DIT, in association with Enterprise Ireland and IADT run the New Frontiers programme, which is designed to help incubate and grow new Irish businesses. Several companies have come through the programme and gone on to bigger and better things. As a way of sharing these success stories, passing down advice, and arranging some good old fashioned business...
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Fierce Fun: HTML5 Cross Platform Capability
What is a cross-platform app? It is one application that your customers can use, regardless of their phone, tablet or PC type. Most consumers now have at least one of each. Even for large companies, it is difficult to continually update your applications to work on all possible platforms. Think of a cross platform app...
What makes a good trivia game?
Making a good trivia game can be a tricky thing to do. First, you have to actually create a lot of interesting trivia questions, then you have to present them in an interesting way. We have seen many simple trivia games come and go without creating much of a following, while game-shows like Jeopardy and Family...
Synchronised Gameplay System
Fierce Fun has developed a software technology called Synchronised Gameplay System (SGS), that allows players to experience the same gameplay on different platforms. SGS technology combines a structured platform profiler and a user analytics system to ensure that game content and progress is synchronised on Web, social and mobile platforms. It allows players to move...
Monster Madness: Ireland’s First Commercial Mobile Game?
When clearing out some old files, I came across this newspaper page. Remember when you were looking for a new ringtone for your Nokia – Mobile Sheriff was one of the many mobile content providers in this area. In 2002, we were given a prototype Nokia 3410 to work on. This was one of the...
Mobile App Development Services
Need a custom mobile app quickly. Fierce Fun now offers a complete mobile app development service covering consultancy, UI and UX design, cross platform development, testing, QA and publishing. Our cross platform technology allows us to publish your rich media apps on both mobile (Android, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire) and desktop (Windows and Mac OS)...
Computer Games – Digital Marketing Ireland
So you need a game quickly for your next digital marketing campaign. At Fierce Fun, we have large library of pre-built games that can quickly be configured for your online or mobile campaign. These games are cross platform and can be published on either mobile (iPhone, Android) or online/social platforms. Our game library includes action,...
Tax Incentives to attract Game Development Companies to Ireland
This issue has come back into focus again as the UK government is now granting tax breaks to computer game development companies. Qualifying companies can get up to 25% relief on their development costs. Others countries such as France and Canada has also successfully introduced tax incentives for video game development companies. Why are they...
Games as a Service
The new buzz word in video games. Games as a service (GAAS) represents a new approach toward game development. With the heaving influence of mobile and social platforms, game developers are now seeking to provide a playing service to their users, rather than a single purchase or download. Game players now want new content and...
Online Games for Digital Advertising
I am still surprised when I have to convince people how useful games are as advertising tools. For the last 2 decades in the US, games have been successfully used by companies such as McDonalds, Coca Cola and Ford to promote their brands and products. With the massive growth of casual games (social and mobile),...