Create games for Xperia™ PLAY with the Unity engine

Our friends at design3 posted an interesting blog post the other day, including a great introduction on how to create games for Xperia™ PLAY using the Unity engine. If you are considering to create a game adapted to the unique Xperia™ PLAY hardware features, the Unity engine is a real good game development tool to use, considering all the features that comes with it (including the option to use the visual editor, javascript or C#, and the full support of both 2D and 3D art).

Head over to the design3 blog post to read more more about it! design3 is one of the leading game development portals in the industry. You can find hundreds of hours of video tutorials on game engine, 3D tools, 2D tools, and much more on their website.

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Create games for Xperia™ PLAY with the Unity engine

Create games for Xperia™ PLAY with the Unity engine

Our friends at design3 posted an interesting blog post the other day, including a great introduction on how to create games for Xperia™ PLAY using the Unity engine. If you are considering to create a game adapted to the unique Xperia™ PLAY hardware features, the Unity engine is a real good game development tool to use, considering all the features that comes with it (including the option to use the visual editor, javascript or C#, and the full support of both 2D and 3D art).

Head over to the design3 blog post to read more more about it! design3 is one of the leading game development portals in the industry. You can find hundreds of hours of video tutorials on game engine, 3D tools, 2D tools, and much more on their website. For more information about Xperia™ PLAY game development, check out our game development section.

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Create games for Xperia™ PLAY with the Unity engine

Updated: Glu’s 500Gs 3D Social Mobile Development Contest – contest discontinued

 Sony Ericsson is excited to be a co-sponsor of the Glu 500Gs 3D Social Mobile Development Contest. Through the partnership with Glu and Unity, we see this as an opportunity to reach indie developers and get to know about innovative and great games. Developers who have winning games that are optimized for the Xperia™ PLAY will also receive a device of their own, and their games will automatically be included in Sony Ericsson’s “Stand out from the crowd” marketing program. Plus, winning games will then be further promoted in Xperia™ PLAY devices through a Game Recommender application, and may be featured in various marketing channels.

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Updated: Glu’s 500Gs 3D Social Mobile Development Contest – contest discontinued

Learn how to make Xperia™ PLAY games through design3 training videos

 

 

With the revolutionary release of the Xperia™ PLAY into the mobile gaming ecosystem, we are excited to work with design3 to offer training videos designed to help Sony Ericsson developers move their projects from concept to delivery as fast as possible. Read more about design3’s exciting offerings after the jump.

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Learn how to make Xperia™ PLAY games through design3 training videos

Xperia™ PLAY tutorial – Angry Mob Games’ optimisation tips using Unity’s tool chain

Hello Developer World! My name is Bogdan Iliesiu from Angry Mob Games, and in the following article, I’d like to share with you a few tips for optimising your games for the Xperia™ PLAY using Unity’s tool chain. To have your game take advantage of the Xperia™ PLAY, game developers will first need to adjust all the game controls. We at Angry Mob Games took some additional steps to make our flagship game, Guerilla Bob, feel much better integrated on the device.

Updated: check out a demo video after the jump!

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Xperia™ PLAY tutorial – Angry Mob Games’ optimisation tips using Unity’s tool chain

Hello Developer World! My name is Bogdan Iliesiu from Angry Mob Games, and in the following article, I’d like to share with you a few tips for optimising your games for the Xperia™ PLAY using Unity’s tool chain. To have your game take advantage of the Xperia™ PLAY, game developers will first need to adjust all the game controls. We at Angry Mob Games took some additional steps to make our flagship game, Guerilla Bob, feel much better integrated on the device.

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Xperia™ PLAY tutorial – Angry Mob Games’ optimisation tips using Unity’s tool chain

Unity and Xperia™ PLAY create a two-hit combo for game developers

Sony Ericsson and Unity Technologies recently announced a partnership to bring games to the Xperia™ PLAY through its Union content distribution service. Through this partnership, Sony Ericsson will feature Union games on the Xperia™ PLAY through its games recommender application. Unity has created a special API specific to the Xperia™ PLAY to offer developers an easy route to implementing the Xperia™ PLAY’s gaming controls and optimizing their games for them. Together, both companies will work with their developer bases through online, business development and event-based initiatives, such as the upcoming Game Developers Conference 2011 in San Francisco, CA.

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