1. zGames Capabilities
Overview. Approach. Portfolio.

2. zGames Overview

3. Fast Facts
 Founded in 2009
 Game division of Softeq (1997) with
200+ full-time employees
 Full cycle game development on Unity
 Diverse tech expertise in house
 Experience in gambling, AR/VR, social
games and gamedev along GaaS model
 Support from other teams of Softeq,
including robust backend server-side
development.

4. Team Composition

5. Genres we cover
▪ Multiplayer
▪ Slots / Gambling, Card Games
▪ AR / VR, Simulators
▪ RPG, shooters, puzzles, trivia…
▪ Realistic Physics
▪ Educational Games
▪ Branded / Promo games
▪ 2D Games
▪ 3D Games
and more!
zGames Founder and CEO Christopher A. Howard

7. Our experience
Backends:
 C# (Sky Rangers)
 Stabs (Match 3volution)
 Java AWS (Mate Gems)
 Java (Dynastica)
 PHP (Kognito)
 Peer-to-peer (Fright Fight)
Platforms:
 iOS
 Android
 Web
 Facebook
 PC
 PS Vita
 Xbox
 AR/VR

8. Art Design Capabilities
Art Services:
▪ 2D Illustrations
▪ 2.5D Art
▪ Pixel Art
▪ 3D Modelling
▪ Animation
▪ Game UI
▪ Concept Art
▪ Promo Art
Art Assets:
▪ Storyboards
▪ Mockups
▪ Characters
▪ Environments
▪ Objects
▪ GUI elements

9. zApproach

10. Capabilities to Support GaaS Titles
 Audience Analytics
 Activity-based Architecture Design
 Multiplayer game development and regular content
updates
 Server Development
 Server Side Post Release Support
 Community Creation (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook)
 Soft Launch Support and Fine-tuning
 App Store Launch Support

11. GaaS: Future-proof Architecture
Here is a schematic view of GaaS-
based strategy game architecture.
The gameplay core remains intact,
whereas the content changes as
long as new activities are added.
Our approach to architecture design
allows scaling up the content. This
is as a viable long-term strategy for
stirring up players’ interest.

12. Classic Game Development Cycle

13. From GDD to launch: Success Factors
1. Audience Analysis
2. Vision and requirements clarity
3. Team proficiency
4. Adequate team size
5. Strong project management
6. Transparency and risk mitigation
7. Most relevant engagement model

14. Core Team
Tech ExpertUnity Team LeadArt LeadGame Designer

16. Team Staffing Process
As the key knowledge keeper, Project Coordinator is responsible for
well-balanced team staffing and efficient resource management.
zGames offers a proven team staffing process:
1. PC discusses requirements and timing with the client
2. PC, tech lead and resource manager develop a vision on appropriate team
composition and plan resource availability
3. Internally candidates are interviewed and appointed for the appropriate
project positions according to their skills set and past experience.

17. Best Match Strategy
Our resource managers keep up-to-date information of each specialist’s
skillset and experience to ensure transparent and fast project staffing:
 technology stack filter
 domain expertise filter
Unique approach to efficient onboarding of new team members:
 Knowledge management
 Mentorship and experience sharing
 Tech lead support

18. zPortfolio

19. Real-time Multiplayer Game: Fright Fight
Fright Fight is a real-time action
multiplayer powered by Unity. The
game allows connecting to up to
3 opponents to have a short 2-
minute match.
 Cross-platform 3D online free-to-play
multiplayer brawler.
 Gesture based controls
 RPG system
 Pre-match boosts and in-arena items
 In-app purchases

20. Gambling Game: Lucky Swipe!
It is a Unity-powered match3-puzzle
with gambling elements. When relaxing
match3 meets hardcore gambling and
real fun makes real money — that’s
what we call Lucky Swipe!
 Play 13 gamblified match3 games under one roof
 Collect thousands of free credits convertible into
real cash
 Enjoy 60+ levels with diverse and entertaining
missions
 Log in with Facebook to get extra coins
 Find the Jackpot Keys to win big

