Renowned developer and consultant, Jodon Karlik, always had a great love for video games. In fact it was his dream to develop games and he finally got the chance to live his dream. He founded a startup by the name of Coding Jar in 2011 to create independent games. Karlik’s hard work paid off, as two years after founding Coding Jar, the Canadian entrepreneur launched his first independent game, Fling Theory, at the start of 2013. However, the interesting thing about Karlik’s indie game was that he chose to launch to it on none of the popular platforms such as iOS and Android. In fact, Karlik also did not consider the local chief mobile platform, BlackBerry, that is located in Waterloo, Canada. Instead, the entrepreneur and his colleague decided Doug Insley decided to use Windows 8 platform.
The two entrepreneurs explained the reason of choosing Windows 8 platform in a “Partner Stories video on Microsoft Canada’s “Build for Windows” website,” according to TechVibes.
Here is what Insley said, “Windows 8 is a great platform. It’s really clean and crisp.”
Karlik said that, “On Windows 8, you can use C++ and C#, which are to me some of the best programming languages out there. On other platforms, I feel like you’re using lesser tools and programming languages that should be far outdated by now.”
Fling Theory is actually a physics-based puzzle game in which players solves puzzles by manoeuvrings atoms and destroying obstructions. The focus of the puzzle game is to give all gamers a true love for science, but in a very easy manner. According to Coding Jar, Fling Theory is an informal game that is built for people, who just like to pass the time or have fun while waiting for a train or bus for a few minutes when heading to work or home.
Karlik said, “That’s the audience we really want to reach.” Insley agrees with him by saying that how huge mobile audience is: “The amount of people that you can touch with your games [through mobile devices] is pretty amazing.”
The duo has developed Fling Theory as an HTML5-based browser game, which was later ported to the Windows Phone and Windows 8 platformer by utilizing Unity3d technology. According to TechVibes, “Developers can also take advantage of the Windows 8 Gaming Platformer Starter Kit, which provides users with an HTML5-based Windows 8 Store project that includes libraries, art assets, and game optimization so that developers can get a jumpstart on building their own game.”
Source: TechVibes
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