developer will put his expertise to fine tune your game idea into a commercial mobile game. Know whether he provides services like character designing, 3D animation and terrain optimization as well.

2. Can I see your portfolio please? Look for diversity – in mobile platforms worked on plus the types of games developed. Check whether the developer has worked on game concept like yours. Look for the level of complexities in the game development projects.

3. You have your technical expertise in? Try to find out what is the domain expertise of the developer - is it iOS, android, BlackBerry OS or some other framework. Your best bet would be to find a mobile game developer who has expertise in cross-platform app development. This way you can develop your game for multiple devices at almost half the price.

4. Are you on Elance? Elance and Odesk are some of the most preferred sites to find developers on. If your developer in perspective is on such sites, you can see what his contractors say about his work. You can get true and reliable work rating on varied projects delivered by the developer.

5. Would you help me upload my game on the app store? This is crucial. Each app store has specific guidelines. Violation of which can lead to disqualification of your app. Know whether the developer can upload it to the app store and provide you bug-fixing support after the app is uploaded on the app store.

None the less, it is strongly recommended that you choose to partner a mobile game development company for your pricy mobile game development. They are often more reliable and professional than their freelancing counterpart.


Mobile game developers at OpenXcell have over 3 years of experience and have successfully launched 50+ games on iPhone and android phones. It provides game character creation services as well. To know more about the company visit, http://www.openxcell.com/.