Mobile Game Development

The suggestion to make the game in an in-house manner may, indeed, prove to work due to having time, money, and people at one's disposal. So while reasoning why outsourcing mobile game development may seem strange, do check the following reasons. To put it simply, there are many reasons that you may wish to collaborate with a third-party professional who has already produced many video games that have pleased their clients. Here are at least a few of them:

• Professional touch: Outsourcing the mobile game development process to a company specializing in this industry helps raise substantially the level of confidence that you will be left with a finished game that has strong points.

• Resource availability: If you are deficient in any of the resources needed to complete your mobile game the rate of finalizing the product goes down significantly. Not to mention that the chances of achievement by the deadline are reduced here too. In-house studios that address their game projects guarantee that they have already secured all the necessary equipment to create a game of outstanding quality for you. There are other things apart from the software and hardware (both of which are always available to companies like Virtual Dive Studios). On the other hand, the job of the games producer is quite rarely about people — it is about contracting the experts who occupy the posts and deal with the development of a mobile game that would be interesting to your audience. Therefore, outsourcing mobile game development will help you get 3 in 1: experts, (hardware and software).

• Market insight: Virtual Dive Studios explores the mobile gaming market to help you get the best services. Provided that while finishing the discussion, we managed to discover that the need to place the game under the background of the international market has arisen, we can start to develop the product before having the discovery phase done. The exploration stage is a crucial artistic task during the production phase. The main advantage of building a prototype is that you can collect more valuable information about the types of mobile games that your target audience likes, what devices they may potentially play your game on, what screen sizes they have, what resolutions and hardware they use, and their player preferences.

• Cost-efficiency: When you opt for mobile game development it in-house, you choose to pay for as much output as what you expenses you get yourself for the labor force you hire and retain. Hence, your tech partner should manage the budget and timeline of a mobile game you might be most pleased with. It will be all done within strict deadlines and limitations. You can save both time and money by selecting the appropriate cooperation model that Best-Ace offers because we will be in charge of all the tasks.

• Saved time: Besides this, there is an option of collaborating with specialized external companies, either using the whole package of their development services or leaving some work for the picked team that has taken care of the technical part of the game. In this case, you will feel the pressure of competition being less capable of devoting more free time to planning your business strategy, market research, or other more important aspects of running a business that is more relevant to it, instead of trying to develop an attention-grabbing mobile game from scratch.

Today the video game industry is mostly run by two game engines — Unity and Unreal. Which technological framework is best for mobile game development? Lets now identify the pros and cons of each and learn which tech stack is your best option right now while working on your project. Although you may prefer to outsource the whole process to an experienced outsourcing company, this information will still be valuable to you because it will help you choose the platform that suits your mobile game best. Firstly, Unreal Engine may be the best solution with you being able to afford a sufficient budget and complete the mobile game at a higher level of quality. Similar to Unity, Unreal is commonly referred to as something more complex requiring higher entry levels, just like associated troubles that you will ultimately encounter. Nevertheless, rather than comparing one engine with another, we can better underscore the benefits and drawbacks of each of them, and conclude these lists with a summary.To put it another way, what are the pros and cons of Unreal Engine for a mobile game development environment?

• Graphics quality: Of course, those who will choose Unreal as their game engine will have no more reasons to worry about problematic computer-generated images (CGI), because this tool offers the most efficient technologies for putting your mobile game product into super visual format. In addition, with the latest news, Unreal Engine has a fully optimized global illumination system, a hyper-realistic human character creator, high-quality shaders, and other innovative technical solutions that will make your mobile game unique.

• Almost free of charge: Unreal Engine is free and does not require you to pay anything until your game makes you more than a K million! If that happens, it will charge me 5 percent of either royalties or revenue of the project. Besides, there is no monthly subscription payment, which is a great plus for those who are up for developing their own mobile game using Unreal Engine.

• 2D/3D content creation prospects: Despite you are interested in using artists over off-the-shelf software solutions from ZBrush, Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter or others, you should consider Unreal Engine does have its built-in tools for modeling, sculpting, texturing or animating your reality.

