Mobile Games Developer War 4: Event Untuk Para Rookie

Nokia Developer kembali menggelar Mobile Games Developer War. Kali ini, event akan digelar sebagai bagian dari rangkaian acara Computer Festival 2012 bekerja sama dengan Fakultas Ilmu Komputer Universitas Indonesia (UI) dan Agate Studio.

Berbeda dengan penyelenggaraan Mobile Games Developer War sebelumnya, Mobile Games Developer War keempat ini digelar khusus untuk para rookie, mereka yang baru berkecimpung dalam pengembangan mobile game kurang dari setahun atau pengembang dengan total download aplikasi di Nokia Store kurang dari 50.000.

Karena digelar untuk rookie, setiap party (istilah untuk tim yang ikut serta dalam Mobile Games Developer War 4 Rookie), akan dibimbing untuk melalui berbagai tahapan standard yang dibutuhkan untuk membuat sebuah game yang berkualitas tinggi. Party akan dibimbing mulai dari pembuatan Game Design Document, Art Design Document, dan Technical Design Document. Kemudian, party akan diarahkan untuk mengembangkan desain tersebut menjadi sebuah tahap prototype sebelum kemudian memasuki tahap Alpha Version, Beta Version, sampai Release Version yang akan dikirim ke Nokia Store.

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Blob Blob Battle, Satu Lagi Dari Agate Studio

Minggu, 15 April kemarin, Agate Studio meluncurkan game terbarunya, Blob Blob Battle. Game ini ber-genre puzzle dan dapat dimainkan secara online di situs game Viwawa. Tersedianya game ini di situs Viwawa membuatnya dapat dimainkan secara bersama-sama dengan teman lain secara gratis.

Blob Blob Battle sekilas mirip dengan game bubble puzzle lainnya. Pemain menembakkan meriam berisi bubble yang akan hancur bila terdapat minimal 3 bubble yang berwarna sama. Bedanya, setelah bubble ditembakkan, tumpukan bubble akan bergeser seusai dengan arah bubble yang ditembakkan.

Ada 3 jenis mode yang dapat dimainkan, yaitu practice zone di mana pemain bemain sendiri tanpa lawan, open battle zone yang artinya pemain bermain melawan pemain lain dalam waktu 2 menit, dan endless zone, permainan antara 2 pemain yang baru akan berakhir jika bubble salah satu pemain menyentuh dinding latar. Continue reading Blob Blob Battle, Satu Lagi Dari Agate Studio

Another One from Agate Studio, Blob Blob Battle

On Sunday, April 15, Agate Studio launched a new puzzle game, Blob Blob Battle. This game can be played online on the Viwawa game site. By being hosted on Viwawa, it makes it playable together with friends for free.

Blob Blob Battle seems similar to other bubble puzzle games. Player fires bubble through a cannon and the bubble that will be destroyed when there are at least three bubbles in the same color. The difference is, after the bubble is fired, the bubble pile will shift according to the direction the bubble is fired.

There are 3 types of mode that can be played, namely the practice zone in which player plays against themselves without opponent, an open battle zone in which player plays against other players in two minutes, and endless zone – a two-player game that will end if one of the player’s bubble touches the background wall.

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Event: Gedebuk – Main dan Belajar Game Sepuasnya

Komunitas Game Developer Buka-bukaan (Gedebuk) bekerja sama dengan pengembang game asal Bandung, Agate Studio menggelar acara bertajuk Gedebuk. Acara ini akan diselenggarakan di lantai 3, Bandung Indah Plaza, 17-18 Maret 2012 besok.

Dalam acara ini pengunjung akan disuguhi berbagai macam permainan. Selain permainan digital, pengunjung bisa menikmati bermain boardgame (permainan dengan papan seperti monopoli), juga berbagai permainan dalam telepon seluler. Tidak hanya bermain, pengunjung juga bisa menambah pengetahuannya tentang berbagai hal berkaitan dengan pembuatan game.

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XL Axiata Presents Low-Cost Games with KotaGames and Other Game Developers

Last Monday at XL Axiata’s offices at Menara Prima in Jakarta, XL Axiata announced its cooperation with The Mobile Gamer and a couple of local game developers. With this partnership, XL users will be able to access WAP-based social game, KotaGames, with little cost.

As written by Kompas Tekno, an XL subscriber needs only to pay Rp 250 (before tax) for 12 hours of gameplay or Rp 550 (after tax) for 24 hours of gameplay. Afterwards, each subscriber can freely play during the duration without having to pay GPRS fee to access the games.

