As part of its ‘Dream-Develop-Launch’ Campaign, ShepHertz Technologies, in association with IIT Kharagpur is kick starting App42 Student Lab – Android Game Dev Series (Webinars + Hackathon) from tomorrow 5th March to 2nd April.
This month-long series, which is free to join in only by students, is composed of three online sessions on Game Development and a Hackathon to conclude the series. This will offer Training on Game Development, Practical Simulation – Hackathon and App42 Certification to deserving games. Register by clicking here
Android Game Dev V 0.1 Webinar that will be held tomorrow from 6-7 PM IST will cover: Basics of development, Android Setup, Developing a sample Android Game and Integrating Leaderboard.
Speaking to AnimationXpress.com about the idea behind the campaign, ShepHertz Team says, “ShepHertz believes that there is immense potential in the young developer community. Students and Indie Developers have the right skills and the zeal to become the next big shot in the booming App World. What they need is just some industry support and guidance to start their entrepreneurial scoop.
ShepHertz has started a number of initiatives as part of the Indie-Centric Campaign ‘Dream-Develop-Launch’ to help young developers bring their ideas to life.”
Android Game Dev V 0.2 will be conducted on 12th March and will focus on how to engage users to your Game, Facebook Integration & Social Leaderboard, Simple & Effective techniques of Marketing and Publishing on the Play Store. Android Game Dev V 0.3 that is set for 19 March will inform about Basics of Multiplayer Gaming, Converting your single-player game into a real-time multiplayer game and Monetization Techniques
As part of the Hackathon, you can develop your game along with training and support from App42 and submit your entries by 26th March after which the results would be declared on 2nd of April.
ShepHertz is planning to conduct Pan India workshops for colleges as part of ‘App42 Student Lab’.
Also, ShepHertz has announced their Starter Package FREE for Indie developers and Students – you can now use App42 Backend APIs, Social Engagement Features and AppWarp Multiplayer Engine for free until your App/Game does really well in the market (1mn API Hits/month free for backend APIs and 2mn messages/month free for multiplayer engine).