• Game porting: With Unreal Engine, a game developer can even have a single project that is meant for mobile platforms, and after it gets successful, porting them to PC or console platforms becomes relatively simple.

Cons:

High entry threshold: When you decide to develop a mobile game using Unreal, you have to be careful that you will need to hire more advanced senior developers who are familiar with mobile game development, which involves more costs for human resources management.With so many things to modify - not all of which could be proven. In the case of mobile game development, Unreal Engine can very likely be too complicated to be used with all the additional functions and options that are needed in PC and console game-making, whereas Unity offers a one-size-fits-all solution with its adjustable simplicity.

It can be a very difficult task to find the right developers who are capable of creating your mobile game. You might spend too much money from your budget while trying to hire them. To switch lanes away from this team, you need to create a structure of people who are placed in positions deliberately dishing out discipline; being engaged; motivated; and experienced. Here are some of the most significant aspects to consider during the recruitment phase. It is not desirable for one-man-show freelance mobile game developers. Why? As long as they are freelancers, they usually do not feel committed to your project ideas and thus, they tend to lack the necessary enthusiasm and motivation. God no! You dont want something like that at any phase during the development! Besides pet projects, consider it. Considering a game development company we want to hire is handling another indie game project with their efforts, this could be a great advantage and we can even have more compelling reasons to prefer that company over others as people who feel that what they are doing is close to their hearts. In some cases, such projects might even cause a delay in the progress of the company; however, who is the one who possibly controls the company`s future is the management.

Such things as the size of your project, planned budget, an assembled group of specialists, the relevant time zone, and a technology stack may impact the cost of implementing mobile game development services. Before talking about even the average price of mobile game development, lets reveal what features and elements affect the final cost estimation: Before talking about even the average price of mobile game development, lets reveal what features and elements affect the final cost estimation:

• Mobile gaming platform: One of the most important factors that determine the cost of a mobile game to be developed is the operating system that it has to be designed for. If you, for example, are targeting your mobile game at Android users, your developers could only use the Kotlin or Java languages, while IOS game developers would employ Swift, and its apparent that this affects the price. This will not occur with Virtual Dive Studios since we do our game development across platforms, and thus, we use existing game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine without incurring expenses to the company to develop more native games.

• Game category, genre, and complexity: Once you settle on making the mobile game, next up is developing a game idea. Do we need a game that is based on RPG, RTS, or simply on a slot? The game genre and types are the things you have to consider. The case is for instance, the development of a sample mobile game which costs roughly $3k, compared to a hyper casual kind taking off at around $10k-$35k in terms of level of complexity and scalability.

• Game dimensions: There is no secret that its more difficult to create 3D games for mobile devices compared to 2D mobile games. According to the statistics, the cost of a 2D mobile game project is usually between $5k and $25k, while its 3D counterpart costs more than $50k and the price can go unlimited.

• Game engine: The first distinction that we want to mention here is the types of industry-leading gaming engines of mobile today engine that which are Unity and Unreal Engine. Yet, Virtual Dive Studios can adjust the product using either approach for a mobile gaming undertaking for the sake of reduced cost. However, most of the updates take place within Unity for all its external configurations aid it, which is the cheaper method. If you do not need a ticketing engine for online gaming, Unity is more than enough for your project.

• Game development approach: While the hiring of your company resources or freelancers of global platforms or using the services of a professional bureau will all cost you and the estimation will be influenced by each approach significantly. Indeed, it seems sensibly necessary to cooperate with a professional mobile game development organization, which will get your position across to the followers at an acceptable cost and within the assigned deadline. Now, let us move on to the pricing of mobile game development projects. Besides, we insist that before committing yourself fully to our services our managers have a detailed discussion with you regarding the terms and conditions of your project. For instance, low-budget entertainment apps may cost around $20K to $150K, whereas premium quality and business-complicated apps' price range falls somewhere between $500K and $1.0M, which depends on various factors.