Game Development Trends 2022

Viral Games

Popular viral phenomena can easily be made into games, while respecting specific copyright. As such PokemonGO clones and games which emulate the show Squid Game can be popular.

Similarly clones of highly popular games also make for good templates like infinite runners, jewel matching games etc - because these can easily be adapted into new games with different twists to them.

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With the new Unreal 5 coming out, many developers and even film makers are now switching to Unreal or experimenting with it.

Which means it has never been a better time to take a look at the Unreal ecosystem. Blueprints are easy to create and use for adopters and offer a functional advantage that competitors like Unity to this point in time do not have. Since many more people get into game development and also using these engines for other things like mixed reality and film making due to its flexibilities and graphical qualities.

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One of the great advantages for Unity is the portability. Every project can easily be exported to any platform you might need it: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android and even web browser.

However the usability of these port of course depend on how well the project is design for different screen resolutions and input methods like keyboard, mouse, touch, gamepad or even VR controllers.

Ideally the project would have a flexible system where many input devices are supported or at least easily changed. Similar flexibility is needed for the screen resolution and aspect ratios, since phone may use portrait mode and such.

The UI has to account for different input methods and screen resolutions as well, so it has to automatically adjust or be flexible enough.

Cross platform project like this are very popular because they can easily be used wherever someone wants. By this point almost nobody develops 2 separate builds for iOS and Android anymore, so solutions that cross build your project are very important and highly popular.

The barrier to entry is very low for mobile and gameplay can be simple, so a lot of mobile projects are great opportunities.

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After a long time of only highly experimental games, VR had begun to take off and development of VR projects have started to become highly popular. Numerous VR headsets at different price points are now available to the public making it more accessible than ever.

Many of the common game engine easily integrate VR features like dual camera and VR specific SDKs.

Usually the most popular type of game and project for VR are first person perspective games since those facilitate the immersion and field of view the best. However third person type of games in VR do exist as well.

Aside dual camera setup with user calibration features, other features and considerations should be included in a VR projects.

Input devices for instance can widely vary depending what the developer wants to do and which devices the user owns and prefers.

Movement and locomotion is a key consideration in VR among all input actions. Bad locomotion can cause users disorientation, confusion, headache and nausea. These effects heavily depend on the individual. In general there are methods that are more print to making people sick and done that are less.

Some projects do allow for traditional game controllers and analog stick movements, some projects rely on a smooth teleportation mechanic.

VR on mobile is no longer purely experimental, especially with mobile VR systems now existing.

In all VR projects, performance and FPS are a very high priority since low FPS and especially inconsistent FPS are a very bad experience and highly prone to infusing nausea.

Since mobile devices have even less powerful hardware, mobile projects have been extremely strict with not wasting any efficiency.

Due to battery drain on mobile and general sensory fatigue for people due to prolonged VR sessions, these games and experiences should be designed in a way that allows for short sessions and easy starting and stopping.

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Another great platform to work on for flexibility and portability is web browser based games. Using HTML5 Canvas and WebGL technologies, these games don't need installation and everyone who can open a web address can open and play the game without any barrier to entry or friction. The only reason this platform has so far lagged behind and not dominated the industry is that the capabilities of playing games in a browser were too limiting until this point. By now even experimental ports like Unreal Engine made it to the web browser.

Since the advent of Electron it is now possible to seamlessly port between desktop and web code just like that, which is another reason for its growth.

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The absolute cutting edge and fresh technology when it comes to a lot of tech is blockchain. Even gaming has taken advantage of this technology. Crypto currencies mixed with gaming have brought upon a new economic model when it comes to gaming called Play To Earn. In this model, players are rewarded for playing the game with a crypto currency make by the game developer. This currency is also used and necessary for many functions in the game and sometimes also time mechanics like mobile games. As such, if a game becomes popular this currency usually accrues value itself, since some players will want to buy more of it to use it, or to speculate. Already today many people make a living just playing games. This mirrors the old world of warcraft good farming idea but these games are designed specifically for an open market and economy which lives outside the game.

NFTs on games are separate. Since NFTs represent unique or semi unique entities, NFTs in gaming are usually used for items the player can find and acquire in the game. these items are represented as NFTs and can be traded in the open market with willing market participants.

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Web Assembly is already working and is only going to pick up speed from here.

Which means the entire web landscape might change along with it, since web assembly allows for a fundamentally different way of doing thing in the web browser.

Games are naturally a good fit since they don't rely on page document layout and need performance.

By using web assembly it is possible to use any programming language and compile into a native element for the web. The technically details are of course less direct at this time where the html canvas is used and JavaScript to facilitate this "binary".

This is absolutely cutting edge and yet to explode in popularity.

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