skiffcz Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Well ... yep. Im the 80's kid, and obviously, being 'damaged' in this direction I have a lot of split screen ideas. I know that 2(ish) player games played on one machine are just mighty fun - for the players. There's nothing like it. But the real question here is - are sponsors interested? Are such a games generating clicks, or its just a cruel sad world and from the expected value perspective its better to just clone yet another match 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhmedElyamani Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I have no idea what exactly you mean by split screen games, but a screenshot will help.But overall , I think what works is casual games with smooth polished graphics and simple gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronsoner Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The biggest issue is - how would those games be controlled? You don't have pads here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiffcz Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Bad choice of label on my side. By splitscreen on mobile I mean games played on the same device by two players. Like squish a bug, but each player has their own types of bugs. Or finger-twister. Or even simple things like some pong variant. These can be played easily even on 4" multitouch screens. My concern here is that if the biggest chunk of casual gamers are your archetypal kansas moms, it might not be the best way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalfluff Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I have yet to see a multiplayer-on-single-device HTML5 game hit the portals. Do you know one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowren Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 It's an interesting idea that can worth give it a try. Or just ask few publishers you're in touch with if they can be interested by this type of games. So you will better know if there's a market for this. The best solution is often asking them directly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@99golems Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 i believe they'd be marketable in a casual party-game kind of way. you have to think of what kind of social situations people will be in for them to most likely want to play a two-person single-screen game. lan parties, gaming conventions, adult nerds at a bar, teenagers having friends over..etc. I think you'd be most successful marketing this type of game to people who aren't afraid to ask their friends "Hey here's my ipad, let's play games". Can you do it? Absolutely. Will it be top 10 in the app store? Probably not. Will it be profitable? depends. Will people have fun playing it? If you do it right then of course they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny! Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 First of all, I like the idea very much. I heard about a (flash) game portal which specializes on local multiplayer games (cannot remember its name though). So, this could be a potential sponsor for your game. In general I fear, it might be hard to find a sponsor to monetize it. But maybe I am wrong. This is definately a niche - so why not try it out. In addition - since this is quite a niche - if your game has potential - why not try it out on a native app store? I guess especially on tablets local multiplayer games do work. Anyway, keep us updated! Best,benny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Not exactly split screen but there are some boardgames ported to ipad that you can play locally ie you play your turn then you pass the ipad to the next player, i also recently stumbled upon this article http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/YannSeznec/20130820/198453/Gentlemen_Or_how_our_most_successful_game_is_also_our_least_profitable.php whivh you may find interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endlesscreator Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I think you'd better make it support multiplayer on two devices.. mobile phone screen is small.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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