Saturday, 27 August 2016

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans

The strategy of COC - it's awesome man!

     Hope I don't have to give you a boring intro of the topic. The one game that influenced the world. You could see many guys staring at their mobile in hand and swiping something using both their thumbs in landscape mode. No doubt that they are playing COC. 
     The "strategy" in the title is not about the strategy in the game play. I'm just talking about  the strategy that SUPERCELL (company that owns clash of clans) uses to earn. They neither put up ads inside the game nor do compel you to purchase an in-app product to go to next level. Instead they addict you with their game play. You might have started playing the game as a response to your friends' suggestion or you would probably seen it on the first page of the game genre or would have been inspired by the memes over the social networks. No way you can quit gaming once you've started playing. Thats the craze in it!

The GamePlay

     Even I've tried playing clash of clans; wait a while.. Its not actually just trying. I've been playing for the past 2 years and still continuing to play. The game play in a nutshell,

  • You own a village.
  • You have to defend your village from the attackers i.e the other villagers over the world.
  • You have to attack other villages in order to develop your village.
Just attacking and defending. Attacking to improve your defence and defence to save money for attacks (What the hell). 
       Virtually you will get everything but will waste a lot of time in the illusion of passing your time. And now the Gems.. Gems are valuable(as in real world). You can speed up the gaming using gems. You will get gems in the game by clearing the vegetations and by completing achievements given by google play games service. But at one point you will like to purchase gem.. That's the real addiction which you probably have experienced. 

"Excuse me you have a notification"

     Once you install COC in your iPhone or your android device you own the title "CHIEF". Yes they often call you chief (lol) .. "your troops are ready for the battle", "Chief , your shield is running out of shield" etc. If you forget playing the game, don't worry. All you have to do is to enable  the notifications of the game. And you will be playing the game for 24 hours. I've seen people who spent restless nights playing it..

SUPERCELL - the dominator

SUPERCELL LOGO
     They own four games by now. 
  • Hay Day
  • Boom Beach
  • Clash Royale
  • Clash of Clans
Among the four, COC holds the fame. Though the other three doesn't seem a great success, they earn considerably. To be honest COC is a direct competitor of the other three! It seems that their moto is to create everlasting games. That's why all the above games are strategy games which you'll live through. And so they dominate the other mobile game industries. Check out their story.. It would really be interesting.


HEAVEN OR HELL???

     I'm really confused whether to enjoy or to feel guilty. Its giving me an awesome entertainment and addiction but it wastes a hell lot of time. You may say "most games do kill your time" , still COC is an extreme time killer. It asks you to wait till it trains the troops or you have to spend your money to speed it up. 
     Seems our  time is their earning. Whatever, it's definitely not a symbiotic relationship that we have with that game but a deadly parasitic one.

<code>AWESOME</code>

     As a developer I see this game as a complete one, an extremely fulfilled dream. You can never find a flaw in the logic of game play. That's their secret to addiction. The liveliness in the game adds beauty.
     "I just  love the game play logic and 2.5d graphical design UI"

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