[Huawei Developers] riteshchanchal:
Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event, with sites all across the globe, each of which attract a large number of talented developers, dedicated to creating innovative and immersive games in a limited amount of time. Global Game Jam Hong Kong (GGJHK), the Hong Kong site, always represents a particularly impressive annual gathering. Huawei helped GGJHK jointly held a 48-hour game design contest in early 2021, with the goal of identifying standout game developers, who create especially creative and imaginative works.

On January 27, at the online opening ceremony, Peter Ng, the contest's sponsor, announced that "Lost & Found" would be the theme. Huawei engineers also delved into the benefits offered by HMS Core technology for the gaming sector at large. HMS Core solutions enable developers to create premium apps, bolstered by high-performance graphics rendering, responsive and engaging push messaging features, and also easy monetization models.

Rendering quality is a key indicator of a game's appeal, and Huawei provides all of the tools required for superb rendering performance, including CG Kit (a heavyweight rendering framework), Scene Kit (a lightweight rendering plug-in), and Graphic Profiler (an IDE).

A successful game app will certainly feature higher user engagement, which all game developers hope to eventually benefit from. HUAWEI Push Kit can help make this a reality, with its reliable push messaging delivery channels, which enable developers to push messages to specific audiences, and choose from a broad range of message styles.

Monetization is the ultimate goal for any game developer, and games that integrate HUAWEI IAP allow for effortless in-app payment, conducive for product purchases, membership subscriptions, and others. HUAWEI IAP aggregates mainstream payment channels from across the globe, and only requires the developer to stipulate the product and pricing information. Thanks to this, HUAWEI IAP is equipped to serve as the global monetization hub for successful games.

Huawei's end-to-end advertising solution, featuring refined ad delivery and highly-competitive revenue sharing ratio, has already enticed a large number of high-value advertisers. These services enable game developers to deliver a diverse array of ads that all offer a consistently excellent experience, stimulating further monetization.

During the online opening ceremony, Huawei engineers fielded questions on HMS Core from more than 100 game developers, providing them with a detailed look at the ecosystem, with easy-to-follow demonstrations for all of its unique benefits.

Over the following two days, more than 200 game developers participated in the contest, and by January 31, a total of 40 games had been completed. After a rigorous review by the organizing committee, three works: "Lost in the Ancient", "Remember", and "To you, in 10 years" were awarded the "Most Production-Ready Mobile Game Award", "Best User Engagement Mobile Game Award", and "Best Original Mobile Game Award" prizes, respectively, and HUAWEI give out an Mate40 Pro and two P40 Pro as on-the-spot prize.

For more information on the contest, check out this video on YouTube: