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5 Must Mobile Game Development Tools

In-built games, music and camera etc., have made the mobile device not just a communication device but a complete fun and entertainment device. We can easily say now that mobile game development is no longer a niche and restricted territory. Every day mobile game developers are coming up with new interesting and interactive games. Mobile games have come a long way since 1997 when the Snake Game made its debut. With the ever increasing processing and computing capabilities of mobile phones, gaming in mobile devices has grown leaps and bounds. Mobile games are also being released now with multiplayer options with some going 3D, which is being hailed as benchmark for future games. It is now a multi-billion dollar industry. Gone are those days when mobile gaming meant a few games installed in the handset. Some of the big corporate houses are now leveraging on these mobile games for brand building process. There is a huge competition now among corporates to make the most interesting and engaging mobile games in order to increase and sustain the brand loyalty among its customers. Listed are the most popular Game Development Tools required by Mobile Game Developers: UNITY: Interactive content such as architectural visualizations or real-time 3D animations can be developed using this integrated authoring tool along with 3D video games. This tool can be used for iPhone game development as well as for other platforms such as Google Android, BlackBerry etc.

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Cocos2D: An open source 2D framework used in mobile game development. There are two versions of Cocos2D, one written in Python and another written in Objective C targeting iPhones. The API comes integrated with Box2D and Chipmunk game engines. Social Kinesis: An important tool in mobile social game management. A cloud based management tool that allows developers to build, manage, analyze and monetize a mobile game with absolute ease. Maya: The 'darling' for mobile game developers around the World. Maya was previously used for films, television and PC games, but now it has made inroads into the mobile gaming industry. This platform is renowned for creating 3D assets for games. Flash Lite: To make Flash games compatible for mobile devices, game developers use Flash Lite. It allows users to view multimedia content. It is a lighter version of Flash targeting mobile devices with heavy graphic processing capabilities.