Celtic Heroes, for those unaware, is a fully three-dimensional MMORPG set in the Celtic period, available on iDevice. Keep this in mind: a fully 3D MMORPG inside a phone. This is a remarkable concept that anyone could see as challenging, but the fact that One Thumb Mobile achieved it, and achieved it well enough to justify a content patch post-release and be nominated for an award, truly shows just how mobile gaming is growing at such a remarkable pace even here in Scotland alone!
I do wonder: is the mobile scene becoming the new PC market?
Out of 63 Game Developers found in Scotland, it was found
that:
- about 47.6% of them were developing for both mobile games and PC games,
- approximately 42.9% working on mobile gaming but not PC,
- 1.59% working on PC but not mobile,
- 7.94% working on neither platform.
Perhaps it was the Flash games being touched up and turned
to “apps” during the rising popularity of Apple’s App store; perhaps it was the
indie developers worldwide trying to convert their mobile games to PC for
further revenue on Desura and Steam. Whatever has spawned this sudden alliance
of PC and Mobile gaming, it’ll be nice to see “oor bonnie” game developers take
heed and slowly make higher concept games. Be it Denki’s Destiny Killer or a
dark horse in the works. I’d open up the possibility of the winner of YoYoGames’ Win Big competition being the pioneer of double-A game development in Scotland:
just in time for Ouya and its like!
Greg Baxter
Amber Glass Broadcast
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