Useful materials for mobile developer # 45 (March 17-23)

This week, interesting news rained down from cornucopia - GDC announced the fifth version of Unity, Unreal and CryEngine announced the transition to a subscription distribution model and a percentage of sales, Google introduced a platform for wearable Android Wear devices, Tizen SDK for Wearable came out, Flurry described what genres is best to monetize on Android.

CryEngine becomes available as Engine-as-a-Service

Starting from May of this year, indie developers will be able to access CryEngine for $ 9.99 / EUR per month without any royalties.

Unreal Engine 4 is now available for everyone.

Epic Games announced today that anyone can access Unreal Engine 4 for only $ 19 per month + 5% of the cost of each copy of a product made on the basis of UE4.

Announcement and pre-order Unity 3D 5

The developers of the Unity 3D game engine have announced a new version number 5. A lot of new features are promised.

Google announced SDK for wearable devices

Now it is possible to write programs for watches. Moreover, besides the already filled up rectangular clocks, round ones appeared!
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iOS

• "Supersonic" upload photos to the Cloud using your own NSInputStream
• iToilet. Office toilet is free
• Apple talks about indie developers at Indie Game Showcase
• Google Play Games will support cross-platform multiplayer

Android

• Long Polling for Android
• Short life and one game adventures
• Manage ads in the Android application
• Synchronization in Android applications
• Useful for Android developer from Github
• Debugging Android CMake project in an adult
• We write our Orm for Android with Canas and Senorites. Part 3 , 2 and 1 .
• Google has released a new version of Google Play (4.6.16) with a new password protection option against uncontrolled purchases
• List of stores for Android applications

Tizen

• Tizen SDK for Wearable released
• Tizen DevLab and Hackathon in Moscow

Development

• The realities of working in Smart TV application projects
• Libgdx - Java gaming framework
• (Eng.) Report "New ways to play games" ("New approach to games") from Ericsson ConsumerLab
• Yahoo opens the Games Network platform for developers
• Microsoft OneNote became free and opened API
• (Eng.) How Wooga uses the FUUU factor to hit the tops of the App Store

Marketing and monetization

• Flurry: Android game matrix
• HasOffers report on the Mobile App Tracking platform at the 2014 Winter Nights conference.
• Torsten Reyl: Only large companies will remain in mobile development
• Webinar "Cohort analysis: what is, why and how to do?"
• Tapjoy introduced the new nGen advertising platform: the right advertising for the right users at the right time.
• Ad4Screen Launches RET4RGET Retargeting Platform

Devices and Gadgets

• Motorola and LG are preparing a smart watch on the OS from Google
• To health! Ten most interesting new products of 2014
• How I chose the smart watch: Omate TrueSmart vs ZGPAX S5
• Oculus presented the Rift Development Kit 2 at the GDC 2014 conference
• Stir: a smart table that can train you at work

← Digest last week . If I missed something - send it to the post office, I will quickly add it.