21. Slots + Match3 Game: Match3volution
For a client running a fleet of gaming
tables with skill-based games in Las
Vegas, zGames developed Match
3volution, a Unity-powered game for
iOS and PC. It is a gamblified version
of popular combine-to-upgrade
match 3 titles such as “Triple Town”
and “Threes”.
 Choose between two themes featuring unique
art, sound, and animation
 Earn chips/money or get Power Up Reward
Cards
 3 levels of game complexity
 Secure a king’s ransom with a Wild Card

22. Metroidvania Game: EON Brake
Eon Break is a metroidvania-style Unity-driven game featuring Nikola Tesla as the main
character. He’s fighting disgusting mutants, infiltrates into Nazi research laboratories for
alien technologies, travels in time, and operates powerful fighting and shield devices.

23. Tower Defense + Idle Сlicker: Smoggle Smash
The money received from IAPs will be
spent on conserving natural
environment. Each in-game currency
package purchased and video ad
watched will pay for an inch of real-life
land to be turned into a park but the
title’s owner – SmashParks Inc.
 Colorful graphics
 Rewarding trophies and votes, achievements,
premium currency
 League contests

24. Time Management Game: Happy Chef 3
Happy Chef is a gripping Time
Management game with tons of
different dishes to cook.
 5 Locations: different restaurants with new
meals to cook and new ingredients to use
 Story that follows the player’s progress through
the game in full color comics
 Lots of upgrades that enhance your menu and
modernize your restaurant
 4 characters to choose from
 More than 70 levels to complete
 25+ hours to complete the game
 More than 100 meals to cook

25. Realistic Physics Game: Nickelodeon
Experience
It is an accelerometer-powered iOS
game on Unity that allows a player to
experience an exciting adventure
guiding the lead character around an
island maze. The game is expected to
run on branded devices installed in a
popular hotel chain and entertain
thousands of guests.
 Intuitive tilt-based controls: the player tilts
the iPad to move the character in various
directions and controls the speed
 Complex facial and motion animations
 An option offering to rent a toy for a child
from the hotel as the game ends

26. Educational Game: The Language Quest
It is an educational gaming app
consisting of a series of interactive
minigames for children, held together
by a cohesive visual interface. To
reinforce the gained knowledge the
player passes the final test and gets
his stats to track progress in attention,
memory, noticing, problem solving
and systems thinking skills.
 Single and double player mode
 Multiple difficulty modes
 Stats tracking and reporting for learning
progress visualization
 Several voiceover tracks to choose from

28. Tower Defense in Mixed Reality for HoloLens
HoloDefense is a TD strategy in space settings demo game we built to explore Microsoft
HoloLens. The player’s goal as the air defense commander is to protect a plasma factory
from enemy spaceships appearing from portals.

29. 3D Simulator: Volleysim
It is a 3D virtual volleyball training simulator
targeted at the audience of professional
volleyball players who want to increase their
level of play and practice “reading the game”
right from their phones or tablets. VolleySim
is aimed at visualizing specific decision-
making aspects of the game to create an
environment that ensures the accuracy of
players’ insights on a most likely course of
action.
 Google Analytics integrated
 First-person camera mode to improve presence effect
 Popup messages with hints and instructions from a real
volleyball coach

30. Marker-based AR: The War of the Worlds
Using AR technology and the camera
of a smartphone/tablet, the player
can see Martian fighting, handling
and flying machines, and even the
Martians themselves right on his/her
desk or table – all in full 3D.

31. VR Game: Deadlandz
Deadlandz, featured as a top game in Epson's application store, is a VR first-person shooter delivering an
immersive user experience. The player finds himself to be a lone survivor during a zombie apocalypse
striving for his life with zombies attacking him non-stop. The game uses first-person view camera mode to
improve the presence effect. The game is compatible with Oculus Rift and Epson Moverio Glasses.

32. zgames.com
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