Mobile Game Development South Africa

Mobile Game Development South Africa is an exciting space! Mobiles were initially made for communication, then they evolved for gathering information, now they assist people in every walk of life – even entertainment. People enjoy spending time on their mobiles and games are just the best way to do it. The revenue generated by the gaming industry is expected to reach $74.6 billion by 2020. This shows the benefits of developing gaming apps and the huge profits it has to offer. 

But game development is a huge community. You have to offer high-quality apps to the customers to make your name in the market. This is why we have gathered for you the best tools and software you can use to make your gaming app a success.

1. Unity

Unity is the most popular and widely used platform for extremely high-end graphical games. It supports C# and UnityScript, which is its own built-in language like JavaScript. Unity provides developers with many add-ons and existing libraries that help in organizing and optimizing the game. It uses its own physics engine and has a built-in camera to simplify navigation in the game world. It supports a number of platforms including iOS, Fore OS, Tizen OS, Android, and Window Phones. Here is a good example of a Unity Game App.

2. Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine is a very powerful tool for beginners who just want to build a high graphic game. The latest versions support C++ as a scripting language, thereby replacing the UnrealScript making things easier for developers. It has a very advanced particle system that you can use to simulate high-quality images and simulations in the gaming environment. It has a huge user base which also means easy learning for designers and developers. You can also find a number of good tutorials on the web.

3. Corona SDK

If you want to develop a cross-platform casual game, Corona SDK is the best free tool for you. However, it has a premium addition for more advanced features. You can use native APIs and tools to handle motion graphics and component rendering in your gaming app. Corona uses its built-in OpenGL rendering system and offers additional tools like Corona Editor and Text plugin for better development. It uses Lua language for scripting, which is popular and easy to use and learn. Mobile Game Development South Africa can be a very profitable mobile app as a business.

4. Marmalade SDK

Marmalade is an award-winning platform used by developers for 2D and 3D game development. It supports C++ for scripting while you can also use Lua, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript for web and hybrid app development. You can use many libraries, tools, and codes to program as well as test your project. It uses the ‘write once, uses anywhere’ concept. It also provides testing abilities and optimizations for your multi-platform games. 

5. Cocos2D-x

Cocos2D-x is an open-source and free 2D game simulating and development tool. It supports iOS, Android, Linus, OS X, and Blueberry phones. It is extremely resource-efficient in terms of time, money and memory of the mobile device. The game size can be reduced to as low as 1.5MB. It doesn’t have much functionality is 3D gaming environments but it surely is a great platform for 2D game development.

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