Game-Vet: Mobile Games

What are Mobile Games?

Mobile games are games designed specifically for mobile/handheld devices. The difference between mobile gaming and PC/Consoles gaming is that mobile gaming has various and multiple features optimized for a proper game play. Like Games are optimized according to touch of a mobile screen. Few racing games optimized for use of Gyroscope, Accelerometer etc.

Nowadays most popular mobile device for gaming is Android. It’s a huge debate why not apple. The feature is today's smartphone possess for the connectivity help in optimization of multiplayer games for mobile devices.

Most Trending games to be played on a handheld device are AR/VR games. Well both as both have their own pros and cons.

With the increase in demand and technological advancement today’s games for mobile too require heavy processing, thanks to the strong CPU and GPU power we got these days.

Mobile games are easy to develop and have no Compliance Testing required for a launch of specific product. Though few companies invest in performing compliance testing for their products, ensuring the quality provided within the product.

Image 1: Mobile Games.

History of Multiplayer Games:

Tetris was the First ever game released for a Cell Phone. It was released in 1994 for Hagenuk’s MT-2000 device.

Image 2: Tetris

Nokia sold around 350 million copies of its game via cell-phone when they brought the very famous Snake game to their cell phones it was around in 1997.

Image 3: Snake

Space Invaders came in place in 2002, when its original developers brought the old 1978 game to mobile.

Image 4: Space Invaders

Later to that all Vector graphics game into play. Today we have High poly 3D games for mobiles, low poly. Isometric, 2D graphics platformers and lots more. The gaming industry for mobiles has been boom since long time.

Best Mobile Games Out there:

Altos Adventure:

This game is made to relax the player. It is a side scrolling game with snowboarding theme. It is a endless runner game. The graphics and gameplay of this game is awesome. The developer’s important time spent on graphics has served the game very well.

Image 5: Altos Adventure

Hidden Folks is a Paid game on google play store, but a very nice adorable quiz game. This game turns the player into a thinking machine in order to solve the puzzles/riddles.

Image 6: Hidden Folks

Ridiculous fishing:-

This game feature a nice environment designed for fishing. In this game you get a boat where you will have to choose your fisherman who apparently is going to play a vital role in catching fish. They say it is as important as you need to plan and place your fishing rope on proper site.

Image 7: Ridiculous Fishing

Monument Valley:-

Image 8: Monument Valley

Being as an active player of this game, it is a very proud moment to write about it. Monument valley has a very rich level design, Isometric to be precise. The forts are designed in such a way that they tingle you common sense while playing a level. Monument valley is being a very astonishing success on the play store. They also have very nice music that calms you and the background tune just make you feel relaxed.

Mobile Industry Statistics:

It was a forecast that Gaming industry is about to reach $104.9 billion industry. Where mobile gaming taking the huge pie of the cake, i.e. claiming 42% of the business.

Image 9: Charts Global Market

China racks first position in leading gaming industry revenue. Most of the income for mobile industry came from smartphones where Tablets covered around $10 billion, the sales for tables has fallen down however smartphones are at the top for sales, revenue, etc.

Image 10: Global Gaming Revenue

Following is the image that shows the revenue generated per region.

Image 11: Per Region Revenue.

Chinese are about to generate around more than a quarter of a billion as gaming revenue. This statistics as compare worldwide. The below image should explain it all.

Image 12: Chinese Gaming Market