Coding considerations for online gaming

Coding considerations for online gaming

We’ve already included a feature on how to prolong your battery life when playing Pokémon Go, and so what are the other things that you should consider when creating a mobile game?

The indie gaming revolution has witnessed everything from the likes of Minecraft to mobile bingo games being created by small-scale developers. Through using simple but effective coding and the occasional help from third-party developers, it’s become easy for anybody with the basic knowhow to get to grips with this fascinating area of software development.

Having a decent understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript should be able to help you begin your game coding adventure. And there are plenty of helpful websites like Codecademy that offer great tutorials on how to build the basic logic that underpins your game, as well as giving tips on how to construct the moving images of the game play.

It can also be a good idea to try and emulate some of the more successful online games to see how they managed to become world-beaters. Regardless of whether or not you were a fan of the Flappy Birds game, having a look at the Flappy Birds coding site quickly illustrates the mechanics behind this phenomenally successful mobile title.

Coding considerations for online gaming

But seeing as online games need to be able to work as browser-games and as apps on iOS and Android devices, it’s also presented something of a problem for the amateur coder. This is where third-party game coding software like GameMaker: Studio can be helpful as this will automatically export your game directly to a variety of gaming platforms.

However, it’s also important to think about what kind of display the gamer will be viewing your coding creation on. Whether your looking to create a smartphone-friendly puzzle game, or an app compatible to latest iPad devices like the Coral mobile bingo app, then it’s issues of functionality that should always be at the forefront of your coding endeavors.

Similarly, whilst we may all will wish to make full use of the processing power of the latest generation of smartphones, it’s a good idea to make sure that neither your graphics nor gameplay features are too data-heavy.

After all, whether it’s a mobile bingo app or a platform browser game, there’s nothing worse than suffering from a frozen mobile device whilst trying to play your latest coding creation!

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