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2012 Recap: Swarm Social Platform Attracts Top Developers, Unveils Unity PluginMIAMI --(Business Wire)-- 2012 has been a banner year for Swarm (aka SwarmConnect), a popular social gaming platform for mobile devices. The company has seen explosive growth on all fronts, with thousands of developers joining the ranks and millions of gamers participating in the community. But the good news doesn't end there: Swarm now offers an official Unity plugin, which can be downloaded directly from Unity's Asset Store. Here are just a couple examples of top mobile developers that have embraced Swarm:
"Using Swarm for achievements and leaderboards in Beach Buggy Blitz has allowed us to focus our efforts on gameplay instead of servers and scalability," says Matt Small, Founder, Vector Unit. Britt Myers, Founder of Highline Games, concurs: "Swarm's hassle-free integration process was a huge plus on our tight development schedule. The features and functionality of the platform have exceeded expectations of our players." Seeking to make social features even easier to implement, Swarm is now unveiling a plugin for studios building their games with Unity. The Swarm Unity Plugin enables developers to quickly add global leaderboards, achievements, scalable cloud data torage, freemium monetization tools, and community management - increasing downloads and helping studios make more money with less effort. Swarm's Unity Plugin at a glance:
"The sky is the limit when developers combine the power of Unity with the community-building features of the Swarm platform," says Matt Haggerty, CEO, Swarm LLC. "For example, just look at The CATch! by Deemedya. This is the future of game development and we're glad to be part of it." Screenshots & trailers
Beach Buggy Blitz (Vector Unit)
W.E.L.D.E.R. (Highline Games)
The CATch! (Deemedya) About Swarm LLC Swarm LLC creates Swarm (aka SwarmConnect), a platform that enables game developers to quickly and easily add social features to their mobile games such as global leaderboards, achievements, scalable cloud data storage, freemium monetization tools, and community management. Thousands of developers in more than 50 countries rely on Swarm for their social features. To learn more about Swarm, please visit http://swarmconnect.com. Social Media Links
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