Create a Gaming App
You dream to create a gaming app and make big bucks from it. Wondering? All you need is the desire and a game plan. Let’s not waste time. Begin now!
Steps
- Do market research.
- The most critical factor is your understanding of the marketplace for any business. To begin with, you can check out App Store which is loaded with array of categories.
- The first and foremost thing to do is to get the feel of the market. Become an app addict. Invest your time in training period, studying about the successful apps and playing them as they will tell you volumes about market. The more number of hours you spare studying them the better image you retrieve about their common traits and the desirability of users. Maintain notes for an app’s success are its ranking and consistency.
- Figure out what people want and what kind of apps they are downloading. You need to hit the right spot.
- Create successful ideas.
- Most app developers build an app and expect people to download it, which rarely happens. Instead, focus on what people are interested in and you build your app on that.
- Your market research will generate more lucrative ideas. Don’t fall in love with your own idea but emulate existing apps.
- Some of the greatest apps are a twist on an old idea, with a new direction. Stick to low-risk and high probability apps catering larger group of people, from teenagers to adults. Access your ideas on the basis of its entertainment, intuitiveness, engagement, addiction and its graphics and sound. Cross out any app that has fewer than above mentioned traits.
- Design your app.
- It is time that you pour your thoughts on paper or transform your woven thoughts into a more tangible format. Convey your idea properly.
- Your design must hold meaning to the user through visual beauty, it should cast a connection. You can simply draw it on a piece of paper. Or put it together in a digital form. Basically you need to comprehend details for the programmer.
- Take a look at other similar apps, their screenshots for reference, to show them to programmers. The idea is to channel what the app will look like and where everything is placed explaining the purpose of certain buttons.
- Do not be undefined when it comes to an app. You should know everything your app will do. Get your design in the final graphics before you enter the coding phase.
- Register as a developer. Once you have your idea sketched out, your next step is to sign up as a developer. Register with the platform for which you’re looking to create apps. It doesn’t mean you have to be the programmer, all you have to do is to set a ‘developer account’ in the name of somebody who publishes apps.
- Hunt for the big guy. Game programmers are the backbone of App business. Hiring is a lengthy process where you need to post the job, filter applicants, interview candidates, have them sign your NDA and explain your idea; all this before you commence the coding. But making great hires is a future investment, which help you avoid unnecessary delays. In this process you need to give a basic description of your project, but do not reveal the specifics of your project. Once you post your ad for a few days it will create a sense of frenzy in the programmers to quickly bid on your job. Make each potential programmer sign an NDA prior to their hiring as you must protect your idea.
- Begin coding. Coding implies everything under one roof.
- Icon. Icon is the recognition of your app. You need to have an icon for your app that should make your app stand out on the chosen platform more easily. Once you have several ideas ready, ink them and pass them for the artwork version of the icon in the required format.
- App delivery. Ask your programmers to show you a test version of the app. Also, ask them to create “ad hoc” which is a version of your app that can run on your phone. Install the ad hoc version before you test it. With a new service Test Flight, the process has become less cumbersome. It has simplified the process and you’ll be able to install your test apps with a few touches.
If everything goes right, it is time to pat your back. But do not loosen your grip yet.
- Test the app. Testing your app is no less than testing times where debugging can take several iterations. Don’t be the only tester. Give your app to people of different ages to play and see how they use your product. Make sure the game is intuitive and graphically appealing. Be rational here, as the app is only obvious to you but not to the users. Wait for any confusion and complaints. Appraise the app for its entertainment. Ask the question; Is playing your app any fun? Make room for improvements and debug your app.
- You might increase costs and production time if you keep tweaking and adding features.
- Enter the market. Once you’ve had all your friends and family test your app and you’ve wrapped the final changes, its time to send the app out in the market like ‘App Store’ for review. Leave the task to programmers.
- Market your app. There are many poorly designed apps in the market with high ranking. You need to effectively market your app which will allow customers to discover and download them. You need to hit few effective areas starting from icon all the way to the download button which will market your app. Icon, app title, a compelling description and appealing screenshots are few components of focus.
- With so many tools and knowledge overflowing the market, you can easily scoop out of the rat race and make your dream come true.
Tips
- Focus on users’ needs – are you focusing on how to conceive a wireless app that can showcase your gifts or can help your goal users? Face the fact that mobile users are the ones who will pay for your inventions. Thus, you should understand their desires, motivations, and behaviors when employed or playing using their wireless gadgets.