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Survei Agate: Indonesia Menyukai Game RPG, Strategi dan FPS

Salah satu studio game yang paling menonjol di Indonesia, Agate Studio, beberapa waktu lalu mengadakan survei tentang gaming di Indonesia. Ada sekitar 1200 gamers yang berpartisipasi dalam survei ini yang bertujuan untuk mendapatkan pengetahuan tentang kondisi gaming saat ini di Indonesia. Hasilnya sudah bisa ditebak, RPG (Role Playing Games), Strategi dan FPS (First Person Shooter) adalah 3 game paling populer di Indonesia. Di sisi lain, game musik dan puzzle adalah yang paling kurang disukai.

Desktop menjadi perangkat paling populer yang digunakan untuk bermain game, meskipun popularitas dari mobile gaming naik pesat. Hampir 90% responden mengaku bahwa mereka masih menggunakan desktop untuk bermain game, dengan 33% mengatakan bahwa mereka menggunakan smartphone untuk bermain game. Sesuai dengan fakta sebelumnya, sebagian besar orang (89%) memainkan game di rumah, dengan hanya 31% masih bermain game di internet atau game center.

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Agate Survey: Indonesians Love RPG, Strategy and FPS Games

One of the most prominent game studio in Indonesia, Agate Studio, held a survey about gaming in Indonesia. 1200 gamers were participating to gain inside knowledge about current condition in Indonesia. The result apparently quite obvious. RPG (Role Playing Games), Strategy, and FPS (First Person Shooting) are three most popular genre in Indonesia. In other hand, music and puzzle are the least favorites.

Desktop remains the most popular platform for playing games, although the popularity of mobile gaming is skyrocketing. Almost 90% confessed that they still use desktop to play games, with 33% said to play games using smartphones. In accordance to previous fact, most people (89&) are playing games at home, with only 31% are still playing in Internet Cafe or Game Center.

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Agate Studio Launches Monster League Game For mig33

On Thursday, February 2nd, Agate Studio launched their latest game, Monster League. Interestingly, this game isn’t running on expensive smartphone platforms such as an iOS or Android, but on mig33 chat application instead.

DailySocial had reviewed about mig33 previously. Mig33 is a chat application with 33 million users in Indonesia (no clear number for active users). Not just for chatting, mig33 is also equipped with various social games applications on their platform.

Valentinus Rama Kurniangga, the producer of this game, seems to agree with Daily Social that this is a great potential market. Through the interview via email that we did, Valentinus also added that mig33 gamers have same strong enthusiasm as Facebook gamers.

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Agate Studio Luncurkan Game Monster League untuk Platform mig33

Kamis, 2 Februari lalu, Agate Studio melakukan online launching untuk game terbarunya, Monster League. Menariknya, game ini tidak berjalan di platform smartphone mahal semacam iOS atau pun Android, melainkan berjalan di aplikasi chatting mig33.

Daily Social sempat mengulas tentang mig33. Mig33 merupakan sebuah aplikasi chatting dengan jumlah pengguna di Indonesia (baik yang aktif maupun tidak aktif) sekitar 33 juta orang. Tidak hanya sekedar chatting, mig33 juga dilengkapi dengan berbagai aplikasi social games.

Valentinus Rama Kurniangga, produser game ini, nampaknya sependapat dengan Daily Social bahwa pasar ini merupakan pasar dengan potensi yang besar. Melalui wawancara via email yang kami lakukan, Valentinus juga menambahkan bahwa para gamers di mig33, tidak kalah antusiasnya dengan gamers di Facebook.

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Three Indonesian Developers Among Global Finalists of Nokia’s Create 4 Millions Competition

As announced by Nokia Indonesia’s Narenda Wicaksono on Twitter, three Indonesian developers have been selected among finalists in the global Create 4 Millions competition. There are four major categories up for grabs and each has 10-11 finalists.

The three finalists are Mico Wendy with Baby Write Numbers in the Access to Knowledge category, Kemas Dimas with his TransJakarta S40 in the In the Know category, and Agate Studio with Urban Fatburner Macho in the Fun and Games category. The winner’s announcements will be held during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.

Previously Nokia Indonesia held a similar event on the national level and two of the winners there went on to the global competition. The prizes to be won on the global competition are €50,000, promotional drives in various Nokia channels, and complementary consultation on user experience from Nokia and a number of design agencies.

Create 4 Millions was a competition specifically held for the S40 platform which recently sold its 1.5 billionth unit since it was first launched in 1999. In total, the S40 platform controls a quarter of the downloads from the Ovi/Nokia Store. The competition was also held in national and regional levels in 10 countries and attracted more than 1300 participants.