Building a Location-Based
Mobile Strategy Game
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Zelgor is a free-to-play iOS world conquest game where players expand their armies, challenge other commanders, collect equipment, and unlock new territories through interconnected gameplay systems. The project combines mobile strategy mechanics, social competition, location-based features, and multiple mini games.
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Multiple Game Mechanics into One Mobile Experience
The main challenge is to create a mobile game where three different mini games work together naturally as part of the same world conquest system. Each game mode needs to support its own mechanics, testing cycle, and optimization process while still contributing to the overall progression loop.
The project also requires a flexible architecture for native iOS features, Unity-based 3D gameplay, map data, backend logic, player progression, and rich 2D and 3D visual assets.
A Modular iOS Game Architecture
The game is developed using a hybrid mobile architecture. The native iOS application handles core mobile features, location services, maps, and the main app experience, while the 3D mini games are built in Unity 3D for greater flexibility in gameplay development, testing, and feature expansion.
Each mini game is designed to operate as a standalone application, giving the development team the flexibility to test, optimize, and refine individual gameplay modules independently. This modular setup helps isolate performance issues, validate new features faster, and improve specific game mechanics.
Three Interconnected Mini Games
Each gameplay mode supports a different part of the player journey, helping users build their army, gain equipment, and unlock new territories across the game world.
Progression is tied to conquering new areas, using the army strength and equipment gathered throughout the game.
3D Assets, Animation, UI, and Special Effects
The visual production pipeline supports the creation of 3D and 2D assets, animations, special effects, and GUI elements. The team uses tools such as 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Topogun, Motion Builder, and Photoshop to produce game-ready assets for the iOS experience.
This section is important because the project is not only software development. It also includes 3D design, modelling, animation, VFX, and interface production.
The Technology Behind the Conquest
Zelgor uses native iOS development, Unity 3D, location-based systems, and custom backend technologies to power a mobile world conquest game with modular mini games and map-based gameplay.
USOur collaboration with ASSIST Software has been a true partnership from the very beginning. Since we first contracted with them, they have shown incredible speed in implementation, a thorough knowledge of our products, superior project management skills, and excellent customer service. I highly recommend their services.
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