Enterprises’ tablet adoption rate allows gamified solutions

The integration of tablet devices into our lives and, especially, into our work has progressed rapidly — so fast that it’s hard to figure it out.

Venturebeat.com, in collaboration with Lenovo and Qualcomm, provided an infographic (see it below) to describe how much the tablet devices market grew in terms of number of adopters both consumers and business so far.

The Italian market, in particular, has been fostered by the strong growth. According to the Polytechnic of Milan (research results have been exposed during the conference ‘Mobile Business: Innovazione a Tavoletta’), nearly 3 of 4 Italian CEOs have already introduced or are introducing new tablet devices in their enterprises: the 47% of them is already adopting tablet devices, and 27% are going to adopt this technology in the near future. Executives use tablet devices already (55%) and a few of them is going to adopt them in the future (38%), A portion of the sales staff is already using them (17%) but most of it will receive tablets (74%) in the near future. Together with the new tablet market, growth involves also application mobile downloads.

The impressive growth-rate of enterprises which are choosing and adopting tablet devices and smartphone always connected, allows the efficiency and effectiveness of game-based marketing initiatives directed to employees, like productivity games and e-learning games

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Act of Fury by DarkWave Games

Project name: Act of Fury – Kraine’s revenge
Category: iPhone & iPod Touch Game – Innovative Shoot’em up
Client: DarkWave Games by alittleb.it
Technologies: UnderWAVE (our framework), C++, OpenGL, Objective C
Publisher: Forge Reply


Brief Description:

Act of Fury: Kraine’s Revenge is the firstborn of a new breed of shooters, where you don’t have to shoot because YOU are the weapon.

Kraine Severe has undergone mad experiments by the infamous Dr. Osvald Pernicious, leader of the Doom Legion. After a daring escape from the laboratory, he realizes he can transform himself in a mighty hurricane. His next step is easily taken: pursue revenge, destroy everything that tries to stop him.

 

Highlights:

  • A brand new shoot’em up mechanic: you’re are the weapon – destroy everything and pursue your personal vengeance!
  • Nine levels of wild action in four different environments, from the hottest desert, to the icy pole.
  • Three huge bosses to fight, based on the evolution of the Doom Legion’s prototype weapon.
  • Two difficulty levels -normal for everyone and Hell mode for hardcore shoot’em up fans.
  • Earn stars and spend them to unlock special powers, like elemental hurricanes and thunderstorms.
  • Game Center and OpenFeint support for achievements and leaderboards.

 

Some Awards:

  • BEST Gaming App 2011 – Macity Awards
  • Community Game of the Week – Touch Arcade
  • Bronze Award – Pocket Gamer France

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Master of Alchemy iPhone, iPod, iPhone4 (Retina support) version is finally out on iTunes

Master of Alchemy iPhone, iPod, iPhone4 (Retina support) version is finally out on iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/app/master-of-alchemy/id373516946?mt=8

To celebrate the success on the iPad and launch on the iPhone/iPod/iPhone 4, for a limited time, iPhone version price is only 0,99$ (66% sale), iPad HD version only 2,99$ (40% sale)!!!

Moreover, Chillingo & DarkWave Games have created the Master of Alchemy Contest: Tweet Your Perfect Potion! Create a Crazy Combination to Win – http://eepurl.com/NxmP

Tweet Your Perfect Potion and Win a Flip Video Ultra HD Camcorder + the Copies of the Mystical New Puzzler

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Master of Alchemy HD Reviewed by Destructoid | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog

Master of Alchemy HD Reviewed by Destructoid | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog.

While your typical iPad game looks great, ones this polished in both looks and gameplay are still few and far between. Recommended.

Score: 8,5/10 – and everybody knows how much they are brutally honest and impartial!! 🙂 We are really proud of our game!!!

Read the full review here: Review: Master of Alchemy (iPad)- Destructoid

Emanuele writes about the Master of Alchemy Creation Process | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog

Emanuele writes about the Master of Alchemy Creation Process | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog.

Emanuele introduces himself and speaks about the Master of Alchemy’s Creation Process: how to create in-game assets for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and, in general, for multiplatforms games; how to manage different variants of the same project.

“Hi, my name is Emanuele Farina and I’m art director and graphic designer at DarkWave Games.
Today I will write a little bit about Master of Alchemy’s graphic creation process…
If I have to talk about Master of Alchemy, I have to talk about a bet! […continue reading…]”

Master of Alchemy HD Review at Games Uncovered: Grade A | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog

from Master of Alchemy HD Review at Games Uncovered: Grade A | darkwavegames.com – Official Blog.

A review about Master of Alchemy has been published by www.gamesuncovered.com (reviewer Ben Briggs)….

We are very very excited: Score – GRADE A (10/10)

Here something of what GamesUncovered thinks about Master of Alchemy HD:

  • Simply a fantastic puzzle game that is challenging, deep and graphically stunning. An absolute treasure
  • Graphically, the game is easily up there with the best iPad games currently available
  • “What you get here is a challenging game with a large variety of different tasks, so it’s easy to get lost in for hours. It is a puzzle experience that is rich, deep, engaging and achingly beautiful; without a doubt one of the best iPad games yet.”
  • “The controls work seamlessly and exactly as you would expect”
  • “The particle physics used here really help bring the game to life”
  • It’s definitely a lot of fun

Thanks Ben!

Read the full review here: http://www.gamesuncovered.com/reviews/master-of-alchemy-hd – Master of Alchemy HD iPad Game Review at Games Uncovered.

Master of Alchemy by DarkWave Games


Master of Alchemy - Available on App Store

DARKWAVE GAMES by ALITTLEB.IT

DarkWave Games (DWG) is the alittleb.it’s gaming brand, that develops high-quality proprietary games to be published on the most important online stores world-wide.

DWG’s mission is the development of Multiplatform, Multidevice and Multiplayer Social Games, exploiting the concepts of “gaming ubiquity” and “game as entertainment art”.
Even if this is our final goal, we decided to adopt a step approach – so we chose to start from the development of games for iPhoneOS. In any case, also Master of Alchemy (our first game) is developed with a proprietary multiplatform-ready framework.
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