Gameleon is a web-based platform that allows you to make your own multiplayer browser game or to gamify an activity – but it doesn’t require any programming skills on your behalf. It also handles the hosting and publishing of your web game and will even allow you to make money off your creations. It’s a fast, easy and fun way to create your very own browser game from scratch. Think of it as a WordPress for games. We designed it so that you won’t need any programming skills or dedicated hardware. All you need is a browser, and imagination!
First things first, here is the kickstarter video and link
How It Works
Gameleon will run in any browser from any HTML5 compatible device. It takes advantage of all the amazing features of the HTML5 technology, and the key feature is extensive compatibility. Both the editor itself and any game created with it capitalize on the immense cross-platform potential of the technology, and both will run on any HTML5 enabled device: desktop PC’s, Macbooks, iPads, tablets and low-powered devices such as smartphones. That makes your game accessible to an incredibly large pool of players, and gives you access to cool features such as scalable vector graphics, geolocation, but it also means you’ll never need third party plugins, additional downloads or API’s to create or consume content with Gameleon.
The Cloud Editor is the place where you create your game – this is where the magic happens. Open your favorite browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome or any browser supporting HTML5) and build your game there. You don’t have to be alone: one of the coolest features is being able to build games in collaboration. If you have a team, you can distribute tasks and work together (say, one of you can draft items, another quests, another the UI and graphics and someone can play test your game).
Everything is done visually in Gameleon. Its smart interface relies on simple interactions like dragging and dropping, ticking checkboxes or connecting input and output. You create maps by easily shaping polygons, NPC’s and objects are dragged and dropped onto the map and scripting, AI behavior and spell creation are also done by easily connecting input with output.
Hosting a game is very exciting, because you own the game! Even if it’s built in the cloud, the result is pushed into your own personal virtual machine, that you receive as part of the Gameleon subscription. It’s like a console on your drive, and you can download your game or any other game others will push as public, right from the editor.
With a single click, the game goes from the editor to Amazon S3, your very own virtual machine on your computer, or to our hosting servers. Either way, you get to play within seconds.
Once a game is published, the editor will provide you with a link which you can share with your friends and enjoy full multiplayer gaming in seconds! This is one of the reasons for the WordPress comparison. It is literally that easy to jump from editing to playing: instant access to your game out there for all the world to enjoy!
What Can I Do With It?
With Gameleon, you can easily make your very own browser-based real time multiplayer game that thousands others can enjoy. Want a 2D space shooter? Or a mars rover exploration game? Or a Battleship-like naval warfare game?With our editor, it’s all easy to mod, script and craft. Publishing your content online, for all to play, is literally a click away.
As such, Gameleon handles the entire spectrum of features you’d need in such a game: player races and classes, spells, talent trees, equipment, PvE activities (quests, dungeons, exploration, NPC fights), PvP activities (world PvP, battlegrounds with unique rules and victory conditions, team and solo arenas, ladders, special gear, matchmaking), achievements, trading, crafting, live chat – you name it.
Monetization
Gameleon will not only allow you post your games – it will also include a revenue plan for you to monetize your games. The monetization model will most likely include premium power ups, items and other similar features that will earn you the revenue and allow you to monetize maps and games.
There will also be an Asset Market In case you want to browse ready made skins, models sounds, effects, maps or even ready-made levels for other games. The Asset Market is integrated with every one of Gameleon’s tools, allowing you to export or import (free or for a fee) any component of a game. You can put your own assets in the market and make a quick buck or just let others build using the cool stuff you’ve made!
Gamification
Gameleon’s other uses include gamification – providing game-like experiences for non-game like activities and domains. It can be used by marketers and website product managers as a tool for customer engagement, it’s been used by social websites (such as Facebook Places or Foursquare) to award game-like achievements such as badges, leader boards, virtual currency, but virtually any activity can be gamified.
A love declaration can be made interactive, challenging and fun with a short, meaningful game. Teachers can make tedious tasks such as checking in for classes less boring and time-consuming by engaging the students more if they gamify those tasks and offer incentives.
Social Login
The last but not least part of what we did is the social login. Every person can authenticate itself using Facebook, Google+, Gameleon Account or any other service, and play your game instantly. You don’t have to worry about setting up a complex login system or keeping track of your games’ popularity! We give you all the tools to analyze how things go!
Useful Links:
- kickstarter page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/341483420/gameleon-sandbox-game-making-for-everyone
- homepage: gameleon.co/
- facebook goo.gl/S4zmM
- twitter twitter.com/GameleonMain
- map making in gameleon: goo.gl/aIn7u