Showing posts with label mobile game development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile game development. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Game Development with Unity 3D

Game Development &  Design

Unity 3D has often been marketed as the Game Engine of the future, and with its plethora of editing features, it is little wonder why. Game Studios the world over, have sat up and taken notice of how much the Unity Engine has sped up the development process. The main reason for this, is that the Unity 3D Engine has made implementation more accessible, allowing both the artists and the designers to make direct inputs into the game instead of handing the assets over to the programmers to implement.

Some of the advantages of Game Development with Unity 3D  include:

  • A unified asset pipeline—there isn’t any need to spend time on resource subsystem. No buggy import routines to write and fix, as the process has been simplified to a “Drag-and-drop” system.
  • Great tweaking and debugging support—all your gameplay variables are shown right as you play, and can be changed as and when you see fit. Pause the game anytime, or step through the code one statement at a time.
  • A comprehensive library of rendering options, sounds, physics and controls is already written. These ready-made codes, often referred to as “boilerplate” codes, simplify matters even further.
  • An integrated level editor means that there is no need for the level designer to switch to a level tool, and then having to input that into the engine.
  • Has cross-platform capabilities, meaning that developers no longer need to port their codes to suit one platform to another. Only minor tweaking is required.





In short, Unity 3D simplifies the entire development process and greatly shortens development time. This translates to less turnover time for gaming studios, meaning that companies can now produce games at a faster rate. However, as with all simplification processes, there are some drawbacks to Unity 3D.


The programmer, besides having to learn how to use a new tool, will often find the Unity engine is at the end of the day, a software. As per compared to writing C# codes from scratch, which offers you more flexibility, Unity 3D, like all software is limited by its own set of rules.

In the bigger of things, Unity 3D is a great tool, and a huge breakthrough for games development. However, it is always wise to supplement knowledge of Unity 3D, with know-how of other tools and gaming engines.

For example, level design is one of the aspects that we can look at, where reliance on the Unity 3D engine may hamper the skills of an aspiring developer. While Unity 3D has a great built-in level editor, it is often wise to supplement that know-how with knowledge of other tools to ensure that one is not over-reliant on a single software. Aspiring level designers have a myriad of level tools to choose from, such as the Source SDK and GtkRadiant.
MAGES Institutes is one of only a handful of institutes in Singapore that offers a level design course for games. This level design course will ensure that aspiring level designers are guided by industry 

Monday, 20 January 2014

Mobile Game Development: though Laborious but Enthralling

We are living in the era where electronic items are playing crucial role in our lives. It has been noticed that with every fraction of time there is some new technology being introduced and that is bringing gyration in the whole world. Due to all these new techniques and technologies, our lives are becoming more and more simple and convenient. Mobile phones are amongst the one that has actually made our lives simple and interesting. Every person is a big enthusiast about games. Games have become an important part of everyone’s life and therefore many people are developing their interest towards developing games.

Mobile game development, as we all know is not everyone’s cup of tea and it needs proper understanding of coding and detailed device specification. So the one who is interested in learning the mobile app development must first have to select upon what type of game he wants to develop, after that he must decide upon the type of programming language he is going to use. Then the most important part comes in i.e. device specification. Device specification is needed because this will let you understand the specifications of mobile device which in turn will let you develop a game for that particular device. After this the game designing starts.


Mobile game development in all is very interesting and is difficult too. But learning mobile app development with Mages is quite easy and thought provoking. This laborious process will become enthralling if you’ll get connected with Mages Institute of Excellence as they’ll make you involved and helps you explore your imagination.   

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Get Life like Experience with Games: Game Development with Unity 3d

Game development is not only about creating an entertaining environment but it has emerged as an amazing occupation amongst the youth of today. And this field is prospering especially because of an advent of Smartphone. Smartphone’s really have shaken the market with its ever devastating games and apps development. The cell phone companies are developing such incredible games and apps that our past generation had never thought off. The game development industry has explored the potential of game developers to such an extent that the youth is getting inspired and getting attractive towards this field and are finding their way towards this amazing and stunning field.

These days game development with unity 3d is in high demand. This whole new technique of unity 3d has brought about revolution in the gaming environment. Unity 3d is a phenomenal game technology that helps developers to make peculiar and ravishing games for handheld devices. 

Game development means combining your artistic skills and technical knowledge to develop awe-inspiring gaming experience. But on the other hand game development with unity 3d means developing a game that offers its gamers a lifelike experience. Unity 3d is the best ever game developing technique that offers 3d graphics and effects like dual light mapping etc. Cross platform compatibility is the major feature due to which games are nowadays developed with unity 3d which means allowing the user to play game on any kind of device whether on a cell phone or on PC. 

Mages is amongst one of the entrusted institutes offering game development with unity 3d. This institute will help you get familiar with lighting and other effects that are used in unity 3d.   

Friday, 29 November 2013

Creating a Game is all about- Technicality and Designing

It is noteworthy that games have been alluring people through ages. Games are loved and played by almost every person be it a child or someone even elder. Games have proven to be the biggest time pass when alone at home. Games can be of any type- story telling, quiz, puzzle, video games etc. games are the best friends to spend leisure time. Game is known due to its characters and features. If a game has good graphics, innovative characters and plentiful of levels along with storytelling feature, it’s for sure that your game will be liked by the audience. With all these things we are very well aware that the gaming industry is blossoming only due to people who have creative skills and innovative thinking.

Knowing what a game is and why is it loved by people, the main question that arises is how to create a game? A game is all about programming. Creating a game basically depends on two of your qualities. Either you are technically strong or you are very creative such that you can suggest some graphics, animation etc kind of things related to games i.e. you have good designing skills. Designing skills can be seen to everyone while technical skills though won’t be visible but has more value than creative skills. This is because; a game functions properly if it has been developed by an expert technical developer.



Mages, pioneer in gaming and animation industry is working hard towards making students best in this field. The professionals here are highly qualified and they give you an in depth knowledge about your subject. They help you bring the real artist out of you and if you are going for technical knowledge then they impart proper education on latest tools and technology. Mages, an Institute of excellence is focused towards imparting career oriented education.