I have heard great things about Game Closure including that it speeds up development time, enhances game quality, and makes games run faster. Does anybody know what exactly makes their SDK so much better than competitors? A layman's explanation would be greatly appreciated.
I had to ask my co-workers to make sure they weren't just giving me a softball question; thanks for the interest :)
So here's the pitch: write real, pro games in JavaScript, deploy to many platforms. Tools for artists, product managers, analytics, the whole she-bang.
-Is this company getting $100M offers before they have a product?
-Why would Zynga want to pay that much when they bought Dextrose Labs just a few years ago? (I suppose they could theoretically complement each other, one for rendering and one for developing)
With mobile and social gaming growing like gangbusters, millions of new gamers are coming to the platform for the first time, which represents a huge untapped market opportunity.
I've long thought that games would be the last bastion of native apps.
But when you consider that most mobile games are barely more sophisticated than the Flash games people have been making for years and that you're potentially leaving a ton of money on the table if you only build for one platform, it makes a lot of sense to try to push all this into the browser. In-app purchases are key but there's no reason you can't jimmy these into a PhoneGap layer.
abiekatz|13 years ago
billyist|13 years ago
Androsynth|13 years ago
-Is this company getting $100M offers before they have a product?
-Why would Zynga want to pay that much when they bought Dextrose Labs just a few years ago? (I suppose they could theoretically complement each other, one for rendering and one for developing)
cageface|13 years ago
I've long thought that games would be the last bastion of native apps.
But when you consider that most mobile games are barely more sophisticated than the Flash games people have been making for years and that you're potentially leaving a ton of money on the table if you only build for one platform, it makes a lot of sense to try to push all this into the browser. In-app purchases are key but there's no reason you can't jimmy these into a PhoneGap layer.
ericmsimons|13 years ago
rdl|13 years ago
simonsarris|13 years ago
Every time I look at the game closure site it looks more impressive.
pnmahoney|13 years ago
billyist|13 years